Re: [QLD] Park Road Station??

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

Eventually there should be platforms on the dual guage at all stations
to Salisbury, otherwise the proposed Browns Plains / Greenbank line
would cause too much congestion. In the short term, dual guage platforms
at Vulture St, Dutton Park, Yeerongpilly & Salisbury would add a lot
more flexibility.

For details of proposals like the Browns Plains line, see the Queensland
Transport website "Draft 2007 Vision":

http://www.transport.qld.gov.au/home.nsf/projects/2007vision

--Colin



Rob Kearey wrote:
> 
> Graham Watkins wrote:
> 
> > > it's going to seperate the Cleveland line traffic from the
> > > Beenleigh/Gold Coast stuff. As it is now, City-bound Cleveland trains
> > > often have to wait for City-bound Beenleigh trains to clear the station,
> > > and so on. Adding an extra island platform will eliminate this.
> 
> > How will it eliminate it? There are still only two tracks to Roma Street .
> 
> Well, it'll widen the bottleneck, at least.
> 
> > > Removing the diamond crossing on the Cleveland side of the station won't
> > > hurt, wither.
> 
> > The diamond crossing won't be removed. As far as I am aware, the new layout
> > will only be for city bound trains ex Beenleigh. The diamond is on the
> > outbound line.
> 
> That makes sense.
> 
> > > I'm guessing that the Beenleigh trains will now follow the dual guage up
> > > to South Brisbane.
> 
> > There is no platform on the dual gauge at Vulture Street.
> 
> There's probably no reason there couldn't be one, though.
> 
> Rob K