Talk:Queensland Rail Citytrain network

Station Templates
There is a discussion I started in Wikipedia talk:WikiProject_Brisbane, in regard to the template boxes I applied to the inner-city stations (and selected stations in the suburban/interurban areas). --Arnzy (whats up?)  14:16, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Station Photos
I would like to call out for assistance for all South East Queensland transport and railfans out there to take photos of their local stations (or even part or whole of the railway lines). It would be of good use for the station template progessively being implemented on the station pages.

All of the inner-city stations, Part of the Ipswich Line (to Indooroopilly), some of the Ferny Grove line and some of the Nambour/Gympie North Line stations has already got stations photos for the station infoboxes.

If anyone living nearby a particular station or railway line like to get photos of particular stations for station infoboxes, that would be a great help!. --Arnzy (whats up?)  11:05, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

Citytrain miscapitalisation
As in the QR page, I have replaced the capital 'T' with a lowercase in Citytrain — the CamelCase of the business group is incorrect (Sydney's CityRail is in CamelCase). This brings-up a bigger issue, however, because the Wikipedia page for Citytrain (and every other page including the category) is case-sensitive and will need to be replaced with redirects to the correctly capitalised versions. Also, AirTrain is Airtrain, however TransLink is correct. I think Railbus is correct, and Trainsinfo is no longer used, replaced with TransLink. Seo75 18:43, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Six months on and doesn't look like anything has/had been done. I've done some significant work in the renaming, and requested a bot to do the rest.  If anything has gone awry with what I've done so far, I apologise in advance. Seo75 01:31, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Redcliffe Line
On what basis is the Redcliffe line still included as any sort of future project? It is most unlikely ever to be built. If built, why would anyone from middle to south on the peninsula drive to Kippa Ring, park, sit on a train and arrive at Petrie (still 35 minutes from the city) in the same time as they could drive to North Boondall or Deagon, board a Shorncliffe line train and be nearly at the City. As well as paying probably zone 7 fares. By the time you finally get to Northgate I'm in the Queen Street Mall doing my shopping. Doesn't make financial or logistical sense. --MichaelGG 10:32, 14 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Regardless, it is still a future project (it has been for over 100 years). These days it is the most profitable suburban rail line – the corridor land was purchased ("reserved") by the Queensland Government towards the end of the Bjelke-Petersen era in the 80s when the line was most promised (well, looked most promising to be built at long last), and leased back to the original landowners.  Didn't really progress any further than that, except for a considerable study which found the heavy rail option should be built (over an improved bus service or dedicated busway).  Naturally the immediately-cheapest option won regardless... Seo75 12:47, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

The line is included in the conecting seq 2031 plan as seen on page 59 of http://www.connectingseq.qld.gov.au/Libraries/Publications_split/connecting_seq2031_3.pdf — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.11.126.50 (talk) 19:37, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

Railways in Brisbane
At the moment Railways in Brisbane is just a redirect here, and this article only deals with suburban passenger services. From my limited knowledge you also have the Fisherman's Island dual gauge goods line, the line from Acacia Ridge to the NSW border, and the Exhibition loop and associated narrow gauge goods yards. Unfortunatly I don't know enough to expand it out.

Railways in Adelaide and TransAdelaide is an example of how to manage the split between it all, if anyone wants to jump in. I have never liked the Railways in Melbourne / Freight railways in Melbourne / Connex Melbourne split, even though I added the middle one. Wongm (talk) 13:25, 4 July 2008 (UTC)


 * The article now exists. Someone just needs to take photos... Wongm (talk) 13:44, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Why does User:Arnzy revert information back to incorrect information which is also in the wrong order?
Time and again User:Arnzy reverts information provided by others back to outdated, incorrect and even back to wrong order.

Why? --Timelord2067 (talk) 08:20, 22 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Because there are separate pages for the rollingstock, I suggest adding it there, and as for Units being allocated on any service. This is not the case.  ICEs are restricted to Nambour and Gympie North services, even then ICEs are not always reliable, hence suburban rollingstock used on the North Coast Line. --Arnzy (talk · contribs)

As I asked: "Why are you reverting correct information with incorrect information?"

