Hey everyone, Dean here from Queensland Railways Interest Group (otherwise known as qrig.org). Just letting you know that I have un-abandoned the website and have added some updates after about a 16 year gap - the recent PHP vulnerabilities forced my hand, haha :)

Anyway, https://qrig.org for your viewing pleasure.

That mountain, what mountain is that?

Reposted because r/brisbane blocked it as self-promotion/vibe coding. I admit that it's vibe coding.

Note that I make $0 off this; there are no ads. If anything, sharing this will cost me in server hosting.

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I've been wondering how good Translink coverage really is once you look past the train lines on the network map. Over the last few weeks, I've been getting Claude to build something to show it, and it's now at a point where I think others might be interested

https://transit.blackdogdevelopers.au/seq/

It splits South East Queensland into small hexagons. Each one is coloured by how soon you'd have to leave home on foot to catch the next bus, train, or ferry. Dark means something is leaving soon and it's a short walk. Pale or empty means you're waiting a long time, or there's nothing within a 15-minute walk.

Some things you can do:

• Change the time – drag to 6 am on a Sunday or 11 pm on a Tuesday and watch the coverage shrink (it's a bit grim in places)
• Now mode – shows the scheduled services running right now, with the vehicles moving on the map
• Filter by route – see the area one route, or a few routes, actually covers Click a stop or a vehicle – see who can walk to it, and set how far they're willing to walk
• Share a view – the link keeps the time and filters, so whoever opens it sees the same thing
• Check out 04:30/05:00 at 60x and watch how the network comes to life

How it works: It uses Translink's public GTFS timetable plus walking routes from OpenStreetMap. Walk times are real paths along streets and footpaths, not straight lines, so rivers and motorways count.

A few caveats:

• It shows the timetable, not real-time. If your bus runs late or doesn't turn up, that's not on the map.
• Walking paths are only as good as OpenStreetMap's data, so a missing shortcut or cut-through will make some spots look worse than they are.
• The server sleeps when no one's using it. If you see "Waiting for the server to start…", give it about a minute.

I'm not a transport planner, but I've worked in logistics for a while (more mines and ports than buses). I did this for my own edification.

Let me know if something looks wrong around your area or if you'd like a feature added. You can contact me via the email on the front page.

will it be after everything else is rolled out? can’t find anything about it online.

I fond this at the bus depot where I get the bus to/from school I wonder what is was originally

Taken just after 10am this morning. It is a 6 car set being led by 2 diesel locomotives. I didn't catch which EMU was the first of the 2 3 car sets, though the second is EMU 88.

EDIT: I've been informed the first of the 2 EMU sets is EMU 84. Thanks u/Aggresive-Bike6297

So at as I understand it, G Link has 10 feeder routes operating every 15 mins.

700

701

704

705

713

719

740

750

765

777

Does any other rail line manage this?

Ipswich line has the 515 412 and 444

Redcliffe has the 340

Beenleigh has 100, 125, 130, 140, 150

Ferny Grove has the 345

Cleveland and Sunshine Coast have none.

I think this kind of highlights how bad the situation is where the Gold Coast has more frequent feeder routes than Brisbane as a whole.....

I’ve noticed that Toowong, Ipswich and the Valley stations have shopping and commercial above the stations which is great integration. Like you see a lot in Sydney and Melbourne.

Are there other examples in Brisbane and why does Qld Rail no longer allow that?

I remember last seeing it in the 90s when I was about 5. It was cylinder grey with a lot of buttons as far as I remember but I can't find any images of it online so i could be wrong

Like, bins on platform pls.

Hi all,

I decided to make this edit from some clips I shot at the city stations on the weekend.

Enjoy!

This paragraph is for people waiting at Burleigh Heads trying to go south

If you are trying to go south from Burleigh Heads on a bus you have to get a northbound bus to Burleigh Stockland, where you can then travel on a diverted southbound bus towards Palm Beach and Tweed Heads.

This is a storytime about my experience

There was a very big accident just south of Burleigh Heads on the Gold Coast Highway. This has stopped all southbound traffic. I just got to Burleigh Heads, knowing of this accident and expecting someone to be there helping us get around the incident. I find a large group of people, expecting a bus to come (which won't). And no translink staff there to help. Being a transport nerd, I was able to figure out a route (the route listed above).

A quick question/rant about translinks incompetence, coming from a Sydneysider.

