How trains will be impacted this holidays

LOCAL commuters have been asked to plan ahead this summer holidays while tracks are closed for Cross River Rail works.

Translink has detailed changes to the Beenleigh and Gold Coast train lines from now until late January 2026.

This is what’s changing over the next few weeks:

Thursday 25 – Sunday 28 December

• Trains will terminate and commence from Roma Street.

Monday 29 December – Friday 2 January

• From Monday 29 December to Wednesday 31 December, trains will run to an altered timetable network wide.
• Additional event bus and train services will be available on New Year’s Eve.
• On Thursday 1 January, trains will run to a Sunday/public holiday timetable.
• On Friday 2 January, all trains will run to a regular timetable.

Saturday 3 – Sunday 11 January

• Buses will replace trains between Banoon and Yeerongpilly. Beenleigh and Gold Coast line trains will be a combined all stations service between Varsity Lakes and Banoon.
  1. • Weekdays: Beenleigh line trains will terminate and commence from Yeerongpilly. Gold Coast line customers will catch a Beenleigh line service to Yeerongpilly to connect with a bus. Express buses will run between Fruitgrove and Brisbane CBD.
     • Weekends: Beenleigh and Gold Coast line trains will terminate and commence from Yeerongpilly.

Monday 12 – Friday 23 January

• Beenleigh and Gold Coast line trains will run as a combined all stops service. Buses will replace trains from Banoon to Boggo Road and Eagle Junction.
  •   Weekdays: Beenleigh line trains will terminate and commence from Boggo Road. Gold Coast line customers will catch any service to Boggo Road to connect with a bus. Express buses will run between Fruitgrove and Brisbane CBD.
  • Weekends: Trains will terminate and commence from Boggo Road.

Saturday 24 – Monday 26 January

• Beenleigh and Gold Coast lines: Beenleigh and Gold Coast line trains will run as a combined all stops service. Buses will replace trains from Banoon to Boggo Road and Eagle Junction.
  • Weekends: Beenleigh and Gold Coast line trains will terminate and commence from Boggo Road.