• More than 100 train services are cancelled.

OCTOBER 25

• QR's head of train service delivery Mick Skinner is stood down over the bungle.
• Reduced,interim timetable comes into effect across southeast network.
• Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announces former Rio Tinto executive Philip Strachan to head an inquiry into what went wrong.

OCTOBER 27

• QR CEO Helen Gluer resigns,admitting planning for the new line was flawed. QR chairman Michael Klug also resigns.
• Neil Scales,the transport department's director-general,appointed as QR's interim chief executive

OCTOBER 29

• Hinchliffe admits public transport advocate Paul Pluta emailed him in March,warning of a driver shortage linked to a new fleet of trains

OCTOBER 31

• QR says it's working to fix problems with the new train fleet,including design faults that mean drivers can't see where they're meant to stop on platforms

NOVEMBER 1

• Hinchliffe says he only learned about the January report - warning of a driver shortage - on October 31. Says he's"deeply concerned"about not being informed it existed,refuses to step down and narrowly escapes a no-confidence motion in parliament

DECEMBER 8

• Severe early morning storms,a track fault and a train breakdown combine to cause major delays for the morning peak across the south-east network.
• In response to the issues,Hinchliffe orders around $300,000 paid back to affected commuters.

DECEMBER 25

• A major driver shortage results in 235 services being cancelled across the network - a full third of the timetable for the day.

DECEMBER 26

• Hinchliffe orders a report into the Christmas Day bungle to be handed to him by the end of the week

DECEMBER 28

• Following a New Year's Eve planning meeting with Hinchliffe,QR chief operating officer Kevin Wright,the executive directly responsible for rostering,stands down.

DECEMBER 30

• QR hands Hinchliffe a two-page report into the Christmas Day bungle. Hinchliffe demands a second,more comprehensive report.

2017

JANUARY 5

• Hinchliffe releases the second report into the Christmas Day bungle which finds the fact that Christmas Day fell on a Sunday exacerbated rostering problems,as many drivers had already worked their agreed maximum number of Sundays for the year.

JANUARY 18

• Premier and Hinchliffe meets with QR for briefing on new timetable,which will simply be the"interim"timetable put in place following the initial bungle.

JANUARY 30

• Major delays on the Redcliffe Peninsula rail line during the morning peak. QR blames a signalling fault rather than a rostering issue.

JANUARY 31

• The Strachan Inquiry report is handed to the government.

FEBRUARY 6

• The Strachan report is released to the public.
• Phillip Strachan is appointed the new chairman of Queensland Rail.
• Stirling Hinchliffe resigns as transport minister and as Commonwealth Games minister.

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