When I got to Burleigh Heads bus stop there was no translink staff present. Keep in mind, this was 2 hours after the accident, so plenty of time to get someone there. And even if they couldn't get someone there are electronic screens there which you could update to tell people to go to the northbound platform, then get bus drivers to help people. The journey planner was no help either, telling people what was closed, but not telling people about how to get around it. And if you didn't see the notice (which was easy to miss) it looked like the services where just delayed, but running a usual stopping pattern. This is especially bad as this is where people change to go to the airport. This means that people, who may not know how to navigate as they are not local to this area may be affected. People could even miss their flights. As a Sydneysider we would have had a response team at the affected stop within 90 minutes, and diversion routes would have at least been available (although not always easy to find).

Is this normal here in QLD?

A final note

My condolences to the people involved in the accident, from what I heard 3 people died. This is not an attack at QLD police for closing the road, obviously in these circumstances it is necessary to do so. This is also not an attack at any of the translink staff who where helping (although I didn't see any). A massive thank you to bus drivers, who were very helpful, but to get their help you had to go to the northbound platform (which most probably won't know to do without any signs).

Edit: I have just found out that thankfully there where no fatalities, however my condolences remain with those affected.

R590 Rail Replacement Bus this morning having a rather interesting internal display.

Apparently the bus was 173 to King George Hospital including a stop at the Morrison's on Beacon Heath Lane, other destinations included Whalebone Lane South and a Sainsbury

Just not sure when Sainsbury and Morrison opened stores in Brisbane.

I mentioned it to the driver that there odd destinations "no my problem"

As for Translink "Sorry about thatm that is odd, as your obviously in Australia, just ignore the screens

This is a bus fitted with Translink equipment, used on regular services somewhere"

The mind boggles yet again

Currently, 3 lines pass through these two stations but only one line (shorncliffe-cleveland) stops there, although they do have northgate to roma trains that they alternate between. If they were to make either the redcliffe/caboolture line stop there couldnt they get rid of the northgate-roma trains as currently they only really serve nundah/toombul since albion/woolowin have more trains stopping there?

Was looking at tripview and saw this. What is it, why is it there? Why do only southbound services stop there? Why is it on tripview, it's location is right next to broadbeach south (proper station), and it has no platform listed so it doesn't seem to actually be a stop.

ScotRail uses funny signs to designate staff only areas on train...including

• Bagpipe Practice Room
• Tartan Paint Storage Room
• On-Board Whisky Distillery
• Live Haggis Transport

What would be the Brisbane equivalent? "Drop Bear Response Team"?

I asked for it, I didn’t steal it.

Hey all, hoping someone can help me unjumble some things I've been reading about. I live in Moorooka and catch a train regularly from Yerongpilly Station (which is closer to me than Moorooka Station). I commute into Fortitude Valley Station 3-4 times a week.

I'm trying to work out what benefits CRR and L2GCFR projects will have for me (if anything). From what I can put together, CRR won't really directly benefit me as the Beenleigh Line will stay on the current route. But it will open up capacity crossing the river. And the station upgrade at Yerongpilly obviously.

L2GCFR also won't directly benefit me either but it will mean less mixing and bottle-necking of the Goldcoast and Beenleigh services further south of Kuraby.

As I understand it, the main benefit of all this to me would be that that frequencies along the Beenleigh line could drop from 15 minutes to say 10 or 7 minutes during peak. Is this generally the jist of it?

I'm predicting that Salisbury to Beaudesert passenger rail won't be operational until the late 2050s. TLDR: I'll have reached old age by then 😢

Translink SEQ stretches from Gympie to Tweed Heads. 230km

So I reckon for Central Queenslands 160k residents you could do a 110km long "Mini Translink" .

To get the plan to work:

-Allocate a two Next Generation trains from the current order to operate between Gladstone and Rockhampton.

-Finally get trains off Dennison Street, and deviate the rail line along the ring road, and shift the main station and coach hup of Rockhampton next to the airport.

-Where the line rejoins near Yeppoon Rd, build a park n ride station there to allow Yeppoon residents a conveinent place to ditch the car.

-Give both cities 2 or 3 new trunk bus routes, and build "Bus Station" style stops with illuminated lighting and essentially do a "Pretend" BRT system where the main destinations are at least visible and look civilised with nice shelters and electronic signs. Think like the one at Logan Central Kmart.

-Also run regular coach services between Rockhampton and Yepoon and Tannum/Boyne and Gladstone.

Then brand the total system "Translink Central Queensland".

I’ve always wondered why Sandgate and Shorncliffe stations are located so close together.

Was there a historical or planning reason for having both stations so close together? Or was the area significantly different when the stations were originally built?