Re: [QLD] Park Road last Sunday

[jjjim <jjjim@bigpond.com>]

SMS Mk  2???????


Hey Does anyone know why the Express Park Road to manly cleveland Arvo Service Was changed to an all stopper (and thus very late into
cleveland) .  and was absolutly packed  to the MAX today??  Did the all stopper to manly   before hand not run or something ?

Leigh Kirwan wrote:

> Major point and track work was underway at Park Road on Sunday in
> conjunction with the building of the new platforms.
>
> I caught a train inbound from Moorooka (Beenleigh line) just before
> midday.  Instead of the usual all stations, it ran express Yeerongpilly
> to Park Road with a connecting bus at Y'pilly for Yeronga, Fairfield and
> Dutton Park.  It used the dual gauge line (with no platforms at these
> stations) to Park Road.  At Park Road the train used the new
> western-most platform which had concrete platform facing, but only earth
> cover on the platform.  Had to wait 4 mins for time to catch up, then
> stopped at the new Vulture St platform which also had not yet had a
> bitumen surfacing.  Guess outbound trains also used the dual gauge line.
>
> Gold Coast trains in both directions were diverted via Sherwood. This
> meant bypassing South Brisbane, a major destination for G/C passengers,
> particularly on weekends.  On my return, this time a trip from Brunswick
> St to Helensvale, the train, one of the HS SMS MkII sets (6 cars),
> managed to reach Beenleigh on time despite running the extra distance
> via Sherwood.  Just shows how much slack there is in the timetable.
>
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