Apart from the delays getting to Buranda, the M1 diversion to Woolloongabba was fairly smooth, all things considered.
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Iâm not sure if BCC has any part in these notifications, but it definitely fuels my suspicion that BCC actively tries to discourage connections with the rail networkâŚ
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They come out of Translink directly AFAIK.
I still canât see any direct mention of rail, just to transfer to Metro.
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Yeah it seems to be gone again and replaced with a line about transferring to M1 and M2. There were two seperate service updates that eventually got consolidated into one.
At least Translink seem to be regularly updating the notice.
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Looks like TfB are planning to operate a post-Riverfire Route 1 shuttle (Cultural Centre to Gabba) this year for 125/175/185/204 connections.
Post Event Summary
Increased frequency applies to select BUZ and Metro only (Currently none showing for CityGlider routes or lower frequency/feeder routes). Resources certainly need to be focused on trunk routes but doesnât paint new network in good light when harder to get all the way home from South Bank/City for many then pre-BNBN.
Leaving South Bank for City/Northside:
M1 and 333 every 5min + all others standard frequency. Frequency increases on 330, 345, 385, 444 only.
South Bank to Gabba:
Shuttle 1, route 100 and route 200 every 7.5min + all others standard frequency. No frequency increase of any connections ex-Gabba.
South Bank to Buranda:
M1 every 5min + 120, 180, 222 every 7.5min. No additional trips ex-Buranda.
South Bank to Griffith/Garden City & Beyond:
M1 every 5min + 130, 140, 150 every 7.5min. No additional trips ex-Griffith/Garden City
South Bank to Carindale:
200 and 222 every 7.5min.
General Frequency Increases
M1 every 5min (IB from 16:44, OB from 17:25)
333-OB every 5min from 19:32 to 21:02
330-OB every 7.5min from 19:28 to 20:58
345-OB every 7.5min from 19:14 to 20:59
385-OB every 5min from 19:27 to 21:02
444-OB every 7.5min from 19:27 to 21:12
Routes with South Bank starting sweepers:
100-OB every 15min from 19:32 to 21:01 giving 8bph
120-OB every 15min from 19:35 to 21:05 giving 8bph
130-OB every 15min from 19:36 to 21:06 giving 8bph
140-OB every 15min from 19:44 to 20:59 giving 8bph
150-OB every 15min from 19:32 to 21:01 giving 8bph
180-OB every 15min from 19:41 to 20:56 giving 8bph
200-OB every 15min from 19:46 to 21:01 giving 8bph
222-OB every 15min from 19:33 to 21:03 giving 8bph
Other Routes
High Frequency routes with-out increase: M2, 60, 61, 196, 199, 340, 412
No change via South Bank routes: 116, 210, 212, 215, 220, 230, 235
No change Gabba routes: 125, 175, 185, 204, 234
No change ~PA Hospital routes: 110, 112, 113, 179, 202, 203
No other trips on other routes such as 205.
Above has been manually complied from Translink website so may have errors.
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What you may find in practice is that they have some buses on standby in places. It wouldnât surprise me if that included somewhere like Woolloongabba layover so they could provide extra service from the Gabba or PA if needed.
Surely for events like Riverfire and NYE they would increase the frequency of the Blue Glider and M2 services to get people out of the area safely and efficiently. Another huge draw card are the drone shows that run nightly across one of the weekends. The crowds are massive and they should schedule peak like frequencies to move people out of the area after the early evening shows.
Maybe they consider the M2âs more inner-city focused route less efficient/useful for getting people home, hence leaving the frequency untouched. There would only be a limited number of people living on the M2 route between RBWH and UQ, and only a smaller number again that wouldnât be served by the longer running M1 and 333 (basically people living near PA, Boggo Road or UQ Lakes).
Itâs not like they are running hourly or anything stupid like that - M2 and the Gliders will still be running every 15 minutes up until midnight - the fireworks wrap up at what, 7:30pm-ish?
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Itâs about moving people out of a constricted area. Getting more people up to Roma St and RBH is a good thing where they can change. Additionally, getting revellers down to the Valley is also an imperative.
Double whammy this weekend with the inner city bus tunnels and train tracks closed for maintenance and ongoing commissioning.
