However, there is still one big thing missing. That is the QR Passenger Load survey. This has yet again gone missing in action for quite a few years. The QR Passenger Load survey looks at the peak boardings and alightings. It also looks at the rolling stock assignment (e.g. numbers of 3-car and 6-car units services) per line, and the percentage of services that are overcrowded per line. The non-publishing of this data smacks of a lack of transparency. It also means that public transport advocates, journalists, and the public have no idea of the overcrowding situation, and what needs to be done to improve the situation. BrizCommuter calls on both QR and TransLink to start publishing the survey again.
There are also other areas where a lack of transparency is notable with QR.
In London, even the Working Time Tables (WTT) for the tube lines are published. A WTT shows the detailed workings of each train service, including when trains enter and exit depots, out of service trains, whether the train crew step back, and timings down to quarter of a minute. Now BrizCommuter is not expecting QR to publish their WTT, however it shows the massive difference in transparency between Brisbane and London. Publishing the QR Passenger Load survey again would be step in the right direction!
- Station patronage (total) - there is no data publicly available on total station patronage. In the UK this is easily available from here (National Rail), or here (Tube). The station entry/exit go card data would be readily available to TransLink, but is unpublished.
- Overcrowding - as per the QR Passenger Load survey, this is not currently published in Queensland. In the UK it is available here.
- Length of trains in timetable - length of trains are not included in QR's timetable, unlike UK operator C2C (below)
In London, even the Working Time Tables (WTT) for the tube lines are published. A WTT shows the detailed workings of each train service, including when trains enter and exit depots, out of service trains, whether the train crew step back, and timings down to quarter of a minute. Now BrizCommuter is not expecting QR to publish their WTT, however it shows the massive difference in transparency between Brisbane and London. Publishing the QR Passenger Load survey again would be step in the right direction!
Although the length of trains are not officially published in the qr timetables. On the Ferny Grove line the staff have highlighted and indicated on the paper timetables which are the 3 car services. I would presume the cleveland and shorncliffe line do the same. At least they keep the keep the length of each train constant on all the lines so people know which ones to possibly avoid.
ReplyDeleteThe paper notices showing 3-car trains are a bit half-arsed. Given how long these timetables have been unchanged, it would have been useful to have the train length in the timetable.
ReplyDeleteThank you
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