Reported service disruptions rail - no longer in use

[Sir Loin]

Just logged in to say the Cleveland line was a shambles this morning.

20 year old station officer was battling with the crowds at Morningside. Was only announcing every 15 minutes or so because he has a line of 20 people trying to find ut what was happening

Inbound passengers were directed to bus stop on Wynnum road. First 2 that arrived, were going direct to that city. Not much use to those wanting to travel between Morningside and Park Road (nurses, physios for the PA hospital etc).

Absoltute clusterf**k. Ended up walking home and driving.

[#Metro]

AIUI, Perth has set bus routes with their own bus route number that become activated when something like this happens.
They have assigned route numbers.
900 series if I recall. Making sure that there are good bus bays near each and every rail station is also a good idea.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellard_railway_station,_Perth

[colinw]

I wonder how Airtrain customers from the Gold Coast line fared?

Trains were running at Kuraby when I left for work around 7:50AM.

[ozbob]

Gold Coasters were going via Tennyson ( )

Meanwhile ..

erail 9.53am

10 Nov 2010

Disruptions on Cleveland Line due to power fault. Expect 30 mins delay. Service to resume by 12:00 PM.


Alt. transport operating between Cannon Hill and Dutton Park.

[ozbob]

erail 10.19am

10 Nov 2010

Disruptions on Cleveland Line due to power fault. Expect 30 mins delay. Service to resume by 1:00 PM.

Alt. transport operating between Cannon Hill and Dutton Park.

[colinw]

Gold Coasters were going via Tennyson ( )

Shows the benefit of redundant routes. 

Alderley to Strathpine will confer similar benefits to Caboolture, Nambour & Maroochydore services in the event of a stuff-up around Northgate (for example).

[ozbob]

erail 12.09pm

10 Nov 2010

Disruptions on Cleveland Line due to power fault. Expect 30 mins delay. Service to resume by 2:00 PM.

Alt. transport operating between Cannon Hill and Dutton Park.

[Derwan]

From http://www.translink.com.au/servicechange.php?1289355465

Services are returning to normal on the Cleveland Line after an earlier power fault at Lytton Junction.

[Otto]

I observed crews working on the overheads between Park Road and Buranda between 10:00 and 11:45am during my travels along the Boggo Road Busway..

[Derwan]

Something was going on at Fortitude Valley when I went through this morning.  Train on platform 3 (inbound) going nowhere and announcements to move to platform 1 if people were catching a train to Central or Roma St.  Nothing on the TransLink website so it may have cleared soon afterwards.

[ozbob]

http://www.translink.com.au/servicechange.php?1289459913

Ferny Grove line delays

Customers on the Ferny Grove line may experience delays of up to 15 minutes, due to a signalling fault between Bowen Hills and Windsor Stations. Trains are operating at reduced speed in both directions.

Delays may also be experienced on the Airport and Doomben lines as a result.

[p858snake]

And FG services have resumed back to normal.

[ozbob]

http://www.translink.com.au/servicechange.php?1289541248

South Bank train delays

Delays of up to 20 minutes are currently being experienced on outbound services on the Beenleigh, Cleveland and Gold Coast lines, due to the breakdown of the 3:34pm City to Corinda (via South Brisbane) service at South Brisbane Station. Minor delays may be experienced on Ipswich line services.

The 3:27pm City to Cleveland service has been cancelled due to this incident.

Outbound Beenleigh and Gold Coast services are being diverted on to other lines.

[ozbob]

http://www.translink.com.au/servicechange.php?1289544858

Outbound Beenleigh train delays

Delays of up to 20 minutes may be experienced on services travelling outbound on the Beenleigh line, due to a track fault at Salisbury. Due to this incident outbound services are running express from Yeerongpilly to Coopers Plains.

Customers for Moorooka, Rocklea or Salisbury stations will need to detrain at Coopers Plains station, and board an all-stations inbound service. 

Minor delays may be experienced on inbound services.

[ozbob]

erail 2.38pm

15 Nov 2010

30 mins delay for services on Ipswich/Rosewood Line due to police incident. Service to resume by 3:30 PM.

