Important message about CityCat services

[ozbob]

Message from Lord Mayor Campbell Newman

Important message about CityCat services

Brisbane City Council advises all CityCat and ferry services will be cancelled from sunset today due to the risk of vessels colliding with debris floating in the Brisbane river.

The cancellation of the CityCat and ferry services is essential to uphold the safety of passengers and operational staff.
Final CityCat services are as follows (please note: these are approximate times to ensure passenger safety and are subject to river conditions):

Downstream from Riverside Terminal
? Final service from 4.30pm

Upstream from Riverside Terminal
? Final service from 4.17pm

Upstream from Apollo Road
? Final service from 3.45pm

Downstream from UQ
? Final service from 3.45pm

Final City ferry (non-CityCat) services will cease operations at 5pm.  Passengers should ensure they board services in order to reach their destination prior to 5pm.

Limited replacement bus services will run on weekdays in the am and pm peak periods, between the CBD locations of Riverside and North Quay, to and from Mowbray Park, Hawthorn and Bulimba CityCat terminals.

Further information about replacement bus service timetables will be available at CityCat terminals. At this stage, the services have been cancelled indefinately. Further assessment of whether to continue each service will be made daily until the all clear is given to resume normal services.

Any commuters who intend to travel by CityCat or ferry today are advised to check www.translink.com.au or by phoning 131 230.

Please forward this message to anybody you know who may use CityCat services.

[ButFli]

I was disappointed to find the QUT City Cat wharf locked up tonight. The water is so high the ramp to the floating section was going uphill!

[ozbob]

TransLink notice:

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[ozbob]

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Ferry services

CityCat and CityFerry services are cancelled until further notice.

Inbound services

Riverside and North Quay passengers

TransLink will operate shuttle buses from 6am to 9am Friday, departing Bulimba terminal and stopping at:

    * Norman Park ferry terminal, Wynnum Park
    * Opposite Mowbray Park (stop 14)
    * East Brisbane Bowls Club, Lytton Road

Services will operate on a continuous loop, approximately every 30 minutes until 9am.

Shuttle buses will set down passengers at All Hallows, Riverside Centre and QUT Alice Street.

Alternatively passengers can also use normal Brisbane Transport services to get to their destination. Please use the journey planner.

[ozbob]

North Quay CityCat Terminal 22nd May 2009  2pm





Photographs R Dow 22nd May 2009

[ozbob]

From the Courier Mail click here!

Flood debris halts Brisbane's CityCats indefinitely

Flood debris halts Brisbane's CityCats indefinitely
Article from: The Courier-Mail

Ursula Heger

May 22, 2009 11:10am

BRISBANE'S iconic CityCats have been cancelled indefinitely because of debris washed into the river after Wednesday's deluge.
Brisbane City Council announced this morning the Citycats and ferries would be ``cancelled until further notice'' to ensure passengers were not injured if the boats collided with large pieces of debris.

"The cancellation of the CityCat and ferry services is essential to uphold the safety of passengers and operational staff,'' a statement said.

Daily testing on the condition of the river will be untaken by Council employees, before the boats will be allow back into service.

A limited number of replacement bus services will run during the morning and afternoon peak times between the CBD and Riverside and North Quay.

They will also run return routes between Mowbray Park, Hawthorne and Bulimba CityCat terminals.

Earlier today, motorists on the Ipswich Motorway were confronted with extremely thick fog and potholes on their way to work.

[ozbob]

Message from the Lord Mayor of Brisbane

Tuesday, 26 May 2009

Brisbane City Council advises all CityCat and ferry services will resume in a limited capacity from 6.15am tomorrow morning in daylight hours.

CityCat and ferry services will not operate on timetable and their speed will be reduced due to safety reasons.

All CityCats and ferries will begin services at 6.15am and complete final passenger services by 5pm (see scheduled start and finish services below).

The cancellation of the CityCat and ferry services at nightfall is essential to uphold the safety of passengers and operational staff.

Limited CityCat start and finish times are as follows (please note: these are approximate times to ensure passenger safety and are subject to river conditions):

First CityCat
Upstream from Apollo Road:
First service from 6.30am

Upstream from Riverside:
First service from 7.02am

Downstream from UQ:
First service from 6.15am

Downstream from Riverside:
First service from 6.53am

Final CityCat
Downstream from Riverside Terminal
Final service from 4.23pm

Upstream from Riverside Terminal
Final service from 4.17pm

Upstream from Apollo Road
Final service from 3.45pm

Downstream from UQ
Final service from 3.45pm

City ferry (non-CityCat) services will also cease operations at 5pm. Passengers should ensure they board services in order to reach their destination prior to 5pm.

Commuters who intend to travel on public transport are advised to check the TransLink website http://www.translink.com.au/ or call 131 230 for the latest information on services.

For more information, phone Brisbane City Council on 3403 8888 or visit Translink.

[Sunbus610]

Ferry services resume storm

BRISBANE'S daytime CityCat and CityFerry services have been restored after last week's storms made it too dangerous to operate in the Brisbane river.

TransLink advised all Brisbane River CityCat and CityFerry services would resume operations at restricted levels until further notice.

The services will not operate on their timetable due to speed restrictions for safety reasons.

However, the ferries and CityCats will not operate at night, with the last upstream CityCat service to depart Apollo Road at 3.45pm and Riverside at 4.17pm.

CityFerry services will also cease operations at 5pm.

Debris from flooding to the west of Brisbane last week caused a potential safety hazard for the vessels.

A 30,000 litre tank, along with a number of large logs, were sighted in the river

Click HERE  for the Courier Mail story

[ButFli]

At least part of that CM article has been recycled from last time the CityCats were cancelled due to high rainfall. There was the same report of a 30,000L tank.

It wouldn't surprise me if they have copy-pasted the entire article.

[ozbob]

From the Brisbanetimes click here!

CityCat services back to normal today

CityCat services back to normal today
May 28, 2009 - 6:16AM

Brisbane's CityCats and CityFerries will return to the river today after several days in the docks in the wake of last week's wet and wild weather.

All ferry services were cancelled following last week's flooding, which washed large, hazardous debris into the Brisbane river.

Translink has advised commuters CityCat and CityFerry services will resume today but will operate at reduced speeds.

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