Re: [QLD] Accident Wednesday night

[Colin Weaver <weaver@powerup.com.au>]

I was on the 17:35 ex Central train to Beenleigh on Wednesday night.  At
Yeerongpilly we were delayed for approximately 30 minutes, then again at
Moorooka for about 15 minutes, then again between Moorooka & Rocklea for
another 20 or so minutes.  In this time three Gold Coast trains shot
through on the dual guage, but nothing at all was coming back from
Beenleigh / Robina.  The guard announced that the delay was caused by a
"breakdown" ahead of us, and stated repeatedly that we would be moving
again once the breakdown was cleared, whatever that means.  When we
finally got going again we travelled very slowly indeed until Salisbury,
after which we ran normally. Between Salisbury and home (Kuraby), it
seemed that we crossed an inbound (down) train at nearly every station,
and that most down side platforms were quite busy, probably with people
trying to get to the State of Origin game.  At Kuraby, there was a 6 car
EMU (didn't note the set numbers) shut down in Platform 2 which seemed a
little unusual.

Whatever happened, I suspect it was between Rocklea & Salisbury in the
vicinity of the abandoned Nyanda station.  I noticed on Thursday & again
on Friday that there is now a 25Km/h Caution sign just on the down side
of Nyanda (approximately where the standard guage siding crosses over
the two NG tracks), extending for about 200 metres through Nyanda
platform to around the level crossing.  I suspect that whatever
"incident" occured happened there.

Hope this helps.

--Colin


"a n d R e w ;" wrote:
> 
> > I am trying to find out what happened on the Beenleigh line
> > around 5:30 - 5:45 at Sunnybank. I was stuck just below altyandi
> > for about 1.5 hours, scanned the papers the next day only to
> > read how Premier Beattie walked to the State of Origin and how
> > there were no Public Transport problems. The guards didnt seem
> > to know either, or thats what they told us.
> 
> Hmmm. I caught the 16:30 ex Central train to Nerang on Wednesday (I am
> assuming that you are talking PM too). We stopped for around 4-5 mins
> just north of Salisbury; the driver announced that we were "waiting for
> conjestion to clear at Salisbury". Don't know if this is in any way
> related to your encounter....?
> 
> ANDREW