Depends if they think they can do efficient turnback with the single platform at Shorncliffe to match the 15 minute frequency coming off Springfield. I have my doubts. Better to have 30 minutes to Shorncliffe and 15 minutes to Sandgate.
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We did a plan up for the second platform at Shorncliffe and sent it in to them. They don’t want to do it.
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That’s annoying! Surely that is such low hanging fruit.
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For what reason did Queensland Government not support the Shorncliffe 2nd platform? There is a second track at Shorncliffe station that was used for locomotive turnback during the old days. Surely they would plan to build a second platform on the second track.
But if they want to stick with ETCS, then let them be. At least turnbacks will be more efficient with that in place.
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i swear they literally forgot for like 2 or 3 years they where doing renovations at Shorncliffe station
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Is the wye at Shorncliffe still operational?
Shorncliffe needs a second platform, historical considerations be damned.
If you really want to keep the old station building intact then a more radical solution would be to close the station altogether (and make it into an historical museum or something) and move everything to a new terminus down at the corner of Allpass Parade and Friday St.
The new complex could have two island platforms with three tracks for extra flexibility.
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It’s mind blowing that a simple second platform at Shorncliffe which would be minimal investment in the scheme of things is scoffed at by the powers that be.
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That and a fourth electrified platform/track at Oxley…
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For a fourth platform at Oxley, they need to fix up the messy track layout between Oxford and Corinda. Currently the electrified quad-track from the City merges into tri-track, with the unelectrified fourth track coming from Tennyson.
OpenRailwayMap screenshot of the track layout south of Corinda
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