I think most of the ETM is either planned closures running over time, or some sort of track fault that needs attention.
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Caught a metro replacement bus last night, very odd set of circumstances we have where we end up with bus replacement buses. Seems like they were running articulated buses even at 1:30AM, and somehow theyâd managed to work up a 10 minute delay on a near-desolate busway in the middle of the night.
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Itâs a rare giftâŚ
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Rain causing some excitement this morning.
Momentarily seem to have lost power at full speed north of Caboolture (lights off, train coasting for about 30 seconds).
Since itâs an old SMU that canât do full speed north of Caboolture the driver is trying to make up the lost time. Full anti skid as we came into morayfield and the traction control has kicked in a few times now when arriving and departing stations, it seems very slippery.
Makes for a fun commute!
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Props to the driver for trying to manage.
Why they put SMUâs on those lines baffles me.
I didnât get a picture but it still seems to be a reasonable gap between train and platform at Buranda but level boarding is certainly nice
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Not sure if itâs a today change or earlier but PIDS and onboard announcements were saying just âBoggo Rdâ instead of hybrid name. Guard and station signage is still hybrid
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Itâs looking good!
We know itâs in the plan to gradually transition the name over so I guess the next phase is startingâŚ
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How long has it been since they changed over to the Boggo Rd/Park Rd version?
Am I right in thinking that it was planned to be a 6 month change over period?
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Judging by the photos I have on my library the transition started in August 2024.
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So about 9 months. Probably decided it made sense to tie it in with all the other big changes.
That said, it is still the dual named Boggo Road/Park Road on the Translink website, so they havenât entirely renamed it yet.
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One of the trainspotting channels on YT has uploaded a video of an automated announcement featuring Boggo Road only.
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They wasted so much money on that name transition, when they could have gone straight to renaming it Boggo Road.
I disagree, it was a measured, well implemented name change.
How would you feel if your local train station one day was called something different that you werenât familiar with, or if you were a visitor to Brisbane and you couldnât find the âPark Road Stationâ listed on your business itinerary or <12 month old city map?
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^^I think you are over thinking hypotheticals
Wouldnât worry me, all for change.
I think youâre underthinking just how disruptive the abrupt changing of a major public transport interchangeâs name would be.
When you work in fields related to wayfinding, you have to seriously consider the hypotheticals, as that is what separates good wayfinding from bad wayfinding.
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Itâs a waste of money to change it twice as well as informing online map providers twice when once is suffice.
It wasnât the gap between sections up near the showgrounds was it?
Nah nowhere near any neutral section, it was in the 140km/h section between Beerburrum and Elimbah. Got up to full speed (which is only like 100km/h on the SMUs) and suddenly it went to backup power and the train coasted for a bit and after about 20-30 seconds the lights came back on.
I suspect maybe an issue with the actual train, if the whole caboolture feeder tripped offline it would have caused bigger issues.
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