{"id":58690,"date":"2024-06-03T10:53:56","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T00:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railexpress.com.au\/?p=116439"},"modified":"2024-06-03T10:53:56","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T00:53:56","slug":"bundaberg-tilt-train-back-on-track","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=58690","title":{"rendered":"Bundaberg Tilt Train back on track"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.railexpress.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Tilt-Train.jpeg\" alt=\"\" style=\"float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;\"><figcaption>Image: arliftatoz2205\/stock.adobe.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.railexpress.com.au\/rail-industry-news-australia-new-zealand\/state-based-news\/queensland\/\">Queensland<\/a> Rail is bringing back nine one-way Bundaberg Tilt Train services per week after they were temporarily suspended for essential maintenance in July 2023.<\/strong><span id=\"more-116439\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Rockhampton Tilt Train will also return to 15 one-way services per week after it was temporarily reduced to 10 one-way services during the maintenance period.<\/p>\n<p>Works included extensive maintenance to the<em>\u00a0<\/em>traction and braking systems, carriage couplings and other mechanical improvements.<\/p>\n<p>Minister for Transport and Main Roads Bart Mellish explained why the works were so important.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSafety is Queensland Rail&#8217;s number one priority and the works delivered over the last 14-months have bolstered the safety and reliability of the Electric Tilt Train fleet,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s great to see the Bundaberg Tilt Train back on track, connecting thousands of customers between Bundaberg and Brisbane to family and friends, medical appointments, and tourism experiences.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While maintenance works were underway, the timetable was supplemented by additional Spirit of Queensland services to offset the reduction in Tilt Train services.<\/p>\n<p>Queensland Rail CEO Kat Stapleton spoke about the service.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are encouraging customers to get back onboard the Tilt Trains with bookings for travel from 2 September, now available,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe look forward to welcoming back our customers onboa\u200b\u200brd the Tilt Trains.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>With both the Bundaberg and Rockhampton Tilt Trains returning to their full timetable, the Spirit of Queensland will go back to eight one-way services per week.<\/p>\n<p>Services will return from 2 September 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Queensland Rail offers a range of concession types, which are available on the online booking system.<\/p>\n<p>Visit\u00a0the <a href=\"http:\/\/queenslandrailtravel.com.au\/\">website<\/a> to make a booking or call 1800 872 467.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.railexpress.com.au\/bundaberg-tilt-train-back-on-track\/\">Bundaberg Tilt Train back on track<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.railexpress.com.au\/\">Rail Express<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.railexpress.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Tilt-Train.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><figcaption>Image: arliftatoz2205\/stock.adobe.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Queensland Rail is bringing back nine one-way Bundaberg Tilt Train services per week after they were temporarily suspended for essential \u2026 <\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.railexpress.com.au\/bundaberg-tilt-train-back-on-track\/\">Bundaberg Tilt Train back on track<\/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":[7465],"class_list":["post-58690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rail-industry-news-australia-new-zealand","tag-queensland"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58690","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=58690"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58690\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58691,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58690\/revisions\/58691"}],"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=58690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}