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Full steam ahead for Gold Coast Rail line |
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| Posted by Administrator (admin) on Oct 05 2006 |
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Transport and Main Roads Minister Paul Lucas announced today that work will start this week on a new third track between Salisbury and Kuraby stations on the Beenleigh / Gold Coast line.
Construction will be underway by the end of the week for the work which will cost $195 million and is part of $355.2 million being spent on rail upgrades in the rail corridor south of Brisbane by 2009.
Mr Lucas said "the new track was crucial to meeting growing demand on the Brisbane to Gold Coast corridor."
This third track between Salisbury and Kuraby stations is part of a three-stage rail upgrade to provide a 50% increase in track capacity on the rapidly growing Gold Coast rail corridor.
Queensland Rail is spending $92 million on 24 new carriages (eight by three-car sets) to increase seating capacity by almost 60% for the inbound morning peak period services over the next couple of years.
"These carriages are being built at the EDI workshops in Maryborough and the first of the 24 extra carriages will be track tested in January, and up and running on the Gold Coast line in May next year.
This means room for around 2,500 extra passengers on the Gold Coast line" Mr Lucas said.
I want to assure people that QR will do all they can to minimise disruptions while the track construction and station upgrades take place.
This project will deliver significant benefits to Queenslanders and will ensure we continue to provide quality public transport now and in the future.
South East Queensland is the fastest growing region in Australia - the government is ensuring public transport keeps pace with the rapid population growth.
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