South-east Queenslanders have been assured enough train drivers have been rostered on to deliver services on Australia Day following a series of timetabling debacles.
Queensland Rail says it also has a number of crew on standby for Thursday, when services will run to a normal public holiday timetable.
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The operator says the same plans are in place for Friday, a day when many Australian businesses are bracing for a barrage of sick days as workers try to get an extra long weekend.
Acting QR CEO Neil Scales has been briefing Transport Minister Stirling Hinchliffe daily about roster planning for this week's services, with an additional meeting held on Wednesday.
"The minister has been advised by Queensland Rail it has a full roster on both Australia Day and Friday with train crew on standby for contingencies," a spokesman for Mr Hinchliffe said.
Mr Hinchliffe has been under fire following a series of train debacles, including a Christmas Day clanger where a third of all services were cancelled with less than 24 hours notice.
Opposition transport spokesman Andrew Powell said commuters would be thinking twice about catching a train on Australia Day.
Mr Powell said Queenslanders knew from experience Mr Hinchliffe and the premier couldn't be trusted when they said the train timetable was under control after families were left stranded on Christmas Day.
"By New Year's Eve, commuters had given up - with 30,000 fewer people heading to South Bank because they couldn't trust the trains would turn up," he said.
"The only thing we can be sure of is that our train system can collapse with zero notice - and the uncertainty won't end until Stirling Hinchliffe is gone."
The train crisis was sparked in October when the opening of the Redcliffe Peninsula line put more strain than expected on QR's rosters.
AAP