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Wednesday, 5 March, 2025
• Queensland Rail will suspend all South East Queensland (SEQ) train services after the last service tonight (Wednesday 5 March 2025) due to Tropical Cyclone Alfred.
• Passenger trains will remain suspended until it is safe to resume operations, to ensure the safety of customers, the community and staff.
• Queensland Rail has prepared its network and remains poised for recovery when it is safe to do so.
There will be no trains operating on Queensland Rail's SEQ network on Thursday onwards as Tropical Cyclone Alfred bares down, bringing damaging winds and torrential rain.
Queensland Rail's regional network will also be impacted, with some long-distance services cancelled and affected customers being informed directly.
Queensland Rail is well-versed in natural disasters, and we have prepared our network and our people.
We have strategically positioned resources around the network like ballast, flood rock, sleepers and rail stockpiles, in anticipation of Tropical Cyclone Alfred's arrival.
Closing the network from the last service tonight will enable our crews to safely shut down the network, with trains to be repositioned and stowed safety in stabling yards.
Key equipment like signalling power boxes are also being secured or moved to higher ground.
Suspending services from tonight will allow our employees to safely return home prior to the cyclone crossing the coast.
Our crews are ready to inspect, repair and restore Queensland's rail network when conditions safely allow.
Customers can keep up to date with service resumptions via Queensland Rail's social media channels.
Our freight partners are also being kept informed of the impacts to the rail network.
As stated by Queensland Rail CEO Kat Stapleton:
"Our priority is keeping our customers, the community and our people safe, so the SEQ rail network will be suspended after the last service tonight.
"With Tropical Cyclone Alfred threatening dangerous winds and torrential rain we are taking no chances.
"The trigger for us suspending services is when sustained wind speeds reach 90km per hour or the cyclone is 200 kilometres or approximately 10 hours from making landfall - we are quickly approaching this situation.
"We will continue to monitor the network and respond as required.
"Queensland Rail is well-versed in natural disasters. We have prepared the network, prepared our people and we are poised for recovery when it is safe to do so.
"Our thoughts are with everyone in the broader community preparing for Tropical Cyclone Alfred and we hope everyone remains safe."
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