Maintenance building
Workshops for minor maintenance, designed to minimise impacts to the local community.
Final design of Ormeau rail facility is here
Located on the Gold Coast, the new Ormeau rail facility will maintain and stable the 65 new six-car QTMP trains being manufactured right here in Queensland.
The new trains will set a new benchmark for accessibility in Queensland while expanding South East Queensland’s passenger fleet.
Take a virtual tour, explore the key features and see how community feedback has helped shape the facility that will maintain and stable Queensland’s new QTMP trains.
Take a virtual tour
Below is the video showing the Ormeau rail facility's final design. It shows the location and overall site layout, the maintenance building, administration building, graffiti wash, Goldmine Road facility entrance and connection to the South Coast rail line.
Fast facts
Find out more about the key features
👇 Click the hotspots below to discover key design features of the rail facility.
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Stabling tracks
Capacity for up to 20 trains at any given time.
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Gold Coast rail line connection
Strategically positioned to improve network capacity and efficiency.
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Rail facility entrance
New signalised intersection on Goldmine Road.
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A façade inspired by Country
First Nations artwork featured at the front entrance of the main maintenance building.
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Artist's impressions of the Ormeau rail facility.
How will QTMP trains be maintained?
Operating in Ormeau
QTMP is committed to operating the Ormeau rail facility in a way that minimises noise, visual and environmental impacts on the local community.
The facility will operate around the clock to support the maintenance and stabling of the 65 new six-car QTMP trains.
Operations will commence with the arrival of the first QTMP train into passenger service.
The facility has been designed with the surrounding community in mind.
Most maintenance activities will take place inside an enclosed, noise-controlled maintenance building. The majority of operational areas are also positioned close to the rail corridor and neighbouring industrial areas.
The facility has been designed to comply with relevant noise standards. However, some operational noise will be unavoidable and may include:
- reversing alarms while plant is moving around the facility
- vehicles entering and leaving via Goldmine Road, particularly during shift changeovers
- wheel squeal as trains travel around curved sections of the track
- train horns used as required for safe movements within the facility.
Lighting will be required throughout the day and night to support safe operations and site security.
Although this is a requirement, the lighting has been designed to minimise impacts on nearby residents, including:
- directional and shielded lighting to focus light within the facility
- reducing lighting outside operational areas overnight, where it is safe to do so
- lighting design developed to comply with relevant Australian Standards for outdoor and obtrusive lighting.
Lighting at night is expected to be similar to a local park or community space.
All staff and visitors will access the rail facility via the new signalised intersection on Goldmine Road. This will be the primary access point to the rail facility during operations.
The intersection has been designed to support the safe and efficient movement of both light and heavy vehicles. It includes dedicated turning lanes for facility traffic and signal technology designed to prioritise through traffic on Goldmine Road and help minimise impacts on local motorists.
On-site parking will be provided for staff and visitors, helping to avoid facility-related parking on Goldmine Road and surrounding residential streets.
The facility will employ up to 120 Downer staff across operations and maintenance. Some Queensland Rail employees will also be based at the facility as required.
Staff will work across day, afternoon and night shifts, with workforce numbers varying according to operational and maintenance requirements.
Roles based at the Ormeau rail facility will include:
- mechanical and electrical technicians
- supervisors and team leaders
- quality assurance and safety personnel
- engineering and technical specialists
- office, administrative, and management staff
- warehousing and logistics personnel
- cleaning and facilities maintenance staff.
From community feedback to final design
Community feedback received in early 2024 helped shape the rail facility design.
While some elements were determined by operational and technical requirements, community input helped ensure the surrounding area and community were considered throughout the design process.
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You told us what matters
🚗 Managing local traffic
🔇 Minimising operational impacts
🌿 Vegetation and fencing
💧 Managing local flooding
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How your feedback informed the design
Fencing at the entrance and along Goldmine Road will be softened with green landscape mesh and subtle anti-climb treatments.
A landscaped garden bed will be planted at the facility entrance, featuring hardy native plant species selected in consultation with City of Gold Coast.
Preserving Ormeau's rail history
During construction of the Ormeau rail facility, historic timber bridge piles from the former South Coast Rail Line were discovered. QTMP will preserve and celebrate this piece of the region’s rail history by incorporating the piles into a feature at the facility entrance.
We spoke with local stakeholders about the stories and features that make Ormeau unique. We heard about:
- the origins of the name Ormeau, meaning ‘Little Elm Tree’
- the area’s sugar cane heritage
- the use of Ironbark trees in construction.
These stories helped inspire the planting, landscaping and design details surrounding the heritage display.
Artist's impression of concept design for the historic timber piles display on Goldmine Road. Design is not final and is subject to change.
TMR would like to thank those community members who participated in the consultation process.
