Brisbane trains suspended between Roma St and Fortitude Valley after fire alarm

Rail commuters are still facing delays of 30 minutes and at least 40 services have been cancelled more than five hours after Central Station was evacuated for 10 minutes and all services were suspended following a fire alarm.

Trains have been suspended through Brisbane’s CBD. Picture AAPimage/David Clark

Rail commuters are still facing delays of 30 minutes more than five hours after Central Station was evacuated for 10 minutes and all services were suspended following a fire alarm.

A Queensland Rail spokeswoman confirmed the entire station had to be evacuated following a fire alarm that went off just before 7:30am.

Crews from the Queensland Fire Department attended the scene and at 7:40am gave the all-clear for services to resume after no signs of a fire were found.

Despite this, residual delays of up to 30 minutes were still being experienced across all train lines going through the city at 12:30pm.

More than 30 services were also cancelled in the aftermath, with a Queensland Rail spokesperson saying the location and the time of the evacuation caused a flow-on effect for delays.

The delays were expected to ease by “PM peak” travel time.

Cancelled services included:

– The 7:53am Central to Doomben train

– The 8:04am Domestic Airport to Central train

– The 8:08am Nambour to Central train between Nambour and Bowen Hills

– The 8:10am Ferny Grove to Roma Street train

– The 8:28am Doomben to Boggo Road/Park Road train

– The 8:19am Northgate to Boggo Road/Park Road train

– The 8:19am Domestic Airport to Boggo Road/Park Road train

– The 9:16am Kippa-Ring to Central train

– The 9:23am Doomben to Central train

– The 9:29am Central to Varsity Lakes train between Nerang and Varsity Lakes

– The 9:32am Ferny Grove to Central train

– The 9:34am Domestic Airport to Central train between Domestic Airport and Bowen Hills

– The 9:35am Caboolture to Central train between Caboolture and Bowen Hills

– The 9:41am Central to Ferny Grove train

– The 9:47am Ferny Grove to Central train

– The 9:59am Central to Varsity Lakes train

– The 10:02am Ferny Grove to Central train

– The 10:04am Central to Beenleigh train

– The 10:09am Cleveland to Central train between Cleveland and Manly

– The 10:13am Central to Springfield Central train

– The 10:19am Central to Coopers Plains train

– The 11:09am Springfield Central to Central train

– The 11:10am Varsity Lakes to Central train between Varsity Lakes and Nerang

- The 11:13am Central to Springfield Central train between Richlands and Springfield Central

- The 11:18am Beenleigh to Central train

- The 11:32am Ferny Grove to Central train between Ferny Grove and Bowen Hills

- The 11:37am Ipswich to Central train between Ipswich and Roma Street

- The 11:40am Varsity Lakes to Central train between Varsity Lakes and Ormeau

- The 11:47am Central to Cleveland

- The 11:47am Ferny Grove to Central train between Ferny Grove and Bowen Hills

- The 11:49am Central to Coopers Plains train

– The 11:52am Central to Kippa-Ring train

- The 12:02pm Central to Cannon Hill train between Roma Street and Cannon Hill

- The 12:09pm Springfield Central to Central train between Springfield Central and Richlands

- The 12:16pm Central to Domestic Airport train

- The 12:19pm Central to Coopers Plains train

- The 12:26pm Central to Ferny Grove train

- The 12:46am Central to Domestic Airport train

- The 12:49pm Domestic Airport to Central train

- The 1:19pm Domestic Airport to Central train

Firefighters at Central Station. Picture: Tania Parker

Meanwhile, multiple services were also cancelled due to signalling issues. Those affected included:

– The 7:58am Kippa-Ring to Roma Street train

– The 8:27am Springfield Central to Bowen Hills train

– The 8:39am Cannon Hill to Bowen Hills train

– The 8:47am Ferny Grove to Central train

– The 9:09am Shorncliffe to Central train

– The 9:19am Central to Coopers Plains train

– The 9:29am Roma Street to Gympie North train

Multiple other services were cancelled, with TransLink saying it was “awaiting further details.

– The 8:49am Domestic Airport to Central train

– The 8:39am and 8:54am Shorncliffe to Central trains between Shorncliffe and Bowen Hills

– The 9:04am Kippa-Ring to Roma Street train