Screencap of Brisbane and Gold Coast Rail map showing suburban and long distance railways, Gold Coast tramway, ferries and busways around the Brisbane suburban region.

Screencap of the Gold Coast area of the updated rail map showing detail of the G:Link tramway, Gold Coast railway line, the HOPO ferry and the connecting 777 bus from Gold Coast airport.

Screencap of the City and Inner suburbs area of the updated rail map showing detail of the city railways, Cross River Rail under construction, ferry and busway routes.

An updated version of my Brisbane and Gold Coast train, tram, ferry and busway map is now online.

See it here railmaps.com.au/brisbane.htm

or download a pdf version from here railmaps.com.au/Brisbane.pdf

High Frequency Bus Routes - Extending Route 29 to Kangaroo Point and RBWH High Frequency Bus Routes - Extending Route 29 to Kangaroo Point and RBWH Better Transport Queensland (BTQ), Queensland’s leading advocacy group for public transport, has called on Translink an...

High Frequency Bus Routes - Extending Route 29 to Kangaroo Point and RBWH
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#BetterTransportQueensland

Honolulu Skyline Phase 2 at HNL Airport

KC Streetcar extension opening

DART Silver Line on opening day in Plano, TX

Sound Transit Federal Way station

It’s been an exciting few weeks for rail transit in the U.S., with the following openings:
•Honolulu Skyline Phase 2🚝
•KC Streetcar extension🚉
•DART Silver Line🚆

Next up: Sound Transit’s Line 1 extension to Federal Way on December 6. 🚉

BTQ Welcomes Pimpama Station Opening but Urges Bus Service Improvements Better Transport Queensland welcomes the opening of Pimpama Station on the Gold Coast Line this morning; the first new station to serve the Gold Coast since 2009. This milestone marks a significant st...

BTQ Welcomes Pimpama Station Opening but Urges Bus Service Improvements
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BTQ Welcomes Pimpama Station Opening but Urges Bus Service Improvements Better Transport Queensland welcomes the opening of Pimpama Station on the Gold Coast Line this morning; the first new station to serve the Gold Coast since 2009. This milestone marks a significant st...

BTQ Welcomes Pimpama Station Opening but Urges Bus Service Improvements
forum.bettertransportqueensland.org/t/btq-welcom...

Brisbane level-crossing closures 'adding to congestion' The number of Greater Brisbane level crossings that are closed for more than an hour during the morning peak has doubled in the past three years, keeping some motorists delayed for up to one hour and ...

Brisbane level-crossing closures 'adding to congestion'
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BTQ Transport Advocates Call for Brisbane 2032 Olympics Transport Changes and Plan Image Credit: By MDRX - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0 Better Transport Queensland (BTQ), Queensland’s leading advocacy group for public transport, has called for major changes and improvements to bus and t...

BTQ Transport Advocates Call for Brisbane 2032 Olympics Transport Changes and Plan
forum.bettertransportqueensland.org/t/btq-transp...

Better Transport Queensland Releases 2025 Policy Platform Better Transport Queensland is proud to release our 2025 Policy Platform: a forward-looking blueprint for a safer, more connected, and sustainable transport future across Queensland. Click here to d...

Better Transport Queensland Releases 2025 Policy Platform
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Better Transport Queensland Releases 2025 Policy Platform Better Transport Queensland is proud to release our 2025 Policy Platform: a forward-looking blueprint for a safer, more connected, and sustainable transport future across Queensland. Click here to d...

Better Transport Queensland Releases 2025 Policy Platform
forum.bettertransportqueensland.org/t/better-tra...

Motorists face boom gate down times of up to 50 minutes of peak hour Level crossing boom gates are expected to be down for much longer as Queensland adds more trains to its rail network.

Brisbane drivers face longer delays at level crossings as rail network expands
abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

Motorists face boom gate down times of up to 50 minutes of peak hour Level crossing boom gates are expected to be down for much longer as Queensland adds more trains to its rail network.

Brisbane drivers face longer delays at level crossings as rail network expands
abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

Rear view of buses.

Ipswich bus improvements underway as operator announced
translink.com.au/news-and-med...
Bus operator Transit Systems has won the contract to deliver an Ipswich and Logan bus improvement package.

Rear view of buses.

Ipswich bus improvements underway as operator announced
translink.com.au/news-and-med...
Bus operator Transit Systems has won the contract to deliver an Ipswich and Logan bus improvement package.

Burleigh to Border Light Rail Cancellation “Bitterly Disappointing” Better Transport Queensland Monday, 1 September, 2025 For Immediate Release Better Transport Queensland has described the Crisafulli Government’s decision to can Gold Coast Light Rail Stage 4...

Burleigh to Border Light Rail Cancellation “Bitterly Disappointing”
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Better Transport Queensland

Burleigh to Border Light Rail Cancellation “Bitterly Disappointing” Better Transport Queensland Monday, 1 September, 2025 For Immediate Release Better Transport Queensland has described the Crisafulli Government’s decision to can Gold Coast Light Rail Stage 4...

