{"id":575822,"date":"2026-03-31T07:20:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T07:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/575822\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T07:20:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T07:20:12","slug":"rolling-track-closures-across-train-lines-in-queenslands-south-east-amid-fuel-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/575822\/","title":{"rendered":"Rolling track closures across train lines in Queensland&#8217;s south-east amid fuel crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>M\ufeffost <a href=\"http:\/\/www.9news.com.au\/trains\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"rail services\">rail services<\/a> across <a href=\"http:\/\/www.9news.com.au\/queensland\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Queensland&#039;s\">Queensland&#8217;s<\/a> south-east will be impacted by rolling track closures during April, just as the fuel crisis means many commuters would rather be leaving the car at home.<\/p>\n<p>Translink has warned from Good Friday until Sunday, April 26, there will be major track closures and travel changes across the network, meaning Anzac Day services and a host of NRL and AFL games will be impacted.<\/p>\n<p>The closures are due to a range of major works underway across the region, including the Cross River Rail project, as well as upgrades and maintenance.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/dbcd9901-5433-45b5-a23e-bc5634097baa.jpeg\"   alt=\"A Queensland Rail train.\"\/>Buses will replace trains on a heap of train lines around South East Queensland during April. (Felicity Caldwell)<\/p>\n<p>From Good Friday until April 11, there will be closures and timetable changes on the Airport, Beenleigh, Caboolture, Doomben, Gold Coast, Redcliffe Peninsula, Shorncliffe and Sunshine Coast lines.<\/p>\n<p>Beenleigh and Gold Coast lines will continue to be impacted until April 26.<\/p>\n<p>Buses will replace trains on all affected lines but commuters have been warned to plan ahead and allow extra travel time.<\/p>\n<p>A Department of Transport and Main Roads spokesperson said in a statement there was &#8220;capacity on services across South East Queensland&#8217;s public transport network&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;TMR is closely monitoring travel patterns and assessing emerging trends as more data becomes available.&#8221;\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>Unlike <a href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com.au\/national\/victoria-news-free-public-transport-in-the-state-to-address-fuel-shortage\/aa18489c-095a-4bbc-93a5-a806c0bd3c60\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Victoria and Tasmania\">Victoria and Tasmania<\/a>, Queensland has ruled out offering free public transport, given all trips on Translink services across the state are already capped at 50c.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>The price of unleaded in Australia is approaching $2.60 per litre in many areas, while the average price of diesel is now well over $3 per litre.<\/p>\n<p>The price drop won&#8217;t be immediate, though, as service stations will need to offload the fuel they purchased at the full excise rate first.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>NEVER MISS A STORY: Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"M\ufeffost rail services across Queensland&#8217;s south-east will be impacted by rolling track closures during April, just as the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":575823,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-575822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=575822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575822\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/575823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=575822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=575822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=575822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}