Reported service disruptions rail - no longer in use

[STB]

If it's a suicide/jumper, I'd say not Somebody.  If the Police tell QR to stop trains, there would be a very good reason for it.

I think sometimes people forget that safety comes first, than on time running, just as Paul Scurrah said at the CPTF.  I'd rather myself and others be safe first than arrive on time.

[somebody]

You'd say that Ferny Grove/Beenleigh trains couldn't keep going?

Or did you mean that the extra track couldn't be used?

[longboi]

The extra track isn't going to be used if there is an incident going on the neighboring tracks.

[Golliwog]

As for the FG tracks, if you have trains backed up far enough then you could have them sitting in Bowen Hills which would prevent FG trains getting past and up their overpass. I would have thought you would need a large number for that to happen though.

[ozbob]

erail 10.11am

8 Sep 2010

Disruptions on Ipswich/Rosewood Line between Sherwood and Milton due to power fault. Expect 1 hr delay. Service to resume by 11:30 AM.

[somebody]

As for the FG tracks, if you have trains backed up far enough then you could have them sitting in Bowen Hills which would prevent FG trains getting past and up their overpass. I would have thought you would need a large number for that to happen though.

Indeed, you'd need a large number.  And you'd think they could terminate some of the intervening trains at Bowen Hills to let the FG trains through.  Perhaps they didn't think of that in time.

[ozbob]

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TransLinkSEQ
 
Trains on the Ipswich line are suspended between Sherwood & Milton. Buses are being arranged. Ipswich services running via Yeerongpilly.
15 minutes ago via web

[ozbob]

Long live the Tennyson line!  Bring back the TennysonLander!!   

[ozbob]

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TransLinkSEQ
 
Ipswich line trains have resumed between Milton & Sherwood following an earlier power fault. Residual delays may be experienced.
3 minutes ago via web

[ozbob]

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612brisbane
 
QR: track fault at Bundamba on the inbound Ipswich line. Inbound train services are able to proceed through the fault at low speed
4 minutes ago via TweetDeck

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Yes on early morning walk  I noticed down trains about 10 minutes late through Oxley

[ozbob]

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612brisbane
 
QR: The track fault at Bundamba was cleared at 06:10. Inbound train services on the Ipswich line should now return to normal.
16 minutes ago via TweetDeck

[ozbob]

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TransLinkSEQ
 
Tennyson Line delays (between Corinda and Yeerongpilly) delays up to 15min, due to signal fault.
34 minutes ago via mobile web

[Golliwog]

Didn't get any Translink or erail text, but this morning there was a delay of about 15 minutes heading through Central to Roma st (platform 1 and 2 only) due to a broken train. I noticed it at abotu 6.50am but they had it cleared by a bit past 7. They had already re-routed one Beenleigh train via platform 5 by then. There may be some follow up delays due to this.

[ozbob]

http://www.translink.com.au/servicechange.php?1284714407

Ipswich train delays

Services on the Ipswich line between Corinda and Ipswich may experience delays of up to 30 minutes, due to an earlier police incident in Darra.

Residual delays may be experienced on other services as a result.

[ozbob]

http://www.translink.com.au/servicechange.php?1284962132

Corinda train delay

Passengers travelling between Corinda and the City may experience delays of up to 10 minutes, due to a mechanical fault at Tennyson Station. The 3:52pm Caboolture service has been cancelled from Corinda to the City, and will resume all stations to Caboolture from Central Station.

The next inbound service will depart Corinda at 4:05pm.

[ozbob]

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TransLinkSEQ
 
Ipswich Line - services suspended between Dinmore and Ipswich. 30min delays expected. Buses arranged.



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http://www.translink.com.au/servicechange.php?1285532455

Ipswich Line delays


Services on the Ipswich line travelling between Dinmore and Ipswich are suspended, due to a signal fault at Ipswich.

Buses are being arranged to cover this area.

Services may be delayed up to 30 minutes.

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Bring back signal boxes and mechanical interlocking ... (only joking ...)

Guess they can't bothered with the paperwork to run trains ...

