Every Train Line Through Brisbane's CBD Is Closed This Weekend

Brisbanites, if catching a train is on your weekend agenda, you might want to make other plans. As part of city-wide track maintenance, every line that runs through the Brisbane CBD is experiencing closures until Monday morning — including every single stop from Roma Street to Bowen Hills.

The list of impacted stations is considerable, running out to Corinda on the Ipswich line, Murarrie on the Cleveland line, and Yeerongpilly on the Gold Coast and Beenleigh lines, too. Northsiders fare much better, with the track work only extending as far as Wooloowin in that direction.

Replacement buses are across the weekend running, though Translink advices passengers to add an extra hour onto their travel time until the first service on Monday. If you're wondering why, the maintenance is part of the preparation for the Commonwealth Games — when another round of delays is slated to come into effect for much of April, this time due to a reduction in the Brisbane schedule so that services can run more frequently to and on the Gold Coast.

Via Brisbane Times. Image: Denisbin via Flickr.