Kuraby to Beenleigh capacity improvement (Logan - Gold Coast Faster Rail)

[Jonno]

Well we call road widening projects "Congestion-Busting" and that is about as far from the truth as Faster Rail

[achiruel]

I would be calling it Logan & Gold Coast Capacity Improvement Project, but maybe that's too many words?

[ozbob]

K2B upgrade ...

 

[timh]

K2B upgrade ...

 

I seem to recall TMR people calling it that (or something along those lines) in our meetings.

[ozbob]

Government Statement

https://statements.qld.gov.au/statements/99954

Major contractors shortlisted to deliver Logan and Gold Coast Faster Rail and Loganlea Station Relocation projects

22nd March 2024

Minister for Transport and Main Roads and Minister for Digital Services
The Honourable Bart Mellish

. Logan and Gold Coast Faster Rail is one step closer after major contractors shortlisted to tender for three works packages.

. The project will double the number of tracks between Kuraby and Beenleigh, enabling more train services.

. This project will improve journey times and safety for road and rail users, removing crossings at Kuraby, Woodridge, Bethania, Holmview, and Beenleigh, and upgrading intersections.

The Logan and Gold Coast Faster Rail (LGC) Project is taking a major step forward with major contractors shortlisted for three individual packages of work:

. ActivUs consortium (consisting of CPB Contractors, Acciona Contractors, UGL Engineering, SMEC Australia and WSP Australia) and Activate consortium (consisting of John Holland Queensland, Aurecon Australasia and AECOM Australia) have been shortlisted for the LGC Rail Package.

. Two joint ventures have been shortlisted for the LGC OLCR Package - Beilby Holdings with JF Hull Holdings, and BMD Constructions with Fulton Hogan Construction.

. ADCO Construction, DT Infrastructure and the joint venture of Martinus Rail and Degnan have been shortlisted for the Loganlea Station Relocation Project.

Over the next six months, the major contractors will put forward their proposals for the individual project packages, including design, construction plans and cost.

The successful companies to deliver the works will be announced later this year.

The announcement follows a year of significant progress including refining the reference design, extensive survey and geotechnical investigation works and community engagement. The Government is also working towards important final environmental approvals from the Federal Government.

Logan and Gold Coast Faster Rail will remove five level crossings, improving journey times and safety for road and rail users. This includes building three road-over-rail overpasses and removing two level crossings, while upgrading intersections and improving the local road network.

The project will also deliver modern and accessible stations between Kuraby and Beenleigh, which will provide improved access to the train network for all Logan residents.

With Cross River Rail well underway, the 20km section of rail line between Kuraby and Beenleigh (the Logan and Gold Coast Faster Rail project corridor) is the next critical bottleneck to unlock, to provide capacity for more frequent rail services in the future.

Increasing the number of tracks from two to four and allowing the free movement of both all-stops and express trains will mean more of our fastest services can run more frequently and more reliably.

This will allow public transport users to arrive at modern and accessible stations and spend less time waiting on the platform for a service to arrive, which means easier connections to the rest of South East Queensland through the existing rail network as well as the new services to be delivered through Cross River Rail and the Direct Sunshine Coast Line.

The LGC Rail package will deliver the major rail works between Kuraby and Beenleigh including duplicating the tracks from two to four, station upgrades, local road works and active transport connections. The design and construction of this complex brownfield project will be delivered through an alliance contract.

The Loganlea Station project will relocate and upgrade Loganlea train station to better connect customers with nearby health, education, and community services – particularly Logan Hospital.

The Loganlea Station Project is costed at $173.8 million.

The broader Logan and Gold Coast Faster Rail project is jointly-funded by the Queensland and Australian governments with a 50-50 commitment towards the project cost of $5.75 billion.

Logan and Gold Coast Faster Rail is one of several large investments in the rail network well underway along with Cross River Rail, the Beerburrum to Nambour Rail Upgrade (B2N), the European Train Control System (ETCS) and the Queensland Train Manufacturing Program (QTMP), which will build 65 new fully-accessible trains at Torbanlea, near Maryborough, to run on the South East Queensland train network.

These projects will play an important role during the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games while delivering improvements for everyday Queenslanders by providing more frequent and reliable services around South East Queensland.

Quotes attributable to Minister for Transport, Main Roads and Digital Services Bart Mellish:

"Logan and Gold Coast Faster Rail is a critical project that will allow more of our fastest trains to run more often.

"Shortlisting proponents to deliver these works is an important and exciting step towards a major upgrade on our South East Queensland rail network.

"Once finalised, all of these projects will help to connect our growing communities with more frequent and reliable train services between Brisbane, Logan and the Gold Coast.

"The additional tracks will also mean more services can run, allowing customers to arrive at new, modern and accessible train stations and spend less time waiting on the platform for a train to arrive."

Quotes attributable to Deputy Premier, Treasurer, Minister for Trade and Investment and State Member for Woodridge Cameron Dick:

"It is good to see this project is proceeding.

"David Crisafulli will cut this project to direct funds towards his unfunded Sunshine Coast rail line to Maroochydore.

"I will always fight to stop LNP cuts and ensure our community gets its proper share of infrastructure funding."

Quotes attributable to Shannon Fentiman, Minister for Health and Ambulance Services and Member for Waterford:

"Our growing community need more train services, faster trains, station upgrades and active transport connections, and that's exactly what our government is delivering.

"The Logan and Gold Coast Faster Rail project means less time commuting and more time with family.

"I'm thrilled we've now reached this significant milestone and look forward to seeing what those who've been shortlisted come up with for this game changing project."

