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Robert Dow
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Public transport advocate Ex soldier RAAMC PTE CPL SGT SSGT LT CAPT (Ret'd)
Retired Medical Scientist FAIMS
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Robert Dow @ozbob13.bsky.social · Apr 10
For your information, RAIL Back On Track has gone into retirement. In place is a new advocacy group 'Better Transport Queensland (BTQ)'. BTQ members advocate for public and active transport as well as regional transport, and freight rail.
See > bettertransportqueensland.org
Better Transport Queensland
Better Transport Queensland champions sustainable public and active transport while promoting efficient regional transport and freight rail solutions for a connected and greener future.
bettertransportqueensland.org
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High Frequency Bus Routes - Extending Route 29 to Kangaroo Point and RBWH
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#BetterTransportQueensland
High Frequency Bus Routes - Extending Route 29 to Kangaroo Point and RBWH
High Frequency Bus Routes - Extending Route 29 to Kangaroo Point and RBWH Better Transport Queensland (BTQ), Queensland’s leading advocacy group for public transport, has called on Translink an...
forum.bettertransportqueensland.org
November 7, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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railmag.bsky.social
It’s been an exciting few weeks for rail transit in the U.S., with the following openings:
•Honolulu Skyline Phase 2🚝
•KC Streetcar extension🚉
•DART Silver Line🚆

