I do not know if Translink usually does it or if it’s something to do between Redlands and Brisbane buses being under different operators but it appears there’s two railbuses replacing the Cleveland line
R295 going from Cleveland-Manly and express to the city every 20 minutes all day
R296 going from Manly-Roma Street all stops every 30 minutes all day
No complaints here - better frequency than the trains and express from Manly!
M2’s servicing Woolloongabba for some reason?
Anyone know why?
From the video it looks like the fairly common procedure of inbound 222 and M1 diverting via Woolloongabba to provide extra capacity on Gabba event days, especially those during peak (I couldn’t see any M2 diverting in the video).
Here’s an excerpt from the 2nd April Gabba event details:
Carindale and Eight Mile Plains shuttle alternatives
Route 222 and Metro M1 heading into the city will make an extra stop at Woolloongabba station 2 hours before the game.
- Route 222 departs from Carindale Shopping Centre and travels along Old Cleveland Road then Eastern busway.
- Metro M1 departs from Eight Mile Plains station and travels along the South East busway.
Unfortunately, these sorts of diversion are still not put into the schedule data so unless you read these updates you (and journey planners) would be none the wiser.
I was out in the city today and disappointed to see eastern-CBD diversions due to Eagle Street construction with no accompanying service update.
My inbound driver this morning got up at Woolloongabba and informed everyone that we would not be servicing Margaret St stop 50 but instead George St stop 115 and Elizabeth St stop 82. There was no signage at either of these replacement stops.
Outbound there was only a minor diversion via Eagle - Charlotte - Edward - Mary rather than Eagle - Mary direct.
From what I can see in GTFS real-time a fair few drivers seem to be unaware and still attemping Mary - Eagle inbound and being forced through Market St then back down Charlotte in the wrong direction.
As usual we are back in the situtation where I would have no confidence trying to catch a bus from the diversion zone (e.g. south-east CBD trying to get to the Valley):
At south bank station and the only railbus timetables shown are the Beenleigh/Gold Coast ones. Zero signs for Cleveland & Manly railbuses.
Listed couple minutes before on the PIDs - and only scheduled time listed 
There’s a small sign but only mentions weekday closures not weekend. A few people seemed to be waiting and buses still diverting.
Nice to see Roma Street platform 3 back in action today with numerous services there - haven’t seen that in a while
Appears to be Carseldine again. Similar signalling issue occurred towards the beginning of this year 
Speed up the ETCS roll out!
Not only has Translink/QR taken away express Gold Coast services during the upcoming track closure, they’ve deleted half the early morning Beenleigh services, too. On the standard timetable, ex Beenleigh, trains running every 15 minutes starting from first service.
During week 1 of closures, trains run Rd Beenleigh every 30 minutes from 4:18 am until 6:18 am.
Still not as badly shafted as early morning Gold Coast commuters, though, whose earliest arrival time at Central is now 5:59 am, rather than 5:31. Clearly, there needs to be an earlier train, which isn’t being provided.
Translink/QR are using trackwork as an excuse to degrade the service level far below where it needs to be.
This sprung from nowhere - what’s causes it?
Assuming no railbuses as well to replace them as there’s nothing on the Translink website
On Wednesday 1 April, there will be disruptions to the train network due to industrial action between Queensland Rail staff and their employer, Queensland Rail.
Impacts include cancellations on the Ipswich/Rosewood and Cleveland lines, with no trains running between:
- Darra and Rosewood
- Central to Cleveland.
Changes can occur at short notice, so please keep up to date via our social media channels. Customers are advised to consider making alternative travel arrangements.
Buses, ferries and trams will continue to run as normal.
Well this is getting interesting.
From a reddit comment:
The Government is lying about who is at fault for this “strike action”, the RTBU has notified for a ban on “directing Coal and Mineral Trains” on the SEQ Network for 24 hours.
The Government has effectively directed QR to lock out Controllers who engage with that very specific ban, which because nearly all the controllers are RTBU members, that means they will be locking out all their controller workforce who manages SEQ.
In essence the Union wanted to do an action that would affect 22 coal trains only, and now thanks to the Government’s response to that very minor ban that would not have affected the passenger network, the entire network will essentially need to be shut down tomorrow and the public is going to suffer.
^^It came out of no where, didn’t it?
Queensland commuters face rail chaos as union strikes ahead of Easter shutdown
Just remember it’s a Reddit comment not from official channels
How can the Qld Government lock out workers. Wouldn’t this be primarily QR locking out Union members?
If not resolved it’s likely to go to the QIRC. I believe once a wage case is booked into the QIRC strike action becomes harder to implement.
The QIRC can also order workers back to work if it’s deemed to have significant economical impact as well.
Everyone is welcome to make their own judgement on credibility but it does align with the RTBU’s messaging this evening.
The fact that QR/Translink aren’t arranging replacement buses tomorrow and instead asking people to make alternate arrangements is either a sign that this is very last minute, or they’re expecting it could be resolved by tomorrow morning. Hopefully it’s option B.
I get the impression it’s the former.
If it’s a QR thing, surely less patronised lines like the Doomben and Shornecliffe should be the ones to lose services, not the Cleveland and Ipswich ones?
Although rereading it the wording of “Changes can occur at short notice, so please keep up to date via our social media channels. Customers are advised to consider making alternative travel arrangements.” makes it sound like it could be resolved
This makes it sound like we’re going to see one all-stops bus serving the whole duration of the line all day. Sigh.
