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[ozbob]

My wife is due at Goodna soon,  must take the camera .. 

[ozbob]

My wife is due at Goodna soon,  must take the camera .. 

Misread her timetable, won't be for another hour or so, the fun hopefully will be over by then ...

[Derwan]

Crazy scenes at Northgate.  Managed to snap a couple of photos before the doors closed:

   

Overheard some QR employees on the train.  Currently running 18 buses from Kangaroo and 10 from Thompson.

[ozbob]

Nice pics!   All due to yet another truck into boom gates/wires!

[ozbob]

erail 6.06pm

11 Oct 2012

Services for Ipswich/Rosewood Line have resumed as normal.

[ozbob]

http://jp.translink.com.au/travel-information/service-updates/details/1349937556

Major delays to Caboolture train services

Last updated: 6.51pm Thursday 11 October 2012

A vehicle has struck the boom gates at Bilsen Road near Sunshine station (between Virginia and Geebung) on the Caboolture/Sunshine Coast train line.

It has also brought down overhead powerlines which have affected the train service.

Train services are currently suspended between Northgate and Bald Hills.

Buses have been organised to transport passengers between these two stations.

Trains to the city from Northgate are delayed up to 30 minutes due to trains turning around and returning back to the city.

Trains leaving the city to Northgate are running on time.

Trains leaving Bald Hills and heading north are running up to 30 minutes late.

Trains inbound to Bald Hills are about 20 minutes delayed.

Additional changes as a result of this incident include:

    The Nambour service leaving Caboolture at 7.53pm will now be a 3-car service.
    The Nambour service leaving Caboolture at 9.23pm will now be bus transport.

[wbj]

Yes, an ugly run home this afternoon/tonight.  About an extra 2 hours.

[Arnz]

Slightly OT, but I had to shake my head at the Twitter abuse tonight, despite being told by fellow twitterers and the QR rep on the twitter service that it was a crane/truck that hit the boomgates/power lines at Sunshine. 

Fortunately (for her) one of those twitter abusers that was "threatening" to take it to the media over being "mistreated" while continually blaming QR at the same time for something that's not out of their control, didn't post this on facebook, otherwise she would've been torn into shreds by everyone on the QR FB.

[HappyTrainGuy]

I had to get on twitter to see these comments and good god. There are some.... just wow... I don't know what to say.

When one door closes another certainly opens

Hopefully to push you out of. I had a good old laugh at these comments.

Him: "My point to Miss Clarissa is tht QR can't be held to blame"
Her: "otherwise if they aren't you tell me who is!"
Her: "QR so it is QRs fault. #apologyneeded"

Her: "still going to report this and every bad tweet and comment to the media people need to know" (at how stupid you are?? haha).

Her: "I certainly don't feel like smiling when my 40 minute journey has now taken 2.5 hours" (I bet the OH gangs from Albion are going to be happy working all through the night in the cold rain checking wire tensions and changing any damaged masts. Or the drivers that now have to move all these empty sets for morning peak hour tomorrow. Or the crews on Freight trains that are now held outside of Geebung).

One thing that this incident has highlighted is how poor the connecting northern bus network is. Services could have been well utilised in sending trains to Sandgate to transfer to a Sandgate-Strathpine corridor and back into the existing network. The 327 would have been good but remember it terminates just before the Bruce Highway in the middle of nowhere on the opposite side of the radio tower in the arvos 

[ozbob]

erail 5.09am 12 Oct 2012

Disruptions on Caboolture Line due to power fault. Expect 30 mins delay. Service to resume by 6:00 AM.

Alt. transport operating between Bald Hills and Northgate.

[ozbob]

http://jp.translink.com.au/travel-information/service-updates/details/1349981915

Caboolture line disruptions

Last updated: 5.09am Friday 12 October 2012
Due to an earlier level crossing incident near Sunshine station, buses will replace trains between Bald Hills and Bowen Hills for the first three servcies of the morning. From 6.30am buses will transport customers from Bald Hills to Northgate where customers can board a train to the city.

[HappyTrainGuy]

Might be worse than that. A mate just called and said no electrics have gone past all night. Gonna be fun with the limited amount of trains on the other side of Northgate as a majority of the rolling stock was positioned for the outbound peak.

[ozbob]

Thanks ... yes situation not good ..

erail 5.38am

12 Oct 2012

Disruptions on Caboolture Line due to power fault. Expect 30 mins delay. Service to resume by 7:00 AM.

[ozbob]

http://jp.translink.com.au/travel-information/service-updates/details/1349981915

Caboolture line disruptions

Last updated: 5.16am Friday 12 October 2012
Due to an earlier level crossing incident near Sunshine station, buses will replace trains between Bald Hills and Bowen Hills for the first three servcies of the morning. From 6.30am buses will transport customers from Bald Hills to Northgate where customers can board a train to the city.

[ozbob]

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Robert Dow ‏@Robert_Dow

And folks please dont troll @QueenslandRail @TransLinkSEQ they do and did great job under great difficulty. Express rage to @scottemersonmp

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[ozbob]

erail 6.07am

12 Oct 2012

Disruptions on Shorncliffe Line due to power fault. Expect 30 mins delay. Service to resume by 7:00 AM.

[HappyTrainGuy]

Maybe they are sourcing parts??

[ozbob]

Northern line A/CEO QR on 612 ABC Brisbane, power re-energised 6.20am, trains being positioned, buses still running for a while .. will be some disruption for a while.

[ozbob]

Twitter

TransLink SEQ ‏@TransLinkSEQ

Caboolture/Sunshine Cst line trains delayed after earlier power outage. Trains resumed, buses still replace trains Bald Hills - Northgate.