Burleigh to Border Light Rail Cancellation “Bitterly Disappointing”
forum.bettertransportqueensland.org/t/burleigh-t...
Better Transport Queensland

An image taken from a low angle alongside an electrified railway line. Looking up past a grassy area with bushes in flower, we see a streamlined electric locomotive in VR blue and gold livery passing a lower quadrant semaphore signal in the proceed position and hauling a train of tangerine liveried passenger carriages, passes beneath an overhead wiring gantry as it departs a railway station.

Today's historic pic: 42 years ago today, 1500V DC electric loco L1152 on a VLine Traralgon-bound passenger train departs Morwell, Vic, August 30 1983. Morwell is 144km east of Melbourne on the broad gauge Gippsland line. The line was electrified to Traralgon from 1956 until 1987.

Brisbane Busway Electric Rapid Transit (BERT)

It's no Metro, it is BERT!

Australia's surprising rail transformation story - with Chris Brownbill | #Railnatter 271 YouTube video by Gareth Dennis

Part 2 of my chat with UK railway engineer and social commentator Gareth Dennis is now online. In episode 271 of Gareth's award-winning #Railnatter series we discuss current day Australian railways and the pipeline of projects.
Watch on YouTube here:
youtu.be/HkwEbGj8bB0

New details for The Wave as transport advocates push for clarity The state government has released new details about its planned mass transit service on the Sunshine Coast, but transport advocates are calling for greater transparency around the multibillion-dollar ...

New details of The Wave unveiled amid calls for clearer project information
www.sunshinecoastnews.com.au/2025/07/21/n...

Rainforest Railway Garden | Discovery | Gardening Australia YouTube video by Gardening Australia

You probably don't expect Gardening Australia to be a rich source of railway content - but today it is. And of course it's Kuranda.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=n_8-...

EMU 59 at Roma St station

Last day for revenue service of the Queensland Rail
EMUs. EMU 59 is doing a farewell tour today. Details > queenslandrail.com.au/forcustomers...

Brisbane’s New Bus Network a Positive Step, but Many Still Left Waiting - Better Transport Queensland Stay informed with the latest official media releases from Better Transport Queensland—covering public, active, and sustainable transport updates fresh from the source!

BTQ Media release: Brisbane’s New Bus Network a Positive Step, but Many Still Left Waiting
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Brisbane’s New Bus Network a Positive Step, but Many Still Left Waiting - Better Transport Queensland Stay informed with the latest official media releases from Better Transport Queensland—covering public, active, and sustainable transport updates fresh from the source!

BTQ Media release: Brisbane’s New Bus Network a Positive Step, but Many Still Left Waiting
bettertransportqueensland.org/releases/bri...

Australian COVID-19 weekly stats update:

The risk estimate rose sharply again last week to 1.6% “Currently Infectious”, or 1-in-64. After 7 weeks, there’s still no peak in sight.

That implies a 38% chance that someone is infectious in a group of 30.

#COVID19 #Australia
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A black and white image taken from an overbridge looking down over a single track railway in a rural location. A goods train running towards us is hauled by a smallish hood-style industrial diesel locomotive painted in a light colour with dark diagonal strips on its front buffer.

Today's historic pic: A Whitcomb diesel rail tractor hauls a train of paper products on the 6km long then-privately run broad gauge APM siding near Maryvale, Vic, December 1984. VLine T class diesels took over from these rail tractors soon after this pic. Trainloads of paper still run here today.

‘Legacy-making’ Sydney metro stations take out top prize in NSW Architecture awards ‘Transformative’ project wins the 2025 architecture medallion as town centres, industrial restorations and residential homes collect other awards of note * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Sydney’s recently opened network of city metro stations have taken out one of the top prizes at the Australian Institute of Architects’ 2025 NSW Architecture awards, announced on Friday night. Dozens of Australian architecture firms, engineering companies, landscape designers and public art experts shared in the 2025 NSW architecture medallion for their work on the Central, Barangaroo, Gadigal, Victoria Cross, Martin Place, Waterloo, Sydenham and Crows Nest stations in what the judges hailed as a “legacy-making” and “city-shaping” cross-sector collaboration. Continue reading...

‘Legacy-making’ Sydney metro stations take out top prize in NSW Architecture awards

Translink PT performance dashboard (Q3 2024-25) published translink.com.au/about-transl...
Overall patronage growth compared to Q3 2023-24 is +9.07%.
Bus +5.12%
Ferry +24.11%
Rail +14.22%
Tram +19.48%

Translink PT performance dashboard (Q3 2024-25) published translink.com.au/about-transl...
Overall patronage growth compared to Q3 2023-24 is +9.07%.
Bus +5.12%
Ferry +24.11%
Rail +14.22%
Tram +19.48%

Glad you had a great weekend. Happy safe travels!

A boxcab carbody style diesel locomotive in Indian red livery with hi-viz yellow ends sits at the throat of a large railway yard on one of a dozen or so tracks that sit beneath overhead wires. A brick wall marks the far boundary of the railway at left, and at right, the tracks pass beneath a road overbridge that spans each successive pair of railway tracks with a brick or stone arch.

Today's historic pic: Exactly 40 years ago today, after having brought the Spirit of Progress in earlier that morning, EMD diesel loco 42217 nears the Cleveland Street bridge after having run light engine through the throat of the yard at Central Terminal, Sydney, June 8 1985.