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Sunshine Coast Line : Delays for FEBRUARY 2014

Started by Fares_Fair, January 31, 2014, 20:49:51 PM

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January 31, 2014, 20:49:51 PM Last Edit: March 01, 2014, 18:56:13 PM by Fares_Fair
February delays thus far ... to SC commuters.
This is my 31st 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 2014

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 February 03, 2014
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central on time  within 2 minutes of timetable

Monday February 03, 2014
5:04 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods 1 minute early
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Tuesday February 04, 2014
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central on time  within 2 minutes of timetable

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

Arrived Palmwoods 2 minutes early
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Wednesday February 05, 2014
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central 2 minutes late

Wednesday February 05, 2014
5:04 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods 4 minutes late
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Thursday February 06, 2014
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central 3 minutes late

Thursday February 06, 2014
4:04 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods on time
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Friday February 07, 2014
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central 14 minutes late  track fault between Bowen Hills and Fortitude Valley, NO on-board announcements were made.

Friday February 07, 2014
5:04 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods on time
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Monday February 10, 2014
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central 2 minutes late

Monday February 10, 2014
5:04 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods on time
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Tuesday February 11, 2014
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central 2 minutes late

Tuesday February 11, 2014
5:04 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods on time
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Thursday February 13, 2014
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central 3 minutes late

Thursday February 13, 2014
5:04 PM service from City to Nambour

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

Arrived Central 5 minutes late

Friday February 14, 2014
5:04 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods on time
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Monday February 17, 2014
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central 2 minutes late

Monday February 17, 2014
5:04 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods on time   shared trip home with Queensland Rail CEO and the QR Executive General Manager Customer Service
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Tuesday February 18, 2014
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central on time  within 2 minutes of timetable

Tuesday February 18, 2014
5:04 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods on time  within 2 minutes of timetable
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Wednesday February 19, 2014
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central on time  within 2 minutes of timetable

Wednesday February 19, 2014
5:04 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods 2 minutes early
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Thursday February 20, 2014
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central 13 minutes late  boom-gate strike between Narangba & Dakabin.  NO ON-BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS MADE !

Thursday February 20, 2014
4:40 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods 1 minute early   overshot Morayfield station but QR had empty train ready to take pax back to Morayfield from Caboolture
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Friday February 21, 2014
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central 24 minutes late  boom-gate strike at Beams Road, that's twice in 2 days.  Good on-board announcements by QR

Friday February 21, 2014
5:04 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods 1 minute early    uneventful trip home  :-t
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Monday February 24, 2014
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central 2 minutes late

Monday February 24, 2014
4:04 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods 1 minute early
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Tuesday February 25, 2014
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central on time  within 2 minutes of timetable

Tuesday February 25, 2014
Car pooled home.    arrived Palmwoods 20 minutes ahead of the train, saved 30 minutes all up.
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Thursday February 27, 2014
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central 2 minutes late

Thursday February 27, 2014
5:04 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods on time
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Friday February 28, 2014
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central 3 minutes late

Friday February 28, 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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