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Manly and Rest of Cleveland Line To Have Additional Train Services Weekly

QR customers from Manly stand to benefit from the 48 additional weekly train services, including the extra 20 services on Fridays and seven daily services Monday to Thursday, that will be added to the Cleveland line beginning 29 July 2019.

The additional services to the Cleveland line would mean consistent train services every 7-15 minutes during peak times. Customers are also assured of consistent weekday train services every 15 minutes, between morning and afternoon peak, between Cannon Hill and Brisbane’s CBD, and every half hour during off-peak and weekends..

Customers at stations between Murarrie and Cleveland can expect a train service running every 30 minutes outside of peak times.

430 extra weekly train services to be introduced 29 July 2019
Video Credit: Queensland Rail / YouTube

Cleveland Line additional peak train services:

Departure station	Departure time	Arrival station	Arrival time	Days services are added to
Cleveland	5.54am	Central	6.56am	Monday to Friday
Central	.3.32pm	Cleveland	4.35pm	Friday
Central	4.24pm	Cleveland (express)	5.20pm	Friday
Central	5.02pm	Manly	5.45pm	Friday

As announced by Queensland Rail, a total of 430 extra weekly train services across SEQ will be added, 85 of which will run in peak times and 142 will run on a Friday.

There will also be an upgrade of 59 existing services from three-carriages to six-carriages which equates to 200,000 extra seats per week.

The extra services will add to the 32 weekly peak time services introduced last May 2019 and the 193 three-carriage upgrades, as well as the 46,000 extra seats added last December 2018.

The introduction of extra train services from 29 July, will restore the 8,290 services per week that was promised with the Redcliffe Peninsula Line opening, increasing current service levels by 5.5 percent.

Manly and Rest of Cleveland Line To Have Additional Train Services Weekly

QR customers from Manly stand to benefit from the 48 additional weekly services, including the extra 20 services on Fridays and seven daily services Monday to Thursday, that will be added to the Cleveland line beginning 29 July 2019.

Customers at stations between Murarrie and Cleveland can expect a train service running every 30 minutes outside of peak times.

Video Credit: Queensland Rail / YouTube

Additional peak services to Cleveland Line:

Departure station	Departure time	Arrival station	Arrival time	Days services are added to
Cleveland	5.54am	Central	6.56am	Monday to Friday
Central	3.32pm	Cleveland	4.35pm	Friday
Central	4.24pm	Cleveland (express)	5.20pm	Friday
Central	5.02pm	Manly	5.45pm	Friday

As announced by Queensland Rail, a total of 430 extra weekly train services across SEQ will be added, 85 of which will run in peak times and 142 will run on a Friday.

There will also be an upgrade of 59 existing services from three-carriages to six-carriages which equates to 200,000 extra seats per week.

The extra services will add to the 32 weekly peak time services introduced last May 2019 and the 193 three-carriage upgrades, as well as the 46,000 extra seats added last December 2018.

More Seats for Commuters at Cleveland, Manly and East Brisbane Train Stations with Rollout of Six-Car Services

Thousands of seats will be added to Cleveland Line servicing Manly, Wynnum and other East Brisbane suburbs with the rollout of new six-car units on 193 Queensland Rail services.

From Monday, 3 December 2018, new six-car services are replacing three-car trains, increasing the rail service capacity by more than 46,000 seats a week across the network.

Transport and Main Roads Minister Mark Bailey said that commuters will immediately see the difference on Cleveland, Beenleigh, Shorncliffe, Ferny Grove, Northgate and Doomben lines.

“Queensland Rail has focused on upgrading Monday to Friday services rather than at weekends when fewer people travel,” he said.

“Of the 193 services where capacity will be doubled, 40 are classified as high patronage where average seated capacity occupancy rates are more than 80%.”

The Cleveland Line, which passes through the eastern suburbs and heads to Bowen Hills, Doomben and Shorncliffe, will have 36 services upgraded from three-car to six-car units from Monday to Thursday.

Mr Bailey hopes that the additional 46,000 train seats across the Southeast Queensland network will lead to better comfort for the passengers during weekdays.

Around 6% of the weekday services use three-car units, but with the upgrades, only 3.21% or 171 three-car trains will remain.

“The popular 6.54am Shorncliffe to Central, 6.55am Ferny Grove to Park Road and 4.18pm Bowen Hills to Cleveland services will be upgraded, doubling the number of seats on these services,” Mr Bailey said.

The minister also noted that a few three-car units will still be required to run during morning and afternoon peaks due to existing operational restrictions. However, each three-car trains will be preceded and followed by a six-carriage train to assist with customer loading.

Services to be upgraded from three-car to six-car trains.

Line	Upgraded Services per day		Total Services per week upgraded
Line	Monday to Thursday	Friday	Total Services per week upgraded
Beenleigh	8	6	38
Shorncliffe	6	0	24
Ferny Grove	8	6	38
Cleveland	9	0	36
Northgate	3	0	12
Doomben	10	4	44
Ipswich/Rosewood	0	1	1
Total	44	17	193