[ozbob]

erail 7.31am

27 Sep 2010

Services for Ipswich/Rosewood Line have resumed as normal.

[ozbob]

Circus ...



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Services on Caboolture Line travelling through Bald Hills are suspended, due to a traffic accident at the rail crossing.

5 minutes ago via mobile web

[ozbob]

All we need now is another bridge strike to round up another Monday morning ...

[ozbob]

erail 8.14am

27 Sep 2010

Services for Caboolture Line have resumed as normal.

[ozbob]

From the Queensland Times click here!

Train commuters faced hour delays

Train commuters faced hour delays

Zane Jackson | 28th September 2010

HUNDREDS of Ipswich commuters faced peak hour delays heading to Brisbane following a track fault yesterday morning.

TransLink said the disruptions, which started at 6.20am, caused delays to 10 Brisbane-bound train services and the cancellation of two others.

Queensland Rail electricians were dispatched as soon as the signal fault was detected and service was resumed by 8.20am.

TransLink said the average delay was 15 minutes but some commuters told The Queensland Times they had to wait for an hour before boarding replacement buses between the Ipswich and Dimore stations.

Robert Dow, a spokesman for commuter advocacy group Rail Back on Track, said despite the delays Queensland Rail had responded faster than it would have last year.

Queensland Rail now looks after all the trains and tracks on the passenger network. Before that a separate entity, QR National, handled all track and network problems.

"It will take some time to get their systems in place, but their response time was rapid compared to this time last year," he said.

"Faults happen and delays can be frustrating, but they are complex infrastructure."

He said on time performance had been improving.

"They are consistently getting over 95 per cent which is very good," he said.

There will be more delays for Brisbane-bound commuters this weekend with all trains between Rosewood and Sherwood to be replaced by buses.

The track closure, which TransLink said is for improvement works, will start from the first Saturday morning service to the last Sunday afternoon service.

A new peak hour 4.28pm service from Central to Ipswich is due to start next week on October 4.

[ozbob]

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CBD line services suspended due to train fault. Passengers on various lines can expect delays of 30 minutes. http://tinyurl.com/2a5kffu

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Presently at Corinda, nothing UP at all (except coalies off the Tennyson loop).  About to board the 11.13am Caboolture service, announcements warning of possible delays at Roma St.  Probably have a train stuck, other roads closed (only guessing), take time to clear I suppose.

[ozbob]

http://www.translink.com.au/servicechange.php?1285721591

CBD line services suspended

Services in the CBD are suspended due to a train failure between Roma Street and Central stations. Passengers on numerous train lines can expect delays of up to one hour.
Affected services

    * Airport line
    * Beenleigh line
    * Caboolture line
    * Cleveland line
    * Doomben line
    * Ferny Grove line
    * Gold Coast line
    * Ipswich/Rosewood line
    * Shorncliffe line

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Inbound on EMU40, Graceville ...

[ozbob]

In the great days of mechanical signalling and signal boxes, train fails were sorted by coming up behind with another unit and pushing the failed unit out of the way.  Remember as a kid being on a R steam loco hauled service that failed on a Melbourne suburban line. A Tait set come up behind and pushed us off the main line.  Great days!!  LOL

[ozbob]

On the main down, just leaving Indooroopilly.  No onboard announcements at this time.  Maybe it is has been cleared, haven't seen an UP train yet though ..

[ozbob]

Toowong, plenty of pax waiting for an UP service platform 3 ....

Where's the ice creams?  Air con not working in the lead unit of this set (EMU40).

[ozbob]

Auchenflower, hallelujah, UP train EMU77/69, well loaded ...   

Guess it has been sorted

[ozbob]

Milton, parked here for a while by the looks of things. No announcements  ...  hold on "short delay due to heavy traffic in front of us, waiting for a signal. Apologies for the delay .."  Guess most on board don't realise how close they came to spending some time at Milton!  Off!!  Roma St next stop! 

