Reported service disruptions rail - no longer in use

[ozbob]

The 6.59am Caboolture to Roma Street train has been cancelled from Dakabin to Roma Street due to a rollingstock issue.

Customers can transfer on the next Caboolture train departing Dakabin Station at 7.21am.

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Wouldn't the pax rather head towards Roma St ?   

[ozbob]

The 7.28am Kippa-Ring to Roma Street train is delayed 22 minutes due to a signal issue at Virginia.

[ozbob]

The 8.29am Central to Varsity Lakes train is delayed 14 minutes due to congestion on the network.

This train is now due to arrive at Varsity Lakes Station at 10.16am.

[ozbob]

The 9.29am Roma Street to Gympie North train is delayed 12 minutes due to a rollingstock issue.

The train is now due to arrive at Gympie North Station at 12.51pm.

[ozbob]

Ferny Grove line trains travelling inbound are suspended in both directions between Mitchelton and Bowen Hills due to a rollingstock issue. Customers can expect delays of up to 30 minutes.
1:12 PM · Oct 2, 2019

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Ferny Grove line trains travelling inbound have resumed between Mitchelton and Bowen Hills following an earlier suspension due to a rollingstock issue.
1:22 PM · Oct 2, 2019

[ozbob]

The 1.34pm Central to Beenleigh train is delayed 10 minutes due to a rollingstock issue.

The train is now due to arrive at Beenleigh Station at 2.51pm.

[ozbob]

The 1.04pm Central to Beenleigh train is delayed 13 minutes due to a rollingstock issue.

The train is now due to arrive at Beenleigh Station at 2.23pm.

[ozbob]

The 1.04pm Central to Beenleigh train is delayed 13 minutes due to a rollingstock issue.

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The 11.32am Park Road to Domestic Airport will run express from Bowen Hills to Eagle Junction due to a medical emergency.

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The 12.17pm Ferny Grove to Central train has been cancelled from Ferny Grove to Bowen Hills due to a medical emergency.

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The 12.35pm Caboolture to Central train is delayed 10 minutes due to a rolingstock (sic) issue.

[ozbob]

The 3.47pm Ferny Grove to Central train has been cancelled from Ferny Grove to Bowen Hills due to a customer illness.

[ozbob]

The 3.59pm Roma Street to Ferny Grove train has been cancelled due to a rollingstock issue.

The next Roma Street to Ferny Grove train is due to depart Roma Street station at 4.07pm.

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The 4.10pm Varsity Lakes to Central train has been cancelled from Robina to Roma Street due to a rostering issue.

The next Varsity Lakes to Central train is due to depart Varsity Lakes station at 4.40pm.

[ozbob]

The 4.18pm Beenleigh to Central train will run express from Kuraby to Coopers Plains due to an earlier rollingstock issue.

The next Beenleigh to Central train is due to depart Beenleigh station at 4.48pm.

[ozbob]

 

[ozbob]

The 4.48pm Beenleigh to Central train will run express from Coopers Plains to Park Road due to passenger emergency button activated.

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The 4.29pm Central to Varsity Lakes train is delayed 10 minutes due to a signalling fault at Beenleigh station.

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Beenleigh and Gold Coast line trains are delayed up to 30 minutes in both directions due to a signal issue between Holmview and Beenleigh stations.
5:44 PM · Oct 3, 2019

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The 11.37pm Ipswich to Bowen Hills train is delayed 15 minutes due to a signal issue.

This train is now due to arrive at Bowen Hills station at 1.22am.

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UPDATE: The 11.37pm Ipswich to Bowen Hills train is delayed 40 minutes due to a signal issue.

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The 11.58pm Central to Ipswich train is delayed 20 minutes due to a signal issue.

[ozbob]

Gold Coast Bulletin --> Trains delayed after man crawls under train on Gold Coast line

Trains along the Gold Coast track are delayed by at least half an hour after a man reportedly sat on the train tracks before crawling underneath.

TRAINS along the Gold Coast track are delayed by at least half an hour after a man reportedly sat on the train tracks before crawling underneath.

It's understood the man first sat on the tracks outside Helensvale Station shortly before 6.30pm, before crawling underneath a southbound train.

The driver was forced to cut the power.

Police sent dogs to the man in an effort to get him away from the train.

One witness told the Bulletin the southbound commuter train was "stopped just a few hundred metres short of the station with passengers unable to disembark."

