Services on the Gold Coast and Beenleigh lines have resumed after overhead power lines were brought down, causing cancellations and hour-long delays as buses replaced affected services.
The damage occurred between Runcorn and Fruitgrove stations in Brisbane's south about 7am on Saturday, with a train causing a dewirement across more than two kilometres of track.
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Queensland Rail Chief Executive Officer Nick Easy said crew worked through the night to repair damage and services resumed 24 hours after the initial incident.
Buses replaced trains between Kingston and Banoon station, which resulted in hour-long delays, and there were 10 train services cancelled after the wires were brought down.
"We would like to sincerely apologise for the inconvenience caused by this issue, and thank our customers for their patience," Mr Easy said.
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Queensland Rail's Gold Coast and Beenleigh rail services in both directions have been suspended on Saturday as a result of damage to overhead powerlines.
The damage to the line is so significant that the services on the Gold Coast and Beenleigh lines will not resume until Sunday morning.
Access to Runcorn station has been closed off and police are stopping traffic at the rail crossing on Nathan road.
The Ipswich, Redcliffe Peninsula and Airport lines have suffered cancellations and delays as a result of the damage to the other lines.
Travellers can expect delays of up to an hour, with buses now in place to take passengers to their destinations until the time of the last scheduled trains.
@QueenslandRail how about some announcements on the platforms and in the cars to let us know what is going on... People shuffling everywhere
— heather Ciesiolka (@h_ciz) June 17, 2017
Bus services are running from Yeerongpilly to Kingston and all services from Yeerongpilly to Park Road have been rescheduled to stop at all stations.
@TransLinkSEQ I love it when u cancel trains without any signage or explanation! Love it even more when ur website says it's still running!😡
— Lucy Anthony (@lucy_anthony) June 17, 2017
Please note, other lines are experiencing service disruptions due to the earlier incident on the Beenleigh line.
— Queensland Rail (@QueenslandRail) June 17, 2017
Queensland Rail chief executive Nick Easy said the damage was serious and apologised for the inconvenience caused by service cancellations.
"The damage to the line is significant, including a dewirement across a 2.1-kilometre section of track and required works involving the securing of damaged contact wires," Mr Easy said.
"All available resources are on hand and working as quickly as possible to undertake these necessary repairs. We will be working hard to complete the repairs through to tomorrow (Sunday, June 18)."
With Toby Crockford