[ozbob]

Nothing on the TransLink web site yet ...

[ozbob]

Now is

http://www.translink.com.au/travel-information/service-updates/bulletin/1289796131

Ipswich line: Trains suspended at Redbank

Trains are suspended on the Ipswich line between Redbank and Riverview stations due to a Police incident.

Customers should expect delays of about 30 minutes.

[ozbob]

erail 3.26pm

15 Nov 2010

30 mins delay for services on Gold Coast Line due to police incident. Service to resume by 4:30 PM.

For further enquiries or timetable information please contact TransLink on 13 12 30 or www.translink.com.au.

[ozbob]

Services back to normal on the Ipswich line.

[ozbob]

Services back to normal on the Gold Coast line ..

[Derwan]

It was a cow!

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/cow-show-dead-after-it-escaped-from-meatworks-wouldnt-budge-from-ipswich-train-line/story-e6freoof-1225953941710

[ClintonL94]

http://translink.com.au/travel-information/service-updates/bulletin/1289802442

Inbound Shorncliffe train cancelled

The 4:43pm Shorncliffe to City service has been cancelled due to a crewing issue. The next inbound service is due to depart Shorncliffe Station at 5:12pm.

Passengers travelling inbound from Shorncliffe can expect delays of 30 minutes.

Affected Services
-Shorncliffe line

[Derwan]

The 4:43 is the return of the cancelled 3:51 ex Central to Shorncliffe, which was cancelled due to "operational issues."  (Not sure if it was to do with the cow.)

The cancelled 3:51 meant that anyone who wasn't there for the 3:22 would have to wait for the 4:29 train - that's a wait of 1 hour and 7 minutes.

As you can imagine, the 4:29 was chokkas!

If the delay was due to the cow or something else other than staffing issues, could they not have launched an "as required" from Mayne to fill the gap?  Us Shorncliffe commuters are always the first to suffer when something goes wrong.

[ozbob]

Yes, you have to wonder why there was not an extra put on ...  not acceptable that gap at all.

[somebody]

I would also wonder.  But then, why is there that 38 minute gap in the first place.

[p858snake]

It was a cow!

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/cow-show-dead-after-it-escaped-from-meatworks-wouldnt-budge-from-ipswich-train-line/story-e6freoof-1225953941710

"It is believed the cow was moved only a few metres by a passenger train once it was shot."
So the trains were stopped... the cow then shot.... then pushed by a train.... am I the only one that has a issue with that?

[#Metro]

"It is believed the cow was moved only a few metres by a passenger train once it was shot."
So the trains were stopped... the cow then shot.... then pushed by a train.... am I the only one that has a issue with that?

What? 

Why didn't they just spray it with a fire trucks hoses and get a lasoo and pull it.
Or shot it with tranquiliser darts?

[p858snake]

"It is believed the cow was moved only a few metres by a passenger train once it was shot."
So the trains were stopped... the cow then shot.... then pushed by a train.... am I the only one that has a issue with that?

What? 

Why didn't they just spray it with a fire trucks hoses and get a lasoo and pull it.
Or shot it with tranquiliser darts?

Well it was going to go to the meatworks, They just speed up the issue (I still have issues with shooting it btw), I was/am more concern with "moving it with the train" part.

[mufreight]

If you were waiting on the train would you want to sit around for a further hour or so waiting to get to your destination.
Shooting the cow was the quickest humane means of resolving the problem, using the train to move the dead beast minimised the delays and from the location where it was most probably the safest way or removing it so services could be restored.

[ozbob]

From the Queensland Times click here!

Runaway cow stops train service

Runaway cow stops train service

16th November 2010

A RUNAWAY cow held up train services on the Ipswich rail line for an hour yesterday afternoon before it was shot dead.

The cow became stuck on Six Mile Creek Bridge between the Redbank and Riverview stations shortly before 2.30pm.

Services were held up while staff from the nearby JBS Swifts meatworks, where the cow is believed to have escaped from, tried to move it off the tracks.

