{"id":22508,"date":"2024-03-26T07:54:07","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T21:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railexpress.com.au\/?p=115709"},"modified":"2024-03-26T07:54:07","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T21:54:07","slug":"queensland-rail-detects-asbestos-on-emu-train","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=22508","title":{"rendered":"Queensland Rail detects asbestos on EMU train"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.railexpress.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/EMU-train.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;\"><figcaption>Image\/Queensland Rail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.queenslandrail.com.au\/\">Queensland Rail<\/a> has launched a full investigation following a detection of asbestos present in an Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) train according to Queensland Rail CEO Kat Stapleton.<\/strong><span id=\"more-115709\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The asbestos was found in black bitumen paint on the ceiling and floor of the train during an asbestos clearance certificate process as part of the EMU disposal program.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m advised it remains safe for customers to travel on EMU trains as the paint is in sealed areas that are not exposed to the public,&#8221; Stapleton said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Out of an abundance of caution, as the EMUs leave service today, they will be progressively inspected over the weekend before returning to service.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Safety is Queensland Rail&#8217;s number one priority.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Overhaul and disposal work on our EMU fleet has been halted and further testing is underway on other trains in the Queensland Rail fleet.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are in the process of identifying and notifying employees and contractors who may have been exposed, offering full support to any identified exposed individuals.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will keep our employees, contractors, customers and the wider community informed of further updates.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.railexpress.com.au\/queensland-rail-detects-asbestos-on-emu-train\/\">Queensland Rail detects asbestos on EMU train<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.railexpress.com.au\/\">Rail Express<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Queensland Rail has launched a full investigation following a detection of asbestos present in an Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) train \u2026 <\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.railexpress.com.au\/queensland-rail-detects-asbestos-on-emu-train\/\">Queensland Rail detects asbestos on EMU train<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.railexpress.com.au\/\">Rail Express<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[163],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rail-industry-news-australia-new-zealand"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22508"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22509,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22508\/revisions\/22509"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}