Transport Minister grilled over $2.4 billion train blowout

Transport Minister grilled over $2.4 billion train blowout

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.

  • byCameron Atfield

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The 5 worst spots where trains make drivers late for work

The 5 worst spots where trains make drivers late for work

Commuters grind to a halt for 18 minutes out of every hour at south-east Queensland’s slowest level crossing.

  • byFelicity Caldwell
Time running out for northside bottleneck:Council

Time running out for northside bottleneck:Council

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.

  • byCameron Atfield
Deep down,Cross River Rail commuters will stay connected

Deep down,Cross River Rail commuters will stay connected

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.

  • byCameron Atfield
Questions over rail upgrade requiring hundreds of property resumptions

Questions over rail upgrade requiring hundreds of property resumptions

The Logan and Gold Coast Faster Rail Project is a $2.6 billion upgrade set to improve public transport and reshape town centres.

  • byJosh Bavas
COVID lockdowns are over:Why didn’t Brisbane return to buses and trains?

COVID lockdowns are over:Why didn’t Brisbane return to buses and trains?

Where did everyone go when they hopped off public transport during the pandemic? The answer,which may surprise some,is not cars.

  • byFelicity Caldwell
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Commuters left waiting as train timeliness falls lower than ‘rail fail’

Commuters left waiting as train timeliness falls lower than ‘rail fail’

A track failure and overhead line issues led to thousands of commuters being left stranded - with stats worse than 2016’s “rail fail”.

  • byFelicity Caldwell
Train services returning after second power failure at Bowen Hills

Train services returning after second power failure at Bowen Hills

A second power fault at Bowen Hills station in one week has caused delays of more than one hour. Services are now slowly returning to normal,except for the Ferny Grove line where delays remain.

  • byTony Moore
Almost half of new train fleet modified to improve disability access

Almost half of new train fleet modified to improve disability access

After a public outcry over substandard trains made in India,the Queensland government promised to add larger toilets,seating and wider walkways.

  • byTony Moore
‘I don’t know anyone who catches Airtrain’:MP joins calls for end to monopoly

‘I don’t know anyone who catches Airtrain’:MP joins calls for end to monopoly

Queensland’s Labor government is coming under increased pressure to tear up its exclusivity deal with Airtrain to run public transport services to Brisbane Airport.

  • byCameron Atfield
Queenslanders urged to be rail safe after shocking footage released

Queenslanders urged to be rail safe after shocking footage released

Queenslanders are being reminded to be safe around the state’s rail network with the release of shocking footage of close shaves and accidents near train stations.

  • byFinbar O'Mallon