Queensland Parliament: How Cross River Rail will change your commute

A breakdown of the Cross River Rail shows just how it will improve the commute of Brisbane drivers as well as bus and train passengers. 

A BREAKDOWN of the Cross River Rail shows just how it will improve the commute of Brisbane drivers as well as bus and train passengers. 

It comes after Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk today announced Pulse consortia will deliver the tunneland four new underground stations, while Unity will deliver the design, supply and installation of the supporting rail system.

Tunnelling could start as early as next year.

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Following this morning’s announcement of who will build Cross River Rail, the Premier has taken another swipe at the Federal Government.

“I can tell you that trains will be running in 2024 – before most of the Queensland projects announced by the Federal Government in this week’s budget will even start,” she said during Question Time in Queensland Parliament. 

“Despite the Federal Government not investing one cent in this vital project in this week’s budget – my government is getting on with delivering it.”

Broken down, the Cross River Rail project will:

– Unlock the Merivale St bottleneck

– Have more trains travelling more often

– Ease congestion

– Improve connectivity with buses

– Allow an extra 18,000 seats into Brisbane during the morning peak across all lines

– Take 47,000 cars off the road every day

 It will also save commuters travelling to the CBD:

– 15 minutes on the Gold Coast line

– 15 minutes on the Beenleigh line

– 8 minutes on the Caboolture line

– 8 minutes on the Redcliffe Peninsula line

– 14 minutes on the Cleveland line

Originally published as Queensland Parliament: How Cross River Rail will change your commute

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