Article: Ferny Grove spruce up

[ozbob]

From Brisbane mX 20 Feb 2008 not online

Ferny Grove spruce up

Ferny Grove spruce up

Extra services will begin running on the Ferny Grove from Monday.

The increased services are part of a $46 million track and station upgrade between Mitchelton and Keperra that will see 1525 seats on the line by the end of March.

All three-carriage trains during peak hour will be upgraded to six-carriage trains, and an extra morning and afternoon peak hour service will be added - taking the number of morning peak services to 14 and afternoon peak service to 16.

Express services will also run from Mitchelton to Bowen Hills instead of from Enoggera to Bowen Hills.

As part of the upgrade, improvements were being made to the Grovely and Oxford Park stations and would be completed by April, transport Minister John Mickel said.

At last!   

[ozbob]

No sign of new timetable or service change announcements at Translink or Citytrain websites yet.

The Ferny Grove line commuters should be pleased but the increased services may further exacerbate the car parking problems.   More feeder buses needed.

Still it is a start.

[Derwan]

taking the number of morning peak services to 14 and afternoon peak service to 16.

Not sure what they call "peak", but assuming the afternoon is 4pm to 6pm.

Ferny Grove gets 16.
Shorncliffe gets 6.

I can't help but feel that the Shorncliffe line is getting the rough end of the deal.

[Derwan]

No sign of new timetable or service change announcements at Translink or Citytrain websites yet.

A few tries of the journey planner suggests that the new timetable has not been loaded yet.

The statement "by the end of March" suggests to me that perhaps the 3-car trains will become 6 on Monday, but the additional services won't start until the full March timetable change.