Overview
- The network will shift to a Saturday-style timetable with 273 fewer services starting next week.
- Passengers should expect delays, longer trips, and crowded trains, with only limited extra peak runs available.
- Transport Minister Brent Mickelberg said a backlog of maintenance, unresolved faults, and delayed component overhauls has left many trains offline.
- The state has issued section 471 notices to parts of the maintenance workforce, which allow pay to be withheld if assigned work is not completed, and it will add some bus services despite staffing constraints.
- Seven rail unions rejected the government’s latest pay offer and are continuing low-level industrial action, with more talks slated for next week; Queensland Rail will update its Journey Planner and urges riders to check schedules before traveling.