Disabled, elderly, mums to benefit from Cross River Rail upgrades

A swag of train station platforms will be upgraded as part of the State Government’s Cross River Rail project.

Fairfield train station. Southside train stations including Fairfield will be upgraded to make them easier to access by the disabled, elderly and parents with prams.

FAIRFIELD, Yeronga, Yeerongpilly, Moorooka, Rocklea and Salisbury railway stations will receive a facelift and accessibility upgrades, coinciding with the Cross River Rail project.

The upgrades are part of a $57 million boost to the Government’s $300 million station accessibility upgrade program.

“Cross River Rail (CRR) already includes plans to build an additional platform at these southside stations, so it makes sense that we also invest in accessibility upgrades to existing station

platforms at the same time, so they can be delivered by the Cross River Rail contractor,’’

state Transport Minister Mark Bailey said.

“The station upgrades will minimise network disruption, with platforms also to be prefabricated off-site.

“Station accessibility will be boosted with new overpasses, lifts, kiss’n’ride infrastructure

and bike facilities included in Cross River Rail’s proposed package of works.

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State Labor MP for Toohey, Peter Russo, said the upgrades would involve raising station platforms on the Gold Coast and Beenleigh lines that would use CRR’s twin underground tunnels.

“An extra third platform will also be added to each of the six stations to boost capacity and convenience for passengers,” Mr Russo said.

Mr Russo said CRR’s proposed station upgrades would be assessed by the independent Coordinator-General with a community information forum on June 6 at Annerley Hall, 8 Waldheim St, Annerley.

“This is an important opportunity to find out what’s planned for the southside and to have your say on Cross River Rail’s once-in-a-generation transformation of high frequency transport in our community,” Mr Russo said.

Feedback on the six southside station upgrade plans can be uploaded to the website of the independent Coordinator-General until 5pm on Friday, June 14, at: www.dsd.qld.gov.au/crr

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