Had my first ride on the metro from UQ. What a massive waste of money !!!

So, I was looking at old QR maps, and it turns out there is a map showing the old Esk RailBus. It runs from Ipswich to Esk 3 times each way every day. Anyone keen to try this sometime?

CRR is around the corner, and the ECTS 2 rollout continues as we await the construction of the Sunshine Coast Line.

Where does the fate of the Doomben Line sit?

My understanding of ECTS 2 is that the inner-city corridor would be able to support 48 trains per hour with ECTS 2 fully implemented. Once the Sunshine Coast Line is built we will have 6 lines besides the Doomben Line. Assuming that each of the other (much more popular) lines will want to run at 8 trains per hour if possible during peak we don't seem to have any left-over for the Doomben Line.

This is the fate that currently exists for it - one that only allows for 2 trains per hour at most.

Can the wider rail network support its continued existence, and will the eventually denser Hamilton be able to rely on an infrequent line?

My thoughts - perhaps controversial for this group - are that a busway is likely the best option for that corridor. Running 2 BUZ routes and a metro during peak would be able to accommodate about 3000 passengers per hour or roughly the equivalent of 3 trains per hour. If you wanted to get closer to 8 trains per hour you could run the metro every 2 minutes to bring the busway up to about 6000 or the equivalent of 6 trains per hour.

Hi r/brisbanetrains community.
I'm an artist and Brisbane Public Transport lover. I'm doing a comedic presentation/performance which is designed to get people to appreciate Public Transport and think more about how Public Transport Infrastructure impacts the livability of a city.

It's tongue in cheek but also very earnest, as I love trains (and all our Public Transport options really) and want to share that love!

I wanted to start a discussion about what your thoughts are about our transport system. Maybe you have a hot take about a specific train line, a great story about a trip you've taken, or a serious gripe about it all?

I hope this is an allowed post in this community. I'm genuinely curious about what my fellow train lovers think!

Howdy. A few weeks ago I caught the train from Manly to Enoggera on the Cleveland to Ferny Grove line which I'd never heard of previously and now can't find any information on. No timetable. Nothing. Any info?

It would be really great to find out of this is a real train or I'm hallucinating. I take the train from Manly to Enoggera often and not having change trains would be a blessing.

I was on an SMU220 today doing a disappointing 100km/h in the high speed section of the Sunshine Coast line and it made me wonder, what's the future of fast interurban services on the city network once CRR opens? We already have a few sections of track along the Gold and Sunshine Coast lines with 140-160km/h track limits and the DSCL is being designed with 160km/h in mind, but so far the IMU100, 120 and NGR sets can only get to 140.

SEQ Rail Connect hints at QR moving to a two service type model with 'faster, more reliable' express services on the Gold/Sunshine Coast lines and Ipswich line. Would it be too optimistic to think that we could see these interurban express services hitting 160km/h eventually? I would love to see the QTMP units being built to that standard but I don't think there's any technical info yet about what they'll be able to do.

Are 160km/h interurban services possible this decade or just a pipe dream? What else could be done to reduce travel times between Brisbane and the coasts or Ipswich?

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Preferably not getting stranded somewhere shit nowhere, and not getting stabbed.
Sadly most of the Sunshine Coast line is IMU/SMU now.

Planning a trip over the holiday period in Australia, have no clue about how easily accessible the trains are from Brisbane to the Gold Coast, but also more importantly would these run on Xmas and Boxing Day at all?

Any information appreciated as I plan out a trip, it seems so much cheaper to stay in Brisbane compared to the Gold Coast.

Any other hints and tips appreciated regarding this travel to and from. Thanks a bunch!

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Hi, random question but does anyone know why the Redcliffe and springfield line have ngrs 99% of the time, but then other lines like Cleveland have more older trains?

But I haven’t taken trains much in the past decade. Is this a normal thing?

Hello users of BrisbaneTrains,
It's been over a year since the current rules were implemented, and I think it is time to review them.
As such, recommendations are welcome for rules or changes, on this post or by Modmail.

Anyone keen on doing this with me sometime? It seems like a cool adventure, I've done the Rosewood - Gatton bus before and want to ride some more random ones.