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Sunshine Coast Line : Delays for JANUARY 2014

Started by Fares_Fair, December 22, 2013, 18:52:15 PM

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December 22, 2013, 18:52:15 PM Last Edit: January 31, 2014, 18:58:16 PM by Fares_Fair
January delays thus far ... to SC commuters.
This is my 30th 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.


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, 42% of our daily train services are in fact rail buses, 26 per day - 13 (40.63%) northbound and 13 (43.33%) southbound. These buses traverse the road network acting as trains due to the congestion of the predominately single track line.
The 44% figure has been revised down to 42% (actual 41.98%) upon the 2 new services beginning on 20 January.

As from 20th January 2014, the Sunshine Coast and Caboolture will each receive 2 new daily services.

Sunshine Coast:
The AM peak service departs Nambour at 5:07am, and runs express from Caboolture to Northgate (14 stations), arriving at the CBD at 6:53am.
The PM peak service departs the CBD at 4:22pm, and runs express Bowen Hills to Northgate to Caboolture (19 stations), arriving at Nambour at 6:10pm.

Sunshine Coast timetable modifications:
The current 4.34pm Nambour express service will depart Central station 6 minutes later at 4.40pm.

NEW CHANGE: The current 5:53pm Nambour to 8:10pm CBD service moves back 14 minutes to dep. Nambour 5:39pm and arr. Roma St 7:56pm

Caboolture:
A PM peak service will depart Central at 3.55pm and will run express Northgate to Petrie (9 stations), arriving at Caboolture at 4.50pm.
A PM peak service will depart Central at 4.10pm and will run express Northgate to Petrie (9 stations), arriving at Caboolture at 5.05pm.

Caboolture timetable modifications:
The current all stops Caboolture service departing at 4.07pm, will terminate at Petrie. If you normally catch this train to stations beyond Petrie, you will need to transfer.
The current 4.22pm Caboolture express service will depart Central station 6 minutes later at 4.28pm.

Gympie North timetable modifications:
The AM northbound service will depart Central station 4 minutes earlier at 9.33am. It will arrive at Caboolture at 10.17am and Gympie North at 12.39pm.
The PM northbound service will depart Central station at 5.51pm - arriving at Nambour at 7.44pm and Gympie North at 8.48pm.
This is 6 minutes later than the current 5:45pm departure time.

Further information can be found here --> http://translink.com.au/travel-information/service-notices/1046/details

UPDATED DAILY
Is it more reliable?
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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Monday January 06, 2014
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central on time  within 2 minutes of timetable

Monday January 06, 2014
5:04 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods 94 minutes late  delayed at Narangba and Morayfield and south of Caboolture due to extreme weather.
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Tuesday January 07, 2014
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central on time  within 2 minutes of timetable

Tuesday January 07, 2014
5:04 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods 2 minutes late  2 min's early to both Petrie and Landsborough, waited for crossing trains along single track
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Wednesday January 08, 2014
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central 2 minutes late

Wednesday January 08, 2014
5:04 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods on time
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Thursday January 09, 2014
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central 2 minutes late

Thursday January 09, 2014
5:04 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods 3 minutes late
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Friday January 10, 2014
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central 3 minutes late

Friday January 10, 2014
5:04 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods on time  within 2 minutes of timetable
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Monday January 13, 2014
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central on time  within 2 minutes of timetable

Monday January 13, 2014
5:04 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods 1 minute early
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Tuesday January 14, 2014
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central 2 minutes late

Tuesday January 14, 2014
5:04 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods 1 minute early
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Wednesday January 15, 2014
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central 2 minutes late

Wednesday January 15, 2014
5:04 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods 2 minutes early
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Thursday January 16, 2014
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central 2 minutes late

Thursday January 16, 2014
5:04 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods on time  within 2 minutes of timetable
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Friday January 17, 2014
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central 2 minutes late

Friday January 17, 2014
5:04 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods 1 minute early
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Monday January 20, 2014
New 5:07 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central on time  within 2 minutes of timetable

Monday January 20, 2014
New 4:22 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods 66 minutes late  bridge strike at Morayfield, terminated at Caboolture, caught following 4:40pm service home.
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Tuesday January 21, 2014
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central 2 minutes late

Tuesday January 21, 2014
5:04 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods 1 minute early
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Wednesday January 22, 2014
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central on time  within 2 minutes of timetable

Wednesday January 22, 2014
New 4:22 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods on time  within 2 minutes of timetable
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Thursday January 23, 2014
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central on time  within 2 minutes of timetable

Thursday January 23, 2014
5:04 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods 4 minutes late
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Friday January 24, 2014
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central 2 minutes late

Friday January 24, 2014
5:04 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods 1 minute early
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Tuesday January 28, 2014
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central 2 minutes late

Tuesday January 28, 2014
5:04 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods 2 minutes late   toilet door stuck open on front 3 carriages  :thsdo
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Wednesday January 29, 2014
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central 3 minutes late

Wednesday January 29, 2014
5:04 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods 1 minute early
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Thursday January 30, 2014
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central 6 minutes late

Thursday January 30, 2014
New 4:22 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods 1 minute early
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Friday January 31, 2014
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central 3 minutes late

Friday January 31, 2014
5:04 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods 1 minute early
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Regards,
Fares_Fair

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