At least this is the last weekend of closures for the CBD bus tunnel network for now.
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Before I make a more directly relevant comment, for the sake of transparency and discloaure I want to declare the following: that I have previously met with and know some of this protestsâ organizers, and that I support the legally sanctioned protest personally and as a general member of the Queensland Greens party, and that I am planning to join tommorrow to participate in the protest, but I have had no role in the organization of the protest whatsoever.
Anyway what I want to talk about that is directly relevant to the forum
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âŚis that I think itâs pretty ridiculous that the story bridge is off limits despite there being barely any bus services using it and the multiple other car bridges in the immediate vicinity of the bridge but the Victoria bridge which is the main bus transport artery of Brisbane and one of the most important sections of the entire southeast Queensland transport network is the one that gets shutdown instead this is going to be far more disruptive to bus and public transport users in southeast Queensland more generally than it possibly could have been to car users if the story bridge was closed instead. I think this is very emblematic of the failure on all levels of the government to consider public transport users on anywhere near equal footing to private car drivers.
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Its even worse this weekend since there are no trains into the city due to trackwork. A major throat of the public system will be broken due to this.
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Had an experience I donât care to repeat last night. Travelling from Dinmore to Loganlea. Train from Dinmore to Corinda. No one, and no signage at Corinda to direct passengers to the bus. I just followed the largest crowd, and hoped for the best.
Get to Central (Edward St), because buses to Banoon arenât using Roma St for some reason. Get off the bus. Ask staff member where the bus to Banoon departs from. No clue. Look it up on my phone, Stop 8 Ann St at Anzac Square. Lucky I know where that is, what use would it be to anyone unfamiliar with the Brisbane CBD, though?
As an aside, Translink should consider running a railbus running express from Milton to Darra via M5 during trackwork. Corinda all stops takes nearly an hourâŚ
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I was on the western railbuses a few weekends ago during the full closure (Roma St to Springfield and Ipswich) and they had 3 tier service for that.
R599 - All Stations to Darra
R5xx - Express Dara then all stations to Ipswich
R5xx - Express Darra then all stations to Springfield
Crazy that an all-stops from Corinda is the only option this weekend and signed off as acceptable.
It seems that they donât like having railbuses leaving from a different station from where trains are terminating (I suspose for cost/staffing reasons?). The only exception I can think of is the Geebung express during the northern closures.
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It seems that they donât like having railbuses leaving from a different station from where trains are terminating (I suspose for cost/staffing reasons?). The only exception I can think of is the Geebung express during the northern closures.
The right answer is probably pretty bit context-dependent. I can think of two good reasons to only run buses from the terminus station.
First is that you probably want to keep folks on the train for as long you can, because otherwise you have to ask a large chunk of the pax to alight before the train terminates, and also youâre not confusing the issue with âoh the closure is between Corinda and the city but you should switch to a bus at Darraâ.
Second is that you have to organise bus connections at the terminus station anyway for the all-stops service.
What I do think is critical is to always run one or two tiers of express service, because running all-stations invariably requires some really cursed local street navigation.
If itâs a âgapâ closure (i.e. Roma St to Northgate, Roma St to Corinda, Corinda to Northgate) then you want 2 or 3 tiers. Bullet express to other side of the gap / city, express stopping every major station, all stops.
If itâs a âbranchâ closure (e.g. all the western line, all the southern line) then the approach @Pionsix described as recently used seems right. Expresses city to junction station then all stops on their branch, plus another all-stops between the city and the junction. And that middle tier of semi-express as resources allow.
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In my experience the types of track closures that are in general less complicated for the common passenger are the ones in which basically an entire section gets wiped off, like everything south of Boggo, north of Bowen Hills or west of Roma St.
The railbuses in those occupations are quite easy to navigate and offer relatively competitive travel times to most people, while also (and this is something multiple drivers have told me) making staff instructions quite easy to follow.
More of those please.
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In that case, Iâd argue western lines closures should start/end at Darra, rather than Corinda, as more people will likely benefit from an express bus to Darra than Corinda (which will be necessarily slow anyway, due to running through local 50/60 km/h streets).
The only reason I could see NOT to do this would be if Translink would run buses between Corinda and Banoon when both lines are closed, but it doesnât look like this will happen anyway.