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Sunshine Coast Line : Delays for OCTOBER 2013

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September 30, 2013, 20:42:18 PM Last Edit: October 31, 2013, 17:21:00 PM by Fares_Fair
October delays thus far ... to SC commuters.
This is my 27th month of detailed daily data recording.

September 2013 set a new record for the least time lost in total, over the month, on the trains that I caught.
Another remarkable effort by Queensland Rail management and employees.  :-t

The times reported below do not take into account the 3 minutes and 59 second allowance that QR's service contract to TRANSLink allows.
A Sunshine Coast, Rosewood or Gold Coast train e.g. can be up to 5 minutes and 59 seconds late and is still considered statistically to be 'on-time'.

All times shown below are actual arrival times, all times taken from when train becomes stationary, and before doors open.
NO times are rounded up.

Under my system, early arrival times at destinations are actually subtracted from the TTL (total time lost) figure,
in addition, arrival times less than 2 minutes late are NOT added to these figures.
Only when services are 2 minutes late or more, will the TTL figure increase.

Figures since December 2012 show a significant reduction in the time lost by commuters due to signal faults, electrical faults and delays.
The least time lost was 21 minutes in September 2013. This is the least time lost in my 26 months of detailed daily records.
The reduction in lost time is very encouraging and Queensland Rail and the State Government are to be congratulated for their efforts in rebuilding reliability into the Sunshine Coast / Caboolture lines.

The major factor required to permanently improve the line is rail duplication to Nambour, and, at a cost benefit ratio of 2.285, it's great value for money.
Astonishingly, rail congestion between Caboolture and Nambour was identified as "a major overall impediment" to the ENTIRE 1668 km North Coast Line from Brisbane to Cairns.
Also astonishingly, 44% of our daily train services are in fact rail buses, 26 per day - 13 northbound and 13 southbound. These buses traverse the road network acting as trains due to the congestion of the predominately single track line.

UPDATED DAILY
Is it more reliable?  Latest statistics over the past 9 months is a resounding YES!
See for yourself by the growing list below;

:thsdo : this symbol denotes a service without toilet facilities, or with 'out of order' toilet facilities.
Re: Toilets; should I forget to check their status, the default has been to always assume that they are working and in order.
This check ONLY applies to the front 3 carriages in the direction of travel.

Individual monthly performance summaries found here: --> http://railbotforum.org/mbs/index.php?topic=7184.0
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Tuesday October 01, 2013
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central on time   within 2 minutes of timetable.

Tuesday October 01, 2013
5:04 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods on time   within 2 minutes of timetable.
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Wednesday October 02, 2013
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central on time   within 2 minutes of timetable.

Wednesday October 02, 2013
5:04 PM service from City to Nambour

3 minutes late into Palmwoods
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Thursday October 03, 2013
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

2 minutes late into Central

Thursday October 03, 2013
5:04 PM service from City to Nambour

4 minutes late into Palmwoods
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Friday October 04, 2013
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

2 minutes late into Central

Friday October 04, 2013
5:04 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods on time   within 2 minutes of timetable.
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Wednesday October 9, 2013
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central on time

Wednesday October 9, 2013
5:04 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods on time   within 2 minutes of timetable.
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Thursday October 10, 2013
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central on time   within 2 minutes of timetable.

Thursday October 10, 2013
5:24 PM service from City to Nambour

1 minute early into Palmwoods
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Friday October 11, 2013
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

2 minutes late into Central

Friday October 11, 2013
5:04 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods on time   within 2 minutes of timetable.
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Monday October 14, 2013
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central on time

Monday October 14, 2013
4:34 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods on time
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Tuesday October 15, 2013
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central on time   within 2 minutes of timetable. Toilets locked and out of order  :thsdo

Tuesday October 15, 2013
5:04 PM service from City to Nambour

1 minute early into Palmwoods
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Wednesday October 16, 2013
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central on time   within 2 minutes of timetable.

Wednesday October 16, 2013
5:04 PM service from City to Nambour

5 minutes late into Palmwoods  waited just north of Eudlo for freight train to pass on single line track.
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Thursday October 17, 2013
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central on time   within 2 minutes of timetable.

Thursday October 17, 2013
5:04 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods on time
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Friday October 18, 2013
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central on time   within 2 minutes of timetable.

Friday October 18, 2013
5:04 PM service from City to Nambour

10 minutes late into Palmwoods  waited at Mooloolah for train to pass on single line track, then did the famous 'dance of the trains'
To put it in perspective, the last time we were 10 minutes late or more was on the 22 August, when we lost 14 minutes. That was almost 2 months ago.
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Monday October 21, 2013
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central on time   within 2 minutes of timetable.

Monday October 21, 2013
5:04 PM service from City to Nambour

9 minutes late into Palmwoods  departed Central Station 8 minutes late.
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Tuesday October 22, 2013
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

3 minutes late into Central

Tuesday October 22, 2013
5:04 PM service from City to Nambour

1 minute early into Palmwoods
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Wednesday October 23, 2013
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central on time   within 2 minutes of timetable.

Wednesday October 23, 2013
5:04 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods on time
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Thursday October 24, 2013
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central on time 

Thursday October 24, 2013
4:34 PM service from City to Nambour

2 minutes late into Palmwoods
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Friday October 25, 2013
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

2 minutes late into Central

Friday October 25, 2013
5:04 PM service from City to Nambour

3 minutes late into Palmwoods  waited at Mooloolah for empty passenger train to pass on single line track.
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Monday October 28, 2013
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

3 minutes late into Central

Monday October 28, 2013
5:04 PM service from City to Nambour

1 minute early into Palmwoods
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Tuesday October 29, 2013
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

3 minutes late into Central

Tuesday October 29, 2013
5:04 PM service from City to Nambour

32 minutes late into Palmwoods  waited at Elimbah / Beerburrum for (on board) reported signal faults caused by the storm, earlier delay at Morayfield. The last time we were 32 minutes late or more was on 19 June 2013, over 4 months ago, with 58 minutes lost. Not bad. This storm delay force majeure.
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Wednesday October 30, 2013
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

2 minutes late into Central

Wednesday October 30, 2013
5:04 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods on time   within 2 minutes of timetable.
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Regards,
Fares_Fair

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