Also: did you read the contribution? ICE trains have been used on the Helensvale (pre Nerang, pre Robina), and Tennyson shuttles (and other suburban runs). And yes, any rollingstock (one word) can be utalised on any service. IMU's 121 and 124 (140kph units with toilets) worked a Thorneside train "1882" 17:00 departure from Roma Street on the 21st of July, 2008 (stopping all stations)

Had you waited for more information to be added, you would be able to read the mathematical formula used for the allocation of units on the QR Translink Network.

There are other questions for you on other pages. --Timelord2067 (talk) 10:18, 22 July 2008 (UTC)


 * If you think your info is correct, then get some references, and put it under references. It has to be a credible source and not some fan blog/enthusiast site.  If there is no references for it, it will be challenged and removed.
 * BTW, yes ICEs has been used before elsewhere (eg the old Brisbane to Robina to Gympie North service), but this is no longer the case, and ICEs are nowdays restricted to NCL duties on Nambour/Gympie services. --Arnzy (talk · contribs) 12:06, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Are you saying that the commissioning dates of the track upgrades that I have stated are wrong? If I have inadvertantly removed a link in error, then that is simply an oversight. However, You have again reverted the page page to inaccurate information. --Timelord2067 (talk) 04:12, 23 July 2008 (UTC)


 * I'm not saying the comissioning dates are wrong, yet you continue to remove verifiable and referenced information, with unreferenced ones without no sources. Therefore, your sources will be considered wrong unless if appropriately refenced.  Any additions without references will continue to be considered incorrect unless referenced. --Arnzy (talk · contribs) 04:48, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Had you read the contributions you would have seen where the verifications for the various points are. It's true that at the moment the Citytrain page is riddled with ,, inaccuracies and  which mades the Citytrain page (as it stands at the moment) read as though it was written by some 40 something who lives with his 80 something Mother in St Claire and continually refreshes the page in case it has been ammended.

Were you to add a or simmilar, then I would know what you are wanting, but to simply revert is not the way forward.

So, let's work on making the relivant pages better.

--Timelord2067 (talk) 10:37, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Roma Street, not Central station is the hub.
All Queensland long distance trains, the interstate XPT train to Sydney (and its predecessor The Brisbane Limited) and all suburban trains stop at Roma Street station.

Roma Street is the starting point for measuring the distances on the North Coast Line, the Western Line (i.e. Corinda, Ipswich, Helidon, Toowoomba, Roma etc) and The Southern Line (South Brisbane, Kingston, Helensvale etc).

Roma Street was the locomotive depot for the central Brisbane area until it was moved to the nearby suburb of Mayne in 1922.

And, although it may be reffered to by some as Brisbane Central, its name is actually Central --Timelord2067 (talk) 10:30, 22 July 2008 (UTC)


 * TransLink actually refers to it as Brisbane Central, same with QR timetables and TransLink ticketing. --Arnzy (talk · contribs) 04:50, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

As I said: it is reffered to by some as Brisbane Central. Have you ever been to Central station? Have a look at the actual station name. I'm pleased to read that you don't however dispute that Roma Street not Central is the Hub of the QR and Busway Network. --Timelord2067 (talk) 10:25, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

ICE trains (and other allocations)
ICE trains were originally reffered to as Inter Capital Express and that was very quickly changed to Inter City Express. As part of the overall Mathematical formula for motive allocation, ICE Units are nowdays allocated on a number of runs on the North Coast Line ahead of other Units due to their being equiped with ATC.

As I said prior, all units can be allocated on all trains (the fact that they aren't rostered on other runs doesn't automatically follow that they won't be).

