Queensland Rail customers are advised to plan ahead over the Easter long weekend, with a four-day track closure in place on the Beenleigh/Gold Coast line.
The closure from Good Friday (April 18) to Easter Monday (April 21) will allow various works to be carried out in the rail corridor.
The train network will be closed between Boggo Road/Park Road station and Varsity Lakes station during this period, with both all-stops and express rail replacement buses running.
Multiple crews across various projects and organisations have coordinated their schedules to allow works to be carried out on the same line over the same period.
Queensland Rail crews will be undertaking scheduled critical track maintenance and substation maintenance at Robina during the closure.
Loganlea Station Relocation works will also take place near Loganlea station, while signalling works will be undertaken between Beenleigh and Varsity Lakes.
As part of supporting works for Cross River Rail, crews will be deployed in the rail corridor at Yeerongpilly, Salisbury, Dutton Park and Clapham Yard – installing concrete, formwork and structural steel, as well as carrying out drainage works and earthworks.
Further south, works will take place on two of the three new Gold Coast stations at Hope Island and Merrimac, including excavation, concrete pouring and installing steel modules for station platforms.
All services will return to a regular timetable from first service on Tuesday 22 April.
Queensland Rail Head of South East Queensland Neil Backer said the track closures will allow crews to carry out a “huge amount of works” safely and efficiently in the rail corridor, which is not possible while trains are running.
“Track maintenance is a crucial component of running a safe and reliable network but in order to complete these works safely there will be impacts to Easter rail travel,” he said.
“While the closures are necessary over the quieter holiday period, we do understand that some customers will be inconvenienced.
“We appreciate your understanding as we improve the South East Queensland rail network.”