Passengers were finally able to disembark just after 7pm after police arrested the man.

Not reported ...

[ozbob]

The 6.09am Shorncliffe to Central train will run express from Sandgate to Northgate due to a rollingstock issue.

The next Shorncliffe to Cleveland train will depart Shorncliffe station at 6.24am.

[ozbob]

The 9.33am Central to Gympie North train is delayed 15 minutes due to a signal issue at Palmwoods station.

This train is now due to arrive at Gympie North Station at 12.54pm.

[ozbob]

The 8.17pm Central to Cleveland train is delayed 11 minutes due to a rollingstock issue.

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10.58pm Central to Ipswich train has been cancelled at Auchenflower station due to a control decision.

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12.07am Ipswich to Bowen Hills train has been cancelled from Ipswich to Redbank stations due to a control decision.

[ozbob]

The 5.34am Central to Beenleigh train has been cancelled from Park Road to Beenleigh due to a rollingstock issue.

The next Central to Beenleigh train will depart Central Station at 6.04am.

[ozbob]

The 8.26am Central to Ferny Grove train is delayed 15 minutes due to a signalling issue.

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The 8.43am Central to Shorncliffe train is delayed 12 minutes due to a signalling issue.

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The 8.37am Central to Caboolture train is delayed 14 minutes due to an earlier signalling issue.

[ozbob]

The 12.05pm Caboolture to Central train has been cancelled due to a rollingstock issue.

[ozbob]

The 8.17pm Central to Cleveland train is cancelled from Wellington Point to Cleveland due to a medical emergency.

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The 9.39pm Cleveland to Central train is cancelled from Cleveland to Wellington Point due to an earlier medical emergency.

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The 10.37pm Ipswich to Central train is delayed 11 minutes due to a rollingstock issue.

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The 11.37pm Central to Caboolture train is delayed 11 minutes due to a rollingstock issue.

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The 10.58pm Central to Ipswich train is delayed 15 minutes due to a rollingstock issue.

[ozbob]

The 10.09am Cleveland to Roma Street train is delayed 16 minutes due to an incident requiring emergency services

[ozbob]

https://twitter.com/ozbob13/status/1180708496259465216

[ozbob]

The 5.04pm Central to Gympie North train is delayed 20 minutes due to a rollingstock issue.



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The 6.08pm Nambour to Central train is delayed 14 minutes due to a rollingstock issue.

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The 5.04pm Central to Gympie North train has been cancelled at Nambour station due to a rollingstock issue.

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The 7.58pm Central to Northgate train is cancelled due to a rollingstock issue.

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The 8.42pm Northgate to Roma Street train is cancelled due to an earlier rollingstock issue.

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The 9.02pm Roma Street to Varsity Lakes train is cancelled from Park Road to Varsity Lakes due to a rollingstock issue.

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The 7.58pm Central to Northgate train is cancelled due to a rollingstock issue.

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The 8.42pm Northgate to Roma Street train is cancelled due to an earlier rollingstock issue.

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The 10.40pm Varsity Lakes to Bowen Hills train has been cancelled from Varsity Lakes to Helensvale due to a rollingstock issue.

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Frankly, this is becoming diabolical and downright embarrassing. 

The fact the Gympie North service was terminated at Nambour probably means today's morning service will not run either based on past practise.

[ozbob]

Here you go ...   

The 5.51am Gympie North to Roma Street train has been cancelled due to a rollingstock issue.

Buses will be arranaged to transport customer (sic) from Gympie North station.

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Possibly only one ' customer ' left with this ongoing shambles sadly ...



https://twitter.com/railbotforum/status/1180928009705967617

https://twitter.com/railbotforum/status/1180932132429938688

[ozbob]

[Stillwater]

The customer base north of Nambour is becoming disillusioned. Many simply drive to Nambour to catch the train, because they know there is greater reliability and more frequent services. How will someone waiting for a train at Cooran today, for example, know that a replacement bus is coming?

Will the QR replacement bus from Gympie North bypass Traveston, Cooran and Pomona?

Is it no wonder that people who want to make appointments in Brisbane use services like this:
https://activetransfers.com.au/transfers

The University of the Sunshine Coast knows that public transport for its students travelling to and from Gympie is poor and offers its own bus service.
https://www.usc.edu.au/explore/usc-locations/transport-and-parking/usc-express-shuttle

What the locals are saying on Facebook:

Manda Keane: I try to use the train for training in Brisbane but the times make it a bit awkward and often mean I need to go the day before and pay for accommodation. Then coming home the train has often broken down or been delayed and I get home quite late.

