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Take the heat off the Bombay Express
Community Action for Sustainable Transport (CAST) calling on government to improve travel conditions and reduce travel times for train commuters travelling between the Gold Coast and Brisbane.
“We want to see more trains on the Gold Coast line, particularly during peak hours, to ensure all passengers are comfortable,” said CAST spokesperson Tristan Peach.
“We also want the government to look seriously into another rail crossing of the Brisbane River, to relieve the congestion that occurs on the Merivale train bridge,” said Mr Peach.
The limited capacity of the Merivale Bridge can lead to delays for train commuters.
CAST are interested in a rail link between Dutton Park Station, QUT Gardens Point Campus, Riverside (Eagle Street) and Cathedral Square, with a link back into either Brunswick Street or Central Stations.
This would spread the load of commuter traffic entering the CBD across a number of stations, and give people better access to areas of the CBD not currently serviced by train.
A duplication of Merivale Bridge may not solve the problem because Roma Street Railway Station could have trouble handling increased capacity.
It recently lost one train platform to make way for the inner-northern busway.
However, to compensate for this they have rebuilt Platform 2 & 3 with dual-gauge tracks to allow usage by both narrow gauge and standard gauge stock. Platform 3 has also been extended to accomodate long distance trains such as the Spirit of the Outback and the Sunlander.
For longer trips (+10km) in urban areas CAST support rail over bus travel and are urging government to fast-track rail links between Petrie and Redcliffe, and between Darra, Springfield and Ipswich.
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Might want to take a closer look at the whole Roma Street INB project.
Only '1' platform was lost to the development, that being Platform 1 which was standard gauge only.
To compensate, they have rebuilt Platform 2 & 3 with dual-gauge trackage to allow usage by both narrow gauge and standard gauge stock. Platform 3 has also been extended to accomodate long distance trains such as the Spirit of the Outback and the Sunlander.
So in essence, they have gained more flexibility .... which definitely does NOT impact the passenger numbers on the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast trains. This is why QR has ordered the new IMU and SMUs to help alleviate this problem.
Appreciate your comment on this.
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