(work in progress) --Timelord2067 (talk) 10:56, 23 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Do you have any sources that this is the case? --Arnzy (talk · contribs) 01:00, 24 July 2008 (UTC)


 * I have a book from the early 1990s that details all of the electric railways in AUS and NZ - forget the title, but I will dig it ou when I have the time. It has some good info on the 1980s/1990s NCL and coalfields projects. Wongm (talk) 01:32, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

Citytrain - Passenger Services Pty Ltd
Don't know who this User:Arnzy is that leaves his own and  on the Citytrain page but removes anyone elses contributions... should know that the former Passenger Services Group ( Brand name Citytrain) is now Passenger Services Pty Ltd as part of QR Ltd's overall restructure.

8^P

--Timelord2067 (talk) 05:00, 14 August 2008 (UTC)


 * By all means, get the references for it, then put it in then. No-ones stopping you from contributing provided its referenced.  As said before, unreferenced material can be challenged and removed. --Arnzy (talk · contribs) 07:22, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

Merge Discussion
The Citytrain's fleet articles (here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here) should be merged here, since the articles are stubs and they can help improve this article if merged, one great article is better than one "ok" article and 8 stubs. Gezzza (talk) 10:59, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

Oppose - All other suburban train networks in Australia (and most of the cities in world have separate fleet articles). Although I do think it is best merging the SMU and IMU articles to 2 articles (down from 5). If the separate types of SMU/IMUs gets too big and/or gets more noteworthy mentions as well as meeting guidelines for inclusion, then split it back to their own articles. Keep EMU and ICE as separate articles, both have a considerable history and potential for expansion. Sb617 (Talk) 12:04, 30 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Good point, I agree. Gezzza (talk) 12:17, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

Fortitude Valley to Roma
Can someone add to this article a general description of the configuration of the railway(s) between Fortitude Valley and Roma Street for those not familiar with the layout? It appears looking at some blurry aerials from Bing and Google maps that at least part of the route is underground. What isn't clear is if the platforms of Central are underground, or really just what's underground, and what's just put through rail cuts. Clearly, the rail doesn't run along city streets, but beyond this obvious fact it's kind of hard to tell exactly where the cuts and tunnels are that take the rail through the northern edge of the city center. Thanks in advance. --Criticalthinker (talk) 16:10, 2 July 2015 (UTC)

Page title
Despite the article's claims, I can't find a reliable source referring to this network as the "Queensland Rail City" network. Rather, Queensland Rail still calls it the Citytrain network. Unless there's some good reason not to, I'll move the page to "Queensland Rail Citytrain network" in a few days. Huon (talk) 18:08, 24 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Respecting the age of your comment, I took the steps to move the article across to Queensland Rail Citytrain network. That was a good catch with the accuracy. ItsPugle (talk) 03:48, 24 February 2018 (UTC) (correct incomplete signature by Fork99 (talk) 09:19, 15 June 2023 (UTC))
 * In regards to this, I cannot find any recent source that refers to the network as being “Citytrain network” or “City network”. may I ask which website you found the name at? As far as I can see, both the QR and Translink network maps/websites refer to the network as the South East Queensland (SEQ) network. See  and . If anything, from my understanding Queensland Rail is the main company, and operates the SEQ network, while it has a subsidiary/division which was formerly called Traveltrain (now ‘Queensland Rail Travel’) which operates the long distance services. Fork99 (talk) 09:19, 15 June 2023 (UTC)
 * I think there's a bit of inconsistency from QR here - they use the "Citytrain" wording on the Our services page and on the service performance dashboards. One thing I've just picked up is that the 'South East Queensland' network includes the G:Link (see your first link), which isn't a Citytrain service (well, it's not even a train). Tim (Talk) 13:17, 15 June 2023 (UTC)
 * The name "South East Queensland (SEQ) network" refers to the entire public transport network in SEQ (bus, rail, ferry). Translink is a poor source for the name of the train network, because translink does not focus on only rail. The best source for usage of Citytrain network is the fixing the trains reports. https://www.cru.qld.gov.au/reports Hukak (talk) 04:07, 19 June 2023 (UTC)