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Council warns fans of potential public transport problems for second Adele show

Toby Crockford

The second Adele concert in Brisbane could cause problems according to Brisbane City Council, due to the reduced public transport services on Sunday night.

Deputy mayor Adrian Schrinner said the final show could be a challenge after a lot of fans relied on normal services to get to the Gabba on Saturday.

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However, Cr Schrinner said Sunday concert-goers wouldn't be able to rely on regular services, due to the reduced timetable.

He said there would be the same number of shuttle services operating and emphasised "it's all about planning ahead" and "knowing how you are getting to and from the venue".

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Council received positive reports from the first show on Saturday, with the public transport system coping well with 60,000 commuters converging on Woolloongabba.

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Cr Schrinner said everything was going "so far so good" with Operation Adele and praised Queenslanders for planning ahead, after seeing queues forming at shuttle bus stations before the first service even began.

"I think if we hadn't explained to people the importance of planning ahead and travelling early, there would have been a lot of people who would have arrived late and missed the start of the show," he said.

TransLink services were able to clear the backlog of concert-goers leaving the stadium after 10pm within an hour, after traffic chaos greeted fans heading into the CBD.

In a statement, TransLink said it was "very pleased with how the public transport operations performed (Saturday) night".

"We look forward to the challenge of backing up for (Sunday's) event and encourage people heading to the concert to plan ahead."

The deputy mayor also criticised event organisers who he said hadn't covered themselves in glory.

"Selecting the venue seemed to be about cramming as many people in as possible, rather than thinking about the logistics of getting people to and from," he said.

"We would like to sit down with event organisers and make sure venue selection is done appropriately." 

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