Queensland's Transport Minister says he found out about mass cancellations on the train network via Twitter.
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Queensland Rail had a "fundamental failure of management" in not preparing for a driver shortage. 7 News Queensland: November 1, 2016
Stirling Hinchliffe said he found out that 50 services were cancelled on September 30 on social media.
"On the 30th of September, this is when we saw that very large number of cuts to services and that happened with no notice to myself and to my office," Mr Hinchliffe told Parliament during question time on Wednesday afternoon.
"I learnt of and saw through the same social media notices that a lot of other people saw, from TransLink."
@Robert_Dow I share your concerns about this unusual spike in cancelations and have asked @QueenslandRail for an urgent briefing.
— Stirling Hinchliffe (@StirlHinchliffe) October 1, 2016
Mr Hinchliffe said he asked for a briefing the next day but Queensland Rail did not advise of the chronic driver shortage issues.
He said the briefing advised the cancellation was due to testing for the Redcliffe Peninsula Line, and that it "would be over by the end of October".
Mr Hinchliffe echoed comments he made earlier in the day, saying he was "frankly misled" by Queensland Rail.
"We've seen a gross level of mismanagement from Queensland Rail in relation to this matter and the fact that they have failed to advise the shareholding ministers on this matter is in fact a gross level of mismanagement," he said.
More than 100 services were cancelled on Friday, October 21, after a driver shortage exacerbated by the opening of the Redcliffe Peninsula Line causing the crunch.
The minister has been forced to repeatedly defend his handling of the crisis, amid opposition calls for him to stand down.
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