Sunshine Coast Line : Delays for FEBRUARY 2013

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February delays thus far ... to SC commuters.

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 still be considered 'on-time'.

In my opinion, when the public hear the words "on-time performance" they would assume this means what it says.
But for TRANSLink, the authority now under TMR jurisdiction and tasked with overseeing public transport, this is NOT the case and 'spin' is used to obfuscate the truth by changing the definition of 'on-time'.

It also does wonders for off-time performance figures.
All times shown below are actual arrival times.
Early arrival times are noted and subtracted from the TTL (total time lost), times less than 2 minutes late are NOT added to these figures.

N.B.
The Government and Queensland Rail recently announced the regular availability of on-time performance statistics showing contractual (events within QR control) and customer impact (i.e. force majeure or acts of God) performance statistics on a line by line basis, for peak services only.
This is a first and is to be applauded. Thank you Queensland Rail.
A perfect score by this author would be obtained by the provision of off-peak service statistics under the same criteria.

See here for peak time data --> http://www.queenslandrail.com.au/RailServices/City/Pages/PeakOn-TimeResults.aspx


UPDATED DAILY
Is it more reliable ?
Do these reflect the true on-time performance of our services?
See for yourself by the growing list below;

: 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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Friday February 1, 2013
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

2 minutes late into Central

Friday February 1, 2013
5:04 PM service from City to Nambour

2 minutes late into Palmwoods
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Monday February 4, 2013
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

3 minutes late into Central

Monday February 4, 2013
5:04 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods on time  within 2 minutes of timetable.
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Tuesday February 5, 2013
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central on time

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

Arrived Palmwoods 2 minutes early
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Wednesday February 6, 2013
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central on time

Wednesday February 6, 2013
5:04 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods on time  within 2 minutes of timetable.
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Thursday February 7, 2013
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

2 minutes late into Central

Thursday February 7, 2013
5:04 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods 1 minute early
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Friday February 8, 2013
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central on time   Toilets 'out of order' on IMU train    Ministerial direction given 21 January 2013, by Scott Emerson MP.

Friday February 8, 2013
5:04 PM service from City to Nambour

4 minutes late into Palmwoods
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Monday February 11, 2013
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

9 minutes late into Central
Monday February 11, 2013
5:04 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods on time
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Tuesday February 12, 2013
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

2 minutes late into Central

Tuesday February 12, 2013
5:04 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods on time  2 TransLink ticketies (blue shirts) on train Beerburrum to Eudlo, unusual to see this far north this time of year.
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Wednesday February 13, 2013
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

2 minutes late into Central

Wednesday February 13, 2013
5:04 PM service from City to Nambour

2 minutes late into Palmwoods
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Thursday February 14, 2013
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

3 minutes late into Central  3 car service today, mechanical breakdown reported on 6:14 & 6:40am, ran express Cabolture to Northgate to Bowen Hills.

Thursday February 14, 2013
5:04 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods on time  6 QR ticketies (white shirts) accompanied by 3 Police checking tickets on train tonight
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Friday February 15, 2013
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central on time   Toilets 'out of order' on IMU train    Ministerial direction given 21 January 2013, by Scott Emerson MP.

Friday February 15, 2013
5:04 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods 1 minute early  accidently bypassed Burpengary Station, southbound train held at Morayfield for pax 
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Monday February 18, 2013
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

3 minutes late into Central

Monday February 18, 2013
5:04 PM service from City to Nambour

3 minutes late into Palmwoods
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Tuesday February 19, 2013
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

4 minutes late into Central

Tuesday February 19, 2013
5:04 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods 3 minutes early
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Wednesday February 20, 2013
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central on time  within 2 minutes of timetable.

Wednesday February 20, 2013
5:04 PM service from City to Nambour

8 minutes late into Palmwoods  waited between Eudlo and Palmwoods for forms to sign giving permission to pass a red signal
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Thursday February 21, 2013
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central on time

Thursday February 21, 2013
5:04 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods on time  tree brought down onto o/head wires at ~3:50pm, sorted by 5pm. Thank you to QR for swift response
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Friday February 22, 2013
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central on time

Friday February 22, 2013
5:04 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods on time
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Monday February 25, 2013
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central 1 minute early

Monday February 25, 2013
5:04 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods 1 minute early  proceeded to Woombye station due to heavy rain, got a lift home.
                                                         Palmwoods to Woombye timetable takes 4 minutes in the am and 8 minutes in the pm!
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Tuesday February 26, 2013
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central on time  within 2 minutes of timetable

Tuesday February 26, 2013
5:04 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods 1 minute early
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Wednesday February 27, 2013
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

3 minutes late into Central

Wednesday February 27, 2013
5:28 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods on time
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Thursday February 28, 2013
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

2 minutes late into Central   No toilets available on SMU type train    QR guard announced apology for no toilets on the train

Thursday February 28, 2013
5:28 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods 1 minute early
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Please please please publish toilet reliability index! TRI

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Please please please publish toilet reliability index! TRI

See the individual monthly performance summaries found here, for train amenities on my services: --> http://railbotforum.org/mbs/index.php?topic=7184.0