[ozbob]

As luck would have it, whilst waiting for the green light, the failed EMU being pushed by another EMU passed across onto the Normanby loop. Managed to film it from onboard EMU40.  Presently at Buranda, will upload it later today when I get home. Lots of fun travelling around off peak, never a dull moment.  Two full coalies just passed through Buranda ...


An EMU 6 car train being assisted by another EMU 6 car train to clear Roma St station Brisbane after failing between Central and Roma St stations.  Filmed from EMU40, that was held at a red signal to allow the failed train to be cleared from Roma St.

Photography R Dow 29th September 2010

[ozbob]

Well  now at South Bank SMU 269, and the doors won't open! Lots of stunned pax  LOL  Gosh finally opened ...

and ..  auto announcement 'expect a delay of 5 minutes ..'  as I said, never a dull moment ...

[ozbob]

And we crossed onto the UP line leaving Southbank, Roma St bound now at Platform one South Brisbane ...

PN goods train on the down line Merivale bridge, SMU 269 on the UP line ...

[ozbob]

Roma St, musical platforms 'passengers on platform 8, the Ipswich train will now leave from platform 4 ..'

I can walk and type at the same time ..  

'the 1.38 Ipswich service will now depart from platform 4'  few bushed pax around ..

:bi

Now onboard SMU 279, announcement more delays ...  2 or 3 minutes ..  must be the PN goods train getting out of the way (yes just passing through platform 7 Roma St, so much for theory that goods trains cannot run through high level platforms, the actual reality confirmed yet again) ...  timetabled to leave at 1.38pm  actual 1.48pm

Also noted crew working on first points (X over) UP from Roma St on the main UP line, maybe a points failure has complicated the earlier issues with the failed unit.  This might explain the PN goods running through as it did.

[#Metro]

Now onboard SMU 279, announcement more delays ...  2 or 3 minutes ..  must be the PN goods train getting out of the way (yes just passing through platform 7 Roma St, so much for theory that goods trains cannot run through high level platforms, the actual reality confirmed yet again) ...  timetabled to leave at 1.38pm  actual 1.48pm

What are goods trains doing running through Roma Street and Central? Is this an exception or just normal practice?

[ozbob]

What are goods trains doing running through Roma Street and Central? Is this an exception or just normal practice?

Not normally, it would appear a number of failures and track issues today may have lead to this goods tracking through Roma St and Central stations.  Goods trains have been noted occasionally running through the CBD but is usually for some operational reason that makes Normanby inaccessible.

[somebody]

I would imagine it causes less disruption to route via Central if heading through Yeerongpilly.  It's the Toowoomba range trains which don't make sense to route through Central.

[Golliwog]

Possibly, but I have only ever seen them running through platform 6 at Central which would cause just as much disruption as getting across to Normanby wouldn't it?

[somebody]

Possibly, but I have only ever seen them running through platform 6 at Central which would cause just as much disruption as getting across to Normanby wouldn't it?

Yes.

[longboi]

You have your UPs and DOWNs the wrong way round, Bob 

[ozbob]

No I don't.  

See --> http://railbotforum.org/mbs/index.php?topic=4406.msg33981#msg33981

Only in Queensland .. LOL

http://www.queenslandrail.com.au/NetworkServices/Documents/Metropolitan%20System%20Information%20Pack%20-%20Issue%202%20-%20Sept%202007.pdf

Between Roma Street and Corinda, the maximum grade (not compensated for horizontal alignment) that a westbound (Up) train will encounter is 1 in 65 (Sherwood) whilst for an eastbound (Down) train the maximum grade is 1 in 68 (Indooroopilly)

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The maximum grade (not compensated for horizontal alignment) that a southbound (Up) train will encounter is 1 in 48 (Loganlea) whilst for an northbound (Down) train the maximum grade is 1 in 49 (Kuraby)

[longboi]

No I don't.  

See --> http://railbotforum.org/mbs/index.php?topic=4406.msg33981#msg33981

Only in Queensland .. LOL

Yeah I know...I think I interpreted your post wrong 

Auchenflower, hallelujah, UP train EMU77/69, well loaded ...   Smiley

Guess it has been sorted

I thought you were talking about the train you were on.

Carry on