On Thursday 3rd of July the 4:35pm, 5:35pm, 6:50pm, 8:05pm, 10:30pm and 11:45pm Southern Moreton Bay Island ferries towards Islands via Karragarra are cancelled due to staff availability. Check journey planner for other travel options.
https://x.com/Translink_QLD/status/1940260913665151363
Too bad if you commute to and from the islands for work…
Hearing reports that a tree has fallen on the OHE on the Cleveland Line near Manly.
https://x.com/Translink_QLD/status/1940530120625676587?s=19
https://x.com/Translink_QLD/status/1940537737716670750?s=19
Not sure why the Cleveland line would impact these services which were on time.
Walking past Bowen Hills station last night just before 11pm and saw a 301 picking up passengers, was surprisingly busy - probably 15-20 people on the bus, which I was surprised by considering it was late night on a Thursday Wednesday
Wasn’t last night Wednesday? 
Sorry it was, long weekend for me so my idea of what day it is right now is completely off 
Interesting service disruption last evening.
Update: Buses will be temporarily missing Mater Hill, South Bank and Cultural Centre bus stations due to congestion from unplanned maintenance works on the SE Busway. Metro M1 & M2 services will continue to service these stations.
https://x.com/Translink_QLD/status/1940765303895372171
Chaos on the busway this morning! Inbound 130, 140 and 150 passengers being dumped and Buranda and told to change to M1. Buranda is packed!
M1s are also doing a loop through Gabba station to pick up passengers from there too!
I was leaving with South Bank last night 19:40 and at that point all routes were still running and there was 10 min delays as tunnel between South Bank and Mater Hill down to single lane with traffic control.
Update: Buses will temporarily miss Mater Hill, South Bank and Cultural Centre stations due to an issue with busway tunnel ventilation systems. M1 & M2 services will continue to service these stations.
https://x.com/Translink_QLD/status/1940879203869540684
Bring on the electric buses
I’m currently sitting on an M1 that is crawling towards Buranda at slower that walking pace. The whole busway has practically ground to a halt!
Fun fact, Metros are running via Woolloongabba this morning!
09:10. Minimal crowd at Buranda with a very high TransLink staff presence. I didn’t speak to any but they seemed to be warning people at the door of South Bank bound services.
Small but steady stream walking up to train.
Even with state of the busway, is a train from Buranda any better an option than getting an M1?
I can imagine the capacity of the ‘metro’ buses to handle extra crowds would be fairly limited since they have a capacity of 170 people verses 950 for a train.
But I imagine there might be a fair few people that work in the Mater Hospital precinct as well.
The Ms do have a lower capacity, but they are running at 5 minute frequencies which might tip things in its favour - I feel it might be a case of how quick you get people over there, as opposed to how many you can carry there in one go.
The M1 I was on filled up quite a bit at Woolloongabba, but it still wasn’t jam packed.
I hear what you’re saying, but in terms of clearing up a backlog, if there are ‘metros’ running at 5 minute frequencies that is a capacity of up to 2040 people per hour. The Cleveland line through Buranda runs a peak frequency of 8 trains per hour, which is a capacity of approximately 7,600 per hour. Even the off peak weekday frequency of 4 trains per hour is over 1.5 times higher than the ‘metro’ capacity.
I’m not saying the high frequency of the service isn’t good or helpful, but rail will be much more capable of clearing a backlog from an out of commission busway. The two working in tandem will be even better!
