Hour-long delays for northern rail lines, express routes cut

Rail commuters heading south into Brisbane have been warned trains are not running to timetable, with delays stretching as long as an hour.

Queensland Rail said a signalling issue had forced several tracks offline along the Caboolture, Redcliffe and Sunshine Coast lines on Thursday morning.

“The trains are not running to [the] timetable … we’ve got 60-minute delays across the network,” a Queensland Rail spokeswoman said.

She said services running express between Petrie and Northgate had been cut, with all trains now stopping at every station.

Translink issued a warning to commuters shortly after 6am, warning both inbound and outbound trains were affected.

In a post online about the same time, Queensland Rail warned customers of 30-minute delays, which had grown to 60 minutes by about 8.20am.

Shortly before 7am, Queensland Rail technicians were on site working on a fix.

By 9am, crews remained on the tracks, and Queensland Rail said it was unclear when the issue would be resolved.

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