Peta Hempsall:  Manda Keane definitely! I have been using the Woombye Station lately just because of the lack of suitable trains at Pomona at the time I need them.

Jenny Ryland Shuttle trains are a must for our part of the world. I drive to Nambour to get the Bris train.

Rachel Bridger: I would definitely use shuttle trains!

[ozbob]

It is clear that Queensland Rail are unable to provide a proper rail service north of Nambour due to problems with the trains, ATP requirements, crew and so forth.  Time to consider ceasing the rail services for the time being, and replace with rail bus, with at least 5 services each way every day (i.e. 7 days a week) to connect with rail services at Nambour.  Rail services to and from Nambour <> Brisbane need to be stepped up to the one hour frequency out of peak they were promised by the clowns in Big Willy in 2016.

The operator should then focus on coming up with a proper rail shuttle plan to replace the rail buses.

There is little point in persevering with the hit and miss arrangements in place at present, it is an abomination.

[achiruel]

Honestly, until a reliable ATP-equipped set can be rostered for Gympie North services, I think QR needs to bite the bullet and roster three crew. Will it cost money? Yes, but the alternative is to destroy what little confidence the travelling public still have in the service. Sure, supplement the existing two trains daily with rail-buses, but I think eliminating the trains entirely is not a good idea.

[ozbob]

https://twitter.com/QueenslandRail/status/1181005925513084928

[ozbob]

The 10.07am Central to Nambour train is delayed 15 minutes due to an incident requiring emergency services.

The train is now due to arrive at Nambour Station at 12.11pm.

[Stillwater]

Bus services Nambour-Gympie North should operate on a TEMPORARY BASIS only and ONLY with an iron-clad guarantee from QR as to when a train solution acceptable to the railway town communities will come into effect.  Not one without the other.

[ozbob]

The 12.48pm Beenleigh to Roma Street train has been cancelled due to a rollingstock issue.

The next Beenleigh to Roma Street train will depart Beenleigh Station at 1.18pm.

[ozbob]

Beenleigh line trains are delayed up to 10 minutes inbound at Woodridge station due to a signal issue.
5:10 PM · Oct 7, 2019

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The 4.54pm Roma Street to Northgate train is delayed 17 minutes due to a signal issue.

[Arnz]

Honestly, until a reliable ATP-equipped set can be rostered for Gympie North services, I think QR needs to bite the bullet and roster three crew. Will it cost money? Yes, but the alternative is to destroy what little confidence the travelling public still have in the service. Sure, supplement the existing two trains daily with rail-buses, but I think eliminating the trains entirely is not a good idea.

Gympie North are also restricted on what type of rollingstock they can use. 

Outside of the ATP-equipped ICE, the IMU100/120s are the only non-ATP units permitted north of Nambour on revenue services (although with the 3-crew requirement north of Nambour). If there is no ICE or 100/120 class IMUs (and/or the 3rd crew member) available to operate the Gympie North, there's pretty much no choice but to cancel north of Nambour. 

A 160 class IMU (if available) could operate in the Gympie North slot, but in most cases are generally truncated to Nambour (again due to ATP requirements) with buses replacing beyond.

NGRs won't be operating north of Nambour for the foreseeable future due to numerous reasons (which include not being trained, nor being fitted for ATP).

[ozbob]

The 8.04pm Central to Beenleigh train is delayed 20 minutes due to a rollingstock issue.

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The 8.48pm Bowen Hills to Shorncliffe train has been cancelled due to a rollingstock issue.

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The 9.13pm Central to Shorncliffe train is delayed 30 minutes due to a rollingstock issue.

[ozbob]

The 5.09am Cleveland to Central train will run express from Morningside to Buranda due to train crew unwell.

The next Cleveland to Central train will depart Cleveland station at 5.24am.

[ozbob]

Back on the train ... to the salt mines you go !!   

[ozbob]

The 5.46am Ipswich to Central train will run express from Darra to Indooroopilly due to a rollingstock issue.

The next Darra to Indooroopilly train will depart Darra Station at 6.34am.

[ozbob]

The 7.10am Kippa-Ring to Central train is cancelled due to a signal issue.

The next Kippa-Ring to Central train departs Kippa-Ring Station at 7.16am.