Wot? No trains?

2011-10-27T02:14:00.187+10:00

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The thin grey lines in the above revision (legible size via Picasaweb) represent scandalously underused infrastructure. Apart from 15.5% of the suburban network, rail frequencies are utterly woeful (even if operating hours are adequate, except on the marginal Doomben Line), especially if you want to access inner-city destinations such as Toowong or Buranda. And the Eastern Busway is mostly a part-time busway, with the rest not being used to its potential either.

According to a post on Rail Back on Track's forum, by a contributor who has used Madrid's commuter rail system, surface trains in the Spanish capital run at turn-up-and-go frequencies, over distances comparable to Brisbane lines that only see a train every half hour in either direction. This on a system with similar constraints in infrastructure to its Brisbane counterpart! Clearly there's no excuse, but rather a lack of political and cultural will.

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Wot? No trains?