There is an information session re: the Draft 2011 Timetable for the Sunshine Coast.
Where: Nambour Community Centre, Cnr. James St. and Shearer St. Nambour.
Date: Saturday 4th December, 2010.
Time 10:00am to 12:00pm
I would invite all affected parties to please attend this session (if possible) and have your say.
Please contact TransLINK via their online feed-back form and voice your concerns.https://forms.translink.com.au/site-information/contact-us-and-help/feedback
Please also contact the office of Andrew Powell MP, Member for Glass House on 07 5435 2013
and let his office know if this timetable adversely affects you.
Where: Nambour Community Centre, Cnr. James St. and Shearer St. Nambour.
Date: Saturday 4th December, 2010.
Time 10:00am to 12:00pm
I would invite all affected parties to please attend this session (if possible) and have your say.
Please contact TransLINK via their online feed-back form and voice your concerns.https://forms.translink.com.au/site-information/contact-us-and-help/feedback
Please also contact the office of Andrew Powell MP, Member for Glass House on 07 5435 2013
and let his office know if this timetable adversely affects you.
Email contact may be made using the link below.
http://www.andrewpowell.com.au/get-in-touch/
If we get our situation as well supported as possible, we may make a difference and win changes.
If we get our situation as well supported as possible, we may make a difference and win changes.
Our major issues are itemised below.
Thank you.
Kind regards,
Jeff Addison 0435 987903
Kind regards,
Jeff Addison 0435 987903
Source: Rail Back on Track Media Release 23/11/2010.
Major issues identified are:
1. Moving the 5:16pm Nambour service ex Central back to 5:04pm means no 5pm office worker can catch it.
2. Moving the current afternoon 5:43pm service to later still (5:47pm) for the longest haul commuters in the entire network, so that there is now a 50% longer (3/4 hour) gap between this and the previous (5:04pm) service.
3. Moving the morning service such that it used to arrive in the CBD from Nambour at 8:16am now arrives at 8:26am with no time for an 8:30am starter to get to work in time.
4. Moving the morning service such that it used to arrive in the CBD from Nambour at 7:42am now arrives at 8:02am with no time for an 8:00am starter to get to work in time.
5. Reducing the express pattern from 20 stations by passed down to 13 on most services to those who travel furthest and by far the longest, with two services (during peak times) in each direction which only pass 9 stations.
6. Failure to schedule a Nambour service from Central each weeknight between the 7.34pm and 9.34pm services. This is a two hour gap! A Nambour service is needed to depart Central at 8.34pm.
7. A failure to guarantee trains with toilets on all services north of Caboolture. The Sunshine Coast line should have the priority for IMU trains.
"The new early morning services out of Nambour at 5:10am and 5:38am (which replace the current 5:26am) are welcomed by those who need to arrive in the CBD early, by 7:02am and 7:36am respectively. The extension of the weekday Cooroy service to Gympie North also means that there are now two daily return services to Gympie North Mondays to Fridays."
"It is critical to note that the limited number of rail services north of Caboolture means that those services that are available need to be very carefully timed to ensure the maximum utility to commuters. The draft 2011 timetable does not do that."
"In the medium term, another innovation that would allow even more frequent services between Brisbane and Nambour on the restricted 'third world' rail infrastructure between Nambour and Beerburrum would be be to put shuttle services on between Nambour and Gympie North. This would allow a higher frequency of service between Nambour and Gympie North and allow more express services south of Nambour as more train paths would be available. The ICE trains would be removed from the peak timetable through the rail choke points and this would then allow more uniform operating patterns hence improved frequency and capacity."
"The failure to continue with the duplication of the railway line from Beerburrum to Landsborough is now impacting severely. Another major transport bungle in south-east Queensland."
There is also an e-petition for the Beerburrum to Landsborough and Nambour rail duplication to be brought forward from 2031 to 2021. Go to the following link to sign.1. Moving the 5:16pm Nambour service ex Central back to 5:04pm means no 5pm office worker can catch it.
2. Moving the current afternoon 5:43pm service to later still (5:47pm) for the longest haul commuters in the entire network, so that there is now a 50% longer (3/4 hour) gap between this and the previous (5:04pm) service.
3. Moving the morning service such that it used to arrive in the CBD from Nambour at 8:16am now arrives at 8:26am with no time for an 8:30am starter to get to work in time.
4. Moving the morning service such that it used to arrive in the CBD from Nambour at 7:42am now arrives at 8:02am with no time for an 8:00am starter to get to work in time.
5. Reducing the express pattern from 20 stations by passed down to 13 on most services to those who travel furthest and by far the longest, with two services (during peak times) in each direction which only pass 9 stations.
6. Failure to schedule a Nambour service from Central each weeknight between the 7.34pm and 9.34pm services. This is a two hour gap! A Nambour service is needed to depart Central at 8.34pm.
7. A failure to guarantee trains with toilets on all services north of Caboolture. The Sunshine Coast line should have the priority for IMU trains.
"The new early morning services out of Nambour at 5:10am and 5:38am (which replace the current 5:26am) are welcomed by those who need to arrive in the CBD early, by 7:02am and 7:36am respectively. The extension of the weekday Cooroy service to Gympie North also means that there are now two daily return services to Gympie North Mondays to Fridays."
"It is critical to note that the limited number of rail services north of Caboolture means that those services that are available need to be very carefully timed to ensure the maximum utility to commuters. The draft 2011 timetable does not do that."
"In the medium term, another innovation that would allow even more frequent services between Brisbane and Nambour on the restricted 'third world' rail infrastructure between Nambour and Beerburrum would be be to put shuttle services on between Nambour and Gympie North. This would allow a higher frequency of service between Nambour and Gympie North and allow more express services south of Nambour as more train paths would be available. The ICE trains would be removed from the peak timetable through the rail choke points and this would then allow more uniform operating patterns hence improved frequency and capacity."
"The failure to continue with the duplication of the railway line from Beerburrum to Landsborough is now impacting severely. Another major transport bungle in south-east Queensland."
http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/view/EPetitions_QLD/CurrentEPetition.aspx?PetNum=1565&lIndex=-1
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