A main weekday monitor closure will have an effect on a number of South East Queensland rail traces from first service on Monday, 13 April, till final service on Wednesday, 15 April.
Airport, Beenleigh, Doomben, Gold Coast, Caboolture and Sunshine Coast traces are all listed as impacted. For Gold Coast commuters, the important thing change is direct: trains on the Gold Coast line won’t run in the course of the closure.
Passengers are being urged to think about their transport choices, enable additional journey time and plan forward.
This closure will have an effect on weekday journey throughout one of many area’s busiest rail corridors.
For Gold Coast passengers, common practice journeys into Brisbane shall be changed by railbuses, which can take longer due to street and visitors circumstances.
Detailed railbus info remains to be to come back.
The sharpest affect shall be felt alongside the Gold Coast line, the place no trains will run in the course of the closure interval. Which means individuals travelling from the southern finish of the road into Brisbane might want to change their common journey plans.
The 17 affected stations listed within the replace are:
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Varsity Lakes
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Robina
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Nerang
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Helensvale
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Coomera
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Pimpama
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Ormeau
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Beenleigh
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Loganlea
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Altandi
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Boggo Street
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South Financial institution
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South Brisbane
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Roma Road
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Central
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Fortitude Valley
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Bowen Hills
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17 stations are listed as affected on the Gold Coast route, exhibiting how far the disruption stretches from Varsity Lakes to Bowen Hills.
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Six rail traces are named within the service replace, which exhibits the closure reaches nicely past the Gold Coast hall.
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Six named undertaking works sit behind the closure, alongside basic monitor upkeep throughout the community.
There shall be no trains in any respect in the course of the closure interval. Translink’s prolonged April replace says buses will exchange trains between Varsity Lakes and Boggo Street.
Regular fares will nonetheless apply, and passengers will need to have a sound ticket for his or her journey.
Translink has additionally suggested that bikes and e-scooters usually are not permitted on railbuses.
The closure is tied to a wider package deal of rail works throughout South East Queensland. The six named undertaking works within the replace are:
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Cross River Rail undertaking works
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Beerburrum to Nambour Rail Improve Stage 1 undertaking works
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European Practice Management System undertaking works
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Logan and Gold Coast Sooner Rail undertaking works
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Loganlea Station Relocation Mission works
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Ormeau rail facility works
The replace additionally lists basic monitor upkeep as a part of the works program.
Gold Coast passengers ought to be prepared for extra service adjustments after Wednesday, 15 April.
Translink says the Beenleigh and Gold Coast traces will proceed to be impacted by the April prolonged monitor closures, so the following service recommendation will matter for anybody travelling after this shutdown ends.
