Why is there still the issue 6 hours later at Caboolture? Still listed
X: Update: Sunshine Coast line trains travelling both directions from Caboolture to Gympie North are delayed up to 30 minutes due to an earlier signalling issue caused by storm activity. Rail replacement buses are in operation. https://bit.ly/3Xjmj6W
Another signal fault to cap off an awful 24 hours on the Sunshine Coast Line. At least they’re running buses IN ADDITION to delayed trains instead of shutting the line down altogether like yesterday.
My other half had to endure a 2.5 hour commute to the city this morning, I’m sure she’ll be thrilled to do it again this afternoon.
Edit: and real time info is still down.
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It’s supposed to storm again today, don’t jinx it!
Might be too late - storms are building out towards Jondaryan…
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- Saturday 20 to Sunday 28 December- all lines
- Monday 29 to Wednesday 31 December - timetable changes on all lines
- Saturday 3 to Friday 23 January - Beenleigh, Doomben and Gold Coast lines
- Saturday 24 to Monday 26 January - Beenleigh, Cleveland and Gold Coast lines.
December and January extended track closures - impacts all lines | Translink
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8 day track closure for the core of the network is pretty brutal, but I guess you have to do it at some point. Not looking forward to taking a railbus to Christmas lunch!
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I guess at least this should occur less often in a few years - firstly much of the work is for CRR itself, and secondly with CRR open it might prove easier to accommodate certain types of shut-downs.
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There is no excuse to keep doing the combined Beenleigh/Gold Coast stopping pattern, and no, I won’t accept “necessary sacrifice” for an answer.
Cut it out.
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We’ve talked to QR about it. It is a necessary sacrifice because there simply is not enough stabling south of where the works are occuring to run the express and all stops pattern reliably. It sucks, and I get your frustration, but they seriously would not be doing it unless it was the only option. They aren’t out to make your life difficult, I can assure you of that.
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It seems Roma Street do a LOT of heavy lifting to cater for the closures.
It’s the big hurdle I guess and they’ve picked the least busy time (in theory) to get it done.
Hopefully when CRR is done when there’s a shutdown it’s one SECTOR and not multiple lines like it is now.
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Maybe an express bus between Boggo Road and Beenleigh could work? Similar to what was done with the closures between the 22nd of September and the 26th of September:
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Past closures of this kind had an R701 service that ran non-stop between Beenleigh and the CBD, but it got suspiciously withdrawn once the blue team got in power.
Cost cutting, maybe? Hmmmm.
Tell that to literally any GC line commuter to their faces on any given day and see what happens.
It’s quite rare for QR to do commuter catch-ups beyond Beenleigh and I have no doubt that’s because if they show their faces down here they would be crucified on the spot.
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I did pass this feedback on to QR earlier in the year. It’s unfortunate that it hasn’t returned, that’s for sure. I don’t think it’s within QRs control though.
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Yeah that’s squarely within translink/TMRs responsibilities.
Service degradation of any kind is very much of their own making and they should be called out for that.
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I’m honestly not sure I believe that.
There’s quite a bit of stabling at Robina and Beenleigh. I suspect the bigger problem is turning enough trains at Banoon, at least during peak hours. Off-peak should be doable, but I think they’re not really trying. Just IMO.
I believe the issue comes from the extended nature of the closure and the lack of facilities to perform routine inspections.
I’m only relaying what we’ve been told by QR though.
Well, that’s somewhat different to “not enough stabling” and makes more sense.
Also, the fact the toilets on these services are nearly always closed makes me think there’s no decanting facilities available south of Banoon.
I do wonder what they do in the case of mechanical failure, too, as there’s no access to any workshops.
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Sorry, I could have made it more clear in my initial response.
In theory they have enough for the closure to run the express, but that’s assuming no mechanical failures occur. Over a 3 week period, that’s quite optimisitc 
. They essentially want to have extra units available to run the planned pattern if a mechanical failure occurs, because a failed unit would have no way to get serviced until after the closure.
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