Quotes attributable to Melissa McMahon, Member for Macalister:

"The Miles Government has a great track record delivering public transport projects for the people of South East Queensland that reduce the amount of time spent commuting.

"This is great news for my community and I welcome today's announcement that will see successful contractors confirmed by the end of the year."

Quotes attributable to James Martin, Member for Stretton:

"The Miles Government's rail revolution is well underway in South East Queensland and the people of Stretton will benefit from more frequent trains and less time spent commuting.

"Along with station upgrades, better active transport connections, this is a great project that will make a big difference to my community."

"I'm thrilled that this vital upgrade is progressing. My community and I are pleased as we are one step closer to removing the Kuraby level crossing."

Further information on Logan and Gold Coast Faster Rail is available on the project website.

ENDS

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[#Metro]

"The Logan and Gold Coast Faster Rail project means less time commuting and more time with family.

Yes, like < 5 min. Similar to the margin for late running.

Project is better characterised as a capacity enhancing project not a speed enhancing one.

I'm curious to know if the bespoke/custom stations are a major contributor to the unit per-km cost difference between us and Perth.

Could a more standardised station design reduce costs?

[timh]

Station designs are already fairly standard, except for a few where the station has to adapt into the less flat geography / constrained surrounds like at Woodridge or Beenleigh

[achiruel]

Speaking of Woodridge, I wonder if QR will do their policy of naming stations after their location for the rebuild, and call it Logan Central? Trinder Park could then be renamed Woodridge, and we would have two stations named after their respective suburbs, instead of one after an aged care facility.

[Jonno]

Speaking of Woodridge, I wonder if QR will do their policy of naming stations after their location for the rebuild, and call it Logan Central? Trinder Park could then be renamed Woodridge, and we would have two stations named after their respective suburbs, instead of one after an aged care facility.

Woodridge should become Logan Cebtral and straddle Wembley Rd with bus stop underneath!!

[AnonymouslyBad]

Woodridge should become Logan Cebtral and straddle Wembley Rd with bus stop underneath!!

I thought this for a while, but I've reconsidered because the area around Woodridge station passes for a local town centre whereas Wembley Road is... a road.

I'd even call the Council site more connected to the current station than a relocated one.

We know most development of the last half century hasn't been favourable to rail, but it's also not sustainable long-term development. Railway stations shouldn't be "chasing" the flow of cars out to arterial roads and declining shopping malls.

(Edit: apologies if you're actually taking the p%ss here, I couldn't quite tell 😂)

[Gazza]

Annoyingly, the bus station at the Kmart is already called Logan Central Station.

[Jonno]

I guess when I think major road I envision 👇🏻 (less the street parking)



Not



To me a station that integrates bus platforms into a connected station make a lot of sense?

[nathandavid88]

Speaking of Woodridge, I wonder if QR will do their policy of naming stations after their location for the rebuild, and call it Logan Central? Trinder Park could then be renamed Woodridge, and we would have two stations named after their respective suburbs, instead of one after an aged care facility.

If they were going to name it based on the suburb the station resides in, the new Trinder Park wouldn't be renamed Woodridge - going by the maps I've seen, the new station won't actually sit in the suburb of Woodridge, or even the City of Logan for that matter!

The actual land that the station will occupy is part of the Brisbane suburb of Karawatha.

[achiruel]

^ Even better, Woodridge can become Logan Central, Trinder Park can become Karawatha, and the 2 old station names can disappear!

[nathandavid88]

To rename Woodridge Station, you would need to rename Logan Central Bus Station to avoid confusion "Logan Central Plaza" would probably be the most apt for the location.

Naming a new Trinder Park Station "Karawatha" would just go to show how rigidly naming stations after their location isn't always a good idea. A "Karawatha Station" would see itself in the exact same situation as the Gold Coast's Hope Island Station. It was originally to be called "Helensvale North" as it physically sat inside the suburb of Helensvale. However, the public saw this as a stupid name for the station, and the Government accepted public calls to change the name to that of the neighbouring suburb of Hope Island - the gateway to which was literally right next to the station.

Karawatha has a population of probably a couple of hundred people now (the 2016 census put it at 19) and is largely made up of the sprawling forest of the same name - I'm sure a lot of people would have no idea where Karawatha is. Conversely, Woodridge is a prominent suburb of 13,500 people, and is the much more known location (for better or worse). The only way to access the station is from Woodridge - both the driveway to the park n ride and the roads that lead to it are in Woodridge. While the park n ride and station itself are both in Karawatha, there is no direct access to the station from within the suburb of Karawatha.

For these reasons, I think it would make little sense to call it Karawatha. Woodridge would be the more accurate, but I honestly don't mind it keeping the name Trinder Park, and keeping alive the history of the location and that of Arthur "Pop" Trinder, the developer who subdivided much of the property in the area and donated the parcel of 220 acres to the Lutheran Church that now today houses the Trinder Park Aged Care facility.

[ozbob]

MyCityLogan --> Bus bonanza during rail boost

State-owned buses are set to provide train commuters with greater travel options once construction starts on Logan's major rail upgrade.

The first 165 of 200 Brisbane-made replacement buses are rolling off the production line.

The government-owned Volvo buses will be used during track closures across a variety of regional rail projects.

They will be the main saviour for local commuters when construction of the Faster Rail project begins, which will consist of doubling almost 20km of track, removing the city's level crossings, and relocating multiple stations.

It remains unclear when construction will start, but Transport and Main Roads promised to "keep people moving" once it does.

"The rail replacement buses are about providing easier arrangements during track closures," a Translink spokesperson said. ...