If they’re gonna take until 2027 just to get started with Moorooka…
I was kind of hoping that they might be running some test trains in the tunnel.
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Some rail buses only have a front door (coaches).
Yeah, I get that, but these were regular urban Translink-liveried buses.
Also found out today that R586 (express Fruitgrove to City) and R583 (express Banoon to Boggo Rd) don’t operate on weekends. I guess at least the 150 still exists, although I’m not sure what would happen if 50 people got off at Fruitgrove wanting to board one.
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The Translink website shows extra inbound 150s sweepers starting at Fruitgrove, presumably to address this.
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Yes they do, same thing happens on the Chermside runs too, they generally monitor demand through radios and the cameras and send sweepers (roughly 1 in 6-8 buses).
It can be very frustrating for those further down the line to have many ‘sorry bus full’s’ come through, but it mostly works.
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The quicker we go to ETCS2 2 the better.
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Yes and no. While ETCS2 will no doubt be beneficial to the reliability of the signalling system, the last thing we need is a poorly-tested implementation that causes more issues than it fixes.
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Is this what we are headed to with ETCS? Having it so poorly implemented that it is less reliable than the current legacy signalling?
Could be worse - middle of the day this would slap hard.
Wasn’t there a power failure earlier in the day as well? Wonder what’s the problem
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They should have rigid catenary from Roma Street to Bowen Hills. It may cost a bit but in the long run there would be less issues I reckon. They should also get rid of the basset between those stations too and have the track bolted to concrete.
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Having a look at R295 for this weekend’s closures - it’s operating to a better frequency (and also running later into the night I believe) to the actual train service it’s replacing. Seems to be all day 15 minute frequencies. Interesting
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