There are no plans for new trains on a major rail line even after the number of passenger trips doubled in the past decade and jumped 39 per cent in the past 12 months.
The Roma Street Cross River Rail site is looking more like a functioning train station than a construction site.
The Queensland government shut down any hopes it would be completed in time for the 2032 Brisbane Olympics.
Queensland Rail received more than 800 complaints last year about etiquette on trains,including one passenger dropping a banana peel on a seat and others playing music,vaping or throwing cookie dough.
“I hope it lifts people’s day,” says one of 13 celebrated Indigenous artists whose work will brighten travel around Brisbane.
The level crossing where a woman was killed when her car was hit by a train was a serious safety risk but had not been inspected for 19 years.
“Faster Rail” conjures images of new-age trains hurtling to and from the Gold Coast in a blur. The reality is that most of the time,cars will be going quicker on the M1.
A stuff-up or a cover-up? That was the question that dominated Transport Minister Mark Bailey’s time in the budget estimate hot seat.
Commuters grind to a halt for 18 minutes out of every hour at south-east Queensland’s slowest level crossing.
Brisbane City Council has warned a major northside level crossing upgrade is in jeopardy as the clock ticks down on a federal audit of funded infrastructure projects.
The tunnelling is complete and the tracks laid. Now work is well under way to ensure commuters under Brisbane’s city streets never lose contact with the outside world.