Police said the cow was eventually shot before being moved off the bridge and away from the tracks with the help of a train.

TransLink said services on the line resumed as normal with no delay from about 3.30pm.

[ozbob]

erail 10.09am

17 Nov 2010

Disruptions on Caboolture Line between Petrie and Strathpine due to crossing issue. Expect 30 mins delay. Service to resume by 11:30 AM.

[ozbob]

erail 10.47am

17 Nov 2010

Services for Caboolture Line have resumed as normal.

[ozbob]

http://www.translink.com.au/travel-information/service-updates/bulletin/1290152790

Caboolture and Shorncliffe line delays

The 5:09pm outbound Shorncliffe service is currently delayed by up to 15 minutes at Nundah Station due to a door fault. Delays are being experienced on the Caboolture, Shorncliffe and Sunshine Coast lines as a result.

[ozbob]

Twitter

ABC Radio Brisbane 612brisbane
 
4.59 Beenleigh-Ferny Grove train has broken down just before Roma St and is being towed to Roma St
4 minutes ago via TweetDeck

[ozbob]

Idiot alert ...

http://www.translink.com.au/travel-information/service-updates/bulletin/1291086835

Trains suspended - Sunshine train station

Caboolture and Sunshine Coast line trains are currently suspended at Sunshine train station due to a level crossing incident at Bilsen Road in Sunshine.

Police have been called to the scene to direct traffic. Passengers should expect delays up to 30 minutes until the boom gates can be restored.

[ozbob]

http://www.translink.com.au/travel-information/service-updates/bulletin/1291094950

Buses replace trains 3.45pm-5.30pm Dinmore-Ipswich

Trains on the Ipswich/Rosewood line will be suspended between Dinmore and Ipswich from 3.45pm to 5.30pm this afternoon due to an overhead power issue near Bundamba.

Passengers for stations between Dinmore and Ipswich should transfer to a bus at Redbank train station, which is two stations before Dinmore.

Buses will stop all stations Redbank to Ipswich - which are Redbank, Riverview, Dinmore, Ebbw Vale, Bundamba, Booval, East Ipswich and Ipswich.

Passengers for Riverview and Dinmore stations only should remain on the train.

This closure will affect outbound trains from Central to Ipswich departing Central station at 3.05pm, 3.35pm, 3.51pm, 4.05pm, 4.20pm, 4.28pm, 4.35pm and 4.50pm.

Several Inbound trains from Ipswich to Central will also be replaced by buses, stopping all stations between Ipswich and Redbank. This will affect services departing Ipswich at 4.07pm, 4.51pm and 5.10pm. Customers should board a train at Redbank to continue their journey towards Brisbane City stations.

The Rosewood line is not affected by this closure. Customers should transfer to a Rosewood train at Ipswich station.

Delays of 30 minutes may be experienced during this period.

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[ozbob]

Twitter

TransLinkSEQ
 
Trains on the Ipswich line have resumed between Dinmore and Ipswich. Minor residual delays may remain.
12 minutes ago via web

[ozbob]

http://www.translink.com.au/travel-information/service-updates/bulletin/1291187850

Boom gate failure at Alderley

Customers travelling inbound on the Ferny Grove line may experience minor delays between Enoggera and Alderley stations, due to the malfunction of a boom-gate on the intersection with South Pine Road.

Outbound services have not been affected by this delay.

[ozbob]

erail 5.59pm

3 Dec 2010

15 mins delay for services on Caboolture Line due to crossing issue. Service to resume by 6:30 PM.

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http://www.translink.com.au/travel-information/service-updates/bulletin/1291363829

Caboolture delays

The 5:29pm City to Petrie and 5:42pm City to Caboolture services have been delayed by up to 15 minutes, due to a fault with the boomgate at Newman Road in Geebung.

Electricians are currently onsite.

Some services on the Caboolture line may also experience minor residual delays as a result.

[ozbob]

erail 6.35pm

3 Dec 2010

15 mins delay for services on Ferny Grove Line due to medical emergency. Service to resume by 7:00 PM.