Re: Brisbane Airport Rail

[Graham Duffin <duffin@dyson.brisnet.org.au>]

At this stage the proposed fare is $7 Brisbane City to Brisbane Airport.

Transfield who are the Contractor building the railway plan to finish
the turnout connection from the QR lines near Toombul Westfield by
December this year.  The display you probably saw at Bris Airport is
the mobile display that is taken to various locations for a week or 
two at a time.  It was at Westfield Toombul about three weeks ago.

The "sheep dip" between the International and Domestic Terminals will
be one of the the most interesting parts of the construction. The line
goes from the 1st floor level of each terminal down to below road level
under the proposed taxiway for the new parallel runway and then back up
to the 1st floor level of the other terminal.

The line will be single track from near Sandgate Rd to just before
the International Terminal. It will then be double track for the remainder
of the line to the Domestic Terminal.  There will be crossover points
just before the Domestic Terminal island platform.   

Graham Duffin,
Salisbury, Qld.

Colin Weaver <colingw@my-dejanews.com> writes:
 > Does anyone know what the proposed fares are for the Brisbane Airport
> line?  I believe the arrangements for this line are  similar to
> the Sydney Airport line - Airtrain Citylink Pty Ltd will build the
> line and man the stations at International & Domestic, but the actual
> rail service will be provided by QR Citytrain.  I presume much higher
> fares will apply for journeys to the two Airport stations than to other
> stations which are a similar distance from Central.
> 
> I was at Brisbane airport last weekend - a display board detailing
> the airport line is located in the domestic terminal, approximately
> half way between QANTAS baggage collection and Ansett check-in.
> The display gave a reasonably detailed map of the route, diverging
> from the North Coast Line between Eagle Junction and Toombul, crossing
> Sandgate Road, then following Schultz's Canal before crossing the
> Gateway Motorway and running parallel to Airport Drive on the eastern
> side.  Most of the line will be elevated, with elevated stations at
> both International and Domestic.  The display also includes some
> computer generated images showing the projected appearance of the
> elevated line at several locations along the route.
> 
> There are also signs of preliminary earthworks cutting through
> the scrub next to the Schultz's Canal, not far from the roundabout
> at the southern end of Airport Drive.
> 
> --Colin
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