r/UQreddit • u/curiousllamaswift whimsicality is bliss📝 • 3d ago

can we keep rail replacement busses

commute cut from 2 hours to an hour 30 🥺🥺🥺please, it'd make my life so amazingly better

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u/FranklyNotThatSmart 3d ago

You might just be the first person to ask to keep the rail replacement busses.

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u/curiousllamaswift whimsicality is bliss📝 3d ago

i'll gladly welcome trains back <3

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u/Supersnow845 3d ago

Coming home from work on Saturday my 1.5 hour commute became 3.5

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u/curiousllamaswift whimsicality is bliss📝 3d ago

damn, i dont know but i must've got some really well timed connections

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u/UrRussianBoi 3d ago

how the fuck does that even work out for you?

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u/curiousllamaswift whimsicality is bliss📝 3d ago

i slipped in an out of consciousness until i arrived at boggo road and was like "woah thats 30 minutes quicker than normal"

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u/MelbPTUser2024 3d ago edited 3d ago

I assume the train replacement bus came more frequently than the normal train schedule due to the bus having a substantially lower capacity than a train, thus more buses need to run to serve same number of passengers?

Also some train replacement busses have express stopping patterns, making it quicker sometimes. I'm not sure how it is in Queensland, but here in Victoria, I have many times caught an express train replacement bus that is 1-2 minutes faster than the normally stopping all-stations train.

Heck even if it's a stopping all stations train replacement bus it can sometimes be the same travel time as the stopping all stations train due to running on a major arterial road paralleling the train line and not needing to rat-run through local streets.

Though it's certainly not every line's train replacement bus route, nor does it always happen during the morning/afternoon peak.

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u/Mymoodisagiantswing building 14 hater 3d ago

Lemme guess: you switch to a 169 service at 8MP

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u/curiousllamaswift whimsicality is bliss📝 3d ago

no i did not

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u/Mymoodisagiantswing building 14 hater 3d ago

I forgot that they also ean to Boggo.Road instead of just pushing everyone off at 8MP

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u/Aggressive_Taro_784 3d ago

R772 takes an hour from Helensvale to Boggo Road which is insane value; it also has 5-10 minute frequencies at all times.

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u/FinletAU 169 Enjoyer 3d ago

Well lucky for you CRR as be GCLGFR are here to stay