Trains terminating at Corinda, move to Darra?

[ozbob]

It would be a good idea for the trains presently terminating at Corinda actually run through to Darra to terminate.  This would increase the frequency of services from Darra and Oxley to 15 minutes off peak. This would encourage more use of public transport, and allow for better integration of the buses at Darra.  Oxley is a very busy station.  There is the capacity at Darra to do this.  

This would be easily managed with the present timetable and train committment.

Lets make real improvements.

The other issue is that the gap between the 6.09am train from Oxly, and the next train at 6.42am is too long. This service (6.42am) is very heavy loaded.  A service ex Darra say at 6.25am would assist greatly.

Ozbob
Submitted to Translink 22 Aug 2006

[ozbob]

Media Release 3 July 2007

Brisbane:  Ipswich railway line the key to easing the mess on Ipswich Highway

RAIL ? Back On Track (http://backontrack.org) a web based community organisation for the promotion of rail throughout Australia has called for some immediate timetable changes on the TransLink Citytrain services to Ipswich to help move commuters from cars to rail.

Robert Dow said:

?Ipswich highway is arguably now the most dangerous and congested road in Australia.  It seems almost daily, sometimes many times a day, traffic is brought to a standstill with accidents and traffic overload.  As road works are undertaken it is only going to get worse, much worse. The Ipswich highway runs virtually parallel to the railway line to Ipswich.  It is time that an active program was undertaken to encourage commuters to leave their cars behind and relax on the train.?

?In order to encourage commuters some timetable improvements are needed today. In the morning there is too big a gap between the 5.41 am and 6.14 am services from Ipswich to Caboolture.  The 6.14 am service is often overloaded by the time it reaches Oxley and rarely runs on time as a result. An additional service leaving Ipswich at 5.59 am to Bowen Hills would be a major improvement.?

?Also in the afternoon there is presently a service from Central to Redbank that leaves Central at 4.12pm.  This train has a light passenger loading as it follows the 4.06pm Central to Ipswich.  The next service is a 4.21 pm Central to Ipswich, which is then followed by the 4.38 pm Central to Ipswich.  The 4.38 pm Central to Ipswich is experiencing chronic heavy passenger loadings; it would help if the 4.12 pm Central to Redbank service was re-timetabled to leave Central at 4.30 pm.  This would allow for more passengers to use the 4.38 pm service to Ipswich in reasonable comfort.?

?Presently during the week days there is a fifteen minute frequency of service of trains from Corinda to the City.  It would be within the present crew and train service capacities that instead of terminating the trains at Corinda these could be terminated at Darra.  This is only two stations past Corinda. This would then give a fifteen minute frequency from both Oxley and Darra.  Both these stations have high passenger loadings, and by feeding buses into these stations it would enable commuters' fast and safe access to the City and beyond.  The unused platform at Darra needs to be reopened as well.?

?As the new trains are progressively introduced, another way of increasing capacity would be to increase the unit train length on some express services from 6 car to 9 car.  This would require some modification at some stations but would require no additional train staff. To complement these improvements education campaigns promoting the benefits at a personal and community level of using the rail service are needed.?

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[Mozz]

It would be a good idea for the trains presently terminating at Corinda actually run through to Darra to terminate.  This would increase the frequency of services from Darra and Oxley to 15 minutes off peak. This would encourage more use of public transport, and allow for better integration of the buses at Darra.  Oxley is a very busy station.  There is the capacity at Darra to do this.  

This would be easily managed with the present timetable and train committment.

Lets make real improvements.

The other issue is that the gap between the 6.09am train from Oxly, and the next train at 6.42am is too long. This service (6.42am) is very heavy loaded.  A service ex Darra say at 6.25am would assist greatly.

Ozbob
Submitted to Translink 22 Aug 2006

Bob - as a recent recruit to the website, and as a resident of Oxley who works in the brisbane CBD I whole heartedly agree with the two comments above and have, over the past three years made many representations to QR and Translink particularly on the early morning trains.

In my last feedback to translink I decided to try something different and asked, to the effect "what would it take for translink/QR to actually instigate a change to the timetable as my previous representations and feedback obviously hasn't been acted upon" and I also asked what input/feedback mechanisms were being used in the generation of the new March 2008 timetable - I will let the forum know the outcome as it has now been passed onto QR.

[ozbob]

Welcome Mozz,  glad you are on board!   

Well done on your representations, it is very frustrating the lack of any meaningful feedback from TL or QR at times. 

We have just forwarded another letter to QR (see http://backontrack.org/mbs/index.php?topic=144.msg921#msg921) with some more ideas. 
There is a urgent and real need to listen to the community and get things moving.

Regards
Bob

[Tramwayjohn]

I contacted both TRANSLINK and QR regarding extending the Corinda trains to Darra. Also, I spoke on the matter at the Ipswich transport furum last night. I also sent a letter to the "Queensland Times" today. All Ipswich to Brisbane trains on Monday to Friday, could operate express from Darra to Roma St, stopping only at Indooroopilly and Toowong. A train would depart a few minutes after the express departs Darra, stopping at all stations to Shorncliffe. In the longer term, I woulkd like to see QR operate three car trains every 15 minutes rather than six car trains every 30 minutes.

John Coyle

[Mozz]

Just to followup on a statement I made in an earlier post about waiting for a response to my query as to how commuters could input into the new timetable March 2008 - I never did get a response from anyone

[stephenk]

Just to followup on a statement I made in an earlier post about waiting for a response to my query as to how commuters could input into the new timetable March 2008 - I never did get a response from anyone

Based on the number of complaints from Ferny Grove Line users, I think most of the commuters input to the new timetable was on the day it started running!