[HappyTrainGuy]

Cudos to those crews that worked throughout the night to get the overheads up and running.

[ozbob]

Twitter

ABC Radio Brisbane ‏@612brisbane

QR: Track fault at Norman Park (Cleveland line). Trains still getting through but expect 10min delays.

[ozbob]

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12th October 2012

Re: Gosh, didn't see it ...

Greetings,

Queensland Rail and passengers have had enough.  Time to act.

Here is a plan.

Immediate -

Increase sanctions for level crossing breaches, disqualification for a year first offence, second life.  Continue education program, particularly heavy vehicle drivers to check all heights and widths of their vehicles and loads and select safe routes.  Prominent publicised cameras to record breaches.

Medium term -

Consider placing of additional modified traffic signals at high risk crossings to augment present flashing lights, signs and booms.  Wacol level crossing is a good example of how this has helped.

Longer term -

Continued accelerated program of grade separation.

Best wishes
Robert

Robert Dow
Administration
admin@backontrack.org
RAIL Back On Track http://backontrack.org

[Derwan]

More crazy scenes at Northgate this morning. They're running freight as well which is just compounding the issue.

[ozbob]

More crazy scenes at Northgate this morning. They're running freight as well which is just compounding the issue.

Yes, but I think they need to move the freighters to clear paths ...  it will take a while to sort it all out ..

[ozbob]

erail 7.34am

12 Oct 2012

15 mins delay for services on Cleveland Line due to track fault. Service to resume by 8:30 AM

[HappyTrainGuy]

Yep. Freighters that were on paths yesterday arvo/overnight and early this morning were really delayed as a result. Only way to clear them was to run them through peak hour.

[Derwan]

Yep. Freighters that were on paths yesterday arvo/overnight and early this morning were really delayed as a result. Only way to clear them was to run them through peak hour.

Yeah - thought that might be the case.  My comment was more an observation than a complaint.  No doubt QR is doing its best to get everything and everyone through.

Why is it always truck drivers?  They're supposed to be "professional" drivers!

[ozbob]

4BC News have followed up, thanks for the interest.

Sent to all outlets:

12th October 2012

Re: Gosh, didn't see it ...

Greetings,

Queensland Rail and passengers have had enough.  Time to act.

Here is a plan.

Immediate -

Increase sanctions for level crossing breaches, disqualification for a year first offence, second life.  Continue education program, particularly heavy vehicle drivers to check all heights and widths of their vehicles and loads and select safe routes.  Prominent publicised cameras to record breaches.

Medium term -

Consider placing of additional modified traffic signals at high risk crossings to augment present flashing lights, signs and booms.  Wacol level crossing is a good example of how this has helped.

Longer term -

Continued accelerated program of grade separation.

Best wishes
Robert

Robert Dow
Administration
admin@backontrack.org
RAIL Back On Track http://backontrack.org

[HappyTrainGuy]

Not sure if its been mentioned elsewhere but the Nambour line is out of action due to debris on the track and in the overheads from the strong winds.

[Arnz]

Palmwoods-Nambour shut down due to debris on track is now posted up on the TL site.

[somebody]

How many issues do MEL have with their level crossings?

[Stillwater]

Palmwood-Nambour shutdown due to debris echoes the 'bougainvillea tendrils' incident that shut down the network.  Maybe a trackside vegetation cutback can be scheduled as part of the future maintenance program, without having to sack a public servant to pay for it.

[somebody]

Palmwood-Nambour shutdown due to debris echoes the 'bougainvillea tendrils' incident that shut down the network.  Maybe a trackside vegetation cutback can be scheduled as part of the future maintenance program, without having to sack a public servant to pay for it.

Surely there is already such a program.  It just failed in this case.

[Derwan]

Surely there is already such a program.  It just failed in this case.

There is.  For one of the Shorncliffe Line shut-downs, there was a lot of preparation work during the week before the shut-down (ensuring access, etc) and then during the shut-down, there were workers on the track in some sections and off the track trimming trees in other sections.

Obviously there's a lot more track to cover on the Nambour line!

[ozbob]

How many issues do MEL have with their level crossings?

Judging from the twitter feed, proportionally less than Brisbane I sense ... however I have noticed that often when they do have one it is very serious, eg. car hit or something like that.

See http://www.transportsafety.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/76087/2012-Quarterly-incident-statistics-Heavy-rail-Quarter-2.pdf

[ozbob]

http://jp.translink.com.au/travel-information/service-updates/details/1350006215

Trains suspended: Goodna to Gailes

Last updated: 11.43am Friday 12 October 2012

Trains on the Ipswich line have been suspened between Goodna and Gailes train stations, due to a truck hitting the rail bridge at Layard Street, Goodna.

Customers should expect delays.

[ozbob]

Twitter

TransLink SEQ ‏@TransLinkSEQ

Trains have resumed on the Ipswich line. The 10.56am Central to Ipswich train is now delayed 22 mins.

[ozbob]

http://jp.translink.com.au/travel-information/service-updates/details/1350010845

Track fault - Norman Park

Last updated: 1.04pm Friday 12 October 2012

Trains on the Cleveland line should expect delays up to 45 minutes between Murarrie and Dutton Park, due to a track fault at Norman Park.

As a result the 12.48pm Central to Cleveland train has been cancelled.

Customers between Murarrie and Cleveland should expect residual delays as a result.

[ozbob]

Anothet level crossing incident at kuraby 1 hour delays ...

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[HappyTrainGuy]

Line em up boys. YIEWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!