Next up: Sound Transit’s Line 1 extension to Federal Way on December 6. 🚉
Honolulu Skyline Phase 2 at HNL Airport KC Streetcar extension opening DART Silver Line on opening day in Plano, TX Sound Transit Federal Way station
October 27, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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BTQ Welcomes Pimpama Station Opening but Urges Bus Service Improvements
forum.bettertransportqueensland.org/t/btq-welcom...
BTQ Welcomes Pimpama Station Opening but Urges Bus Service Improvements
Better Transport Queensland welcomes the opening of Pimpama Station on the Gold Coast Line this morning; the first new station to serve the Gold Coast since 2009. This milestone marks a significant st...
forum.bettertransportqueensland.org
October 19, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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BTQ Welcomes Pimpama Station Opening but Urges Bus Service Improvements
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BTQ Welcomes Pimpama Station Opening but Urges Bus Service Improvements
Better Transport Queensland welcomes the opening of Pimpama Station on the Gold Coast Line this morning; the first new station to serve the Gold Coast since 2009. This milestone marks a significant st...
forum.bettertransportqueensland.org
October 19, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Brisbane level-crossing closures 'adding to congestion'
abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Brisbane level-crossing closures 'adding to congestion'
The number of Greater Brisbane level crossings that are closed for more than an hour during the morning peak has doubled in the past three years, keeping some motorists delayed for up to one hour and ...
abc.net.au
October 16, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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BTQ Transport Advocates Call for Brisbane 2032 Olympics Transport Changes and Plan
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BTQ Transport Advocates Call for Brisbane 2032 Olympics Transport Changes and Plan
Image Credit: By MDRX - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0 Better Transport Queensland (BTQ), Queensland’s leading advocacy group for public transport, has called for major changes and improvements to bus and t...
forum.bettertransportqueensland.org
October 16, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Better Transport Queensland Releases 2025 Policy Platform
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Better Transport Queensland Releases 2025 Policy Platform
Better Transport Queensland is proud to release our 2025 Policy Platform: a forward-looking blueprint for a safer, more connected, and sustainable transport future across Queensland. Click here to d...
forum.bettertransportqueensland.org
October 7, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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Better Transport Queensland Releases 2025 Policy Platform
forum.bettertransportqueensland.org/t/better-tra...
Better Transport Queensland Releases 2025 Policy Platform
Better Transport Queensland is proud to release our 2025 Policy Platform: a forward-looking blueprint for a safer, more connected, and sustainable transport future across Queensland. Click here to d...
forum.bettertransportqueensland.org
October 7, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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Brisbane drivers face longer delays at level crossings as rail network expands
abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
Motorists face boom gate down times of up to 50 minutes of peak hour
Level crossing boom gates are expected to be down for much longer as Queensland adds more trains to its rail network.
abc.net.au
September 22, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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Brisbane drivers face longer delays at level crossings as rail network expands
abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
Motorists face boom gate down times of up to 50 minutes of peak hour
Level crossing boom gates are expected to be down for much longer as Queensland adds more trains to its rail network.
abc.net.au
September 22, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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Ipswich bus improvements underway as operator announced
translink.com.au/news-and-med...
Bus operator Transit Systems has won the contract to deliver an Ipswich and Logan bus improvement package.
Rear view of buses.
September 4, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Ipswich bus improvements underway as operator announced
translink.com.au/news-and-med...
Bus operator Transit Systems has won the contract to deliver an Ipswich and Logan bus improvement package.
Rear view of buses.
September 4, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Burleigh to Border Light Rail Cancellation “Bitterly Disappointing”
forum.bettertransportqueensland.org/t/burleigh-t...
Better Transport Queensland
Burleigh to Border Light Rail Cancellation “Bitterly Disappointing”
Better Transport Queensland Monday, 1 September, 2025 For Immediate Release Better Transport Queensland has described the Crisafulli Government’s decision to can Gold Coast Light Rail Stage 4...
forum.bettertransportqueensland.org
September 1, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Burleigh to Border Light Rail Cancellation “Bitterly Disappointing”
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Better Transport Queensland
Burleigh to Border Light Rail Cancellation “Bitterly Disappointing”
Better Transport Queensland Monday, 1 September, 2025 For Immediate Release Better Transport Queensland has described the Crisafulli Government’s decision to can Gold Coast Light Rail Stage 4...
forum.bettertransportqueensland.org
September 1, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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railmaps.com.au
Today's historic pic: 42 years ago today, 1500V DC electric loco L1152 on a VLine Traralgon-bound passenger train departs Morwell, Vic, August 30 1983. Morwell is 144km east of Melbourne on the broad gauge Gippsland line. The line was electrified to Traralgon from 1956 until 1987.
An image taken from a low angle alongside an electrified railway line. Looking up past a grassy area with bushes in flower, we see a streamlined electric locomotive in VR blue and gold livery passing a lower quadrant semaphore signal in the proceed position and hauling a train of tangerine liveried passenger carriages, passes beneath an overhead wiring gantry as it departs a railway station.
August 30, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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It's no Metro, it is BERT!
Brisbane Busway Electric Rapid Transit (BERT)
August 15, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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railmaps.com.au
Part 2 of my chat with UK railway engineer and social commentator Gareth Dennis is now online. In episode 271 of Gareth's award-winning #Railnatter series we discuss current day Australian railways and the pipeline of projects.
Watch on YouTube here:
youtu.be/HkwEbGj8bB0
Australia's surprising rail transformation story - with Chris Brownbill | #Railnatter 271
YouTube video by Gareth Dennis
youtu.be
July 23, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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New details of The Wave unveiled amid calls for clearer project information
www.sunshinecoastnews.com.au/2025/07/21/n...
New details for The Wave as transport advocates push for clarity
The state government has released new details about its planned mass transit service on the Sunshine Coast, but transport advocates are calling for greater transparency around the multibillion-dollar ...
www.sunshinecoastnews.com.au
July 21, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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railmaps.com.au
You probably don't expect Gardening Australia to be a rich source of railway content - but today it is. And of course it's Kuranda.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=n_8-...
Rainforest Railway Garden | Discovery | Gardening Australia
YouTube video by Gardening Australia
m.youtube.com
July 18, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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Last day for revenue service of the Queensland Rail
EMUs. EMU 59 is doing a farewell tour today. Details > queenslandrail.com.au/forcustomers...
EMU 59 at Roma St station
July 4, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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BTQ Media release: Brisbane’s New Bus Network a Positive Step, but Many Still Left Waiting
bettertransportqueensland.org/releases/bri...
Brisbane’s New Bus Network a Positive Step, but Many Still Left Waiting - Better Transport Queensland
Stay informed with the latest official media releases from Better Transport Queensland—covering public, active, and sustainable transport updates fresh from the source!
bettertransportqueensland.org
June 28, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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BTQ Media release: Brisbane’s New Bus Network a Positive Step, but Many Still Left Waiting
bettertransportqueensland.org/releases/bri...
Brisbane’s New Bus Network a Positive Step, but Many Still Left Waiting - Better Transport Queensland
Stay informed with the latest official media releases from Better Transport Queensland—covering public, active, and sustainable transport updates fresh from the source!
bettertransportqueensland.org
June 28, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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Australian COVID-19 weekly stats update:

The risk estimate rose sharply again last week to 1.6% “Currently Infectious”, or 1-in-64. After 7 weeks, there’s still no peak in sight.

That implies a 38% chance that someone is infectious in a group of 30.

#COVID19 #Australia
🧵
June 28, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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railmaps.com.au
Today's historic pic: A Whitcomb diesel rail tractor hauls a train of paper products on the 6km long then-privately run broad gauge APM siding near Maryvale, Vic, December 1984. VLine T class diesels took over from these rail tractors soon after this pic. Trainloads of paper still run here today.
A black and white image taken from an overbridge looking down over a single track railway in a rural location. A goods train running towards us is hauled by a smallish hood-style industrial diesel locomotive painted in a light colour with dark diagonal strips on its front buffer.
June 27, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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‘Legacy-making’ Sydney metro stations take out top prize in NSW Architecture awards
‘Legacy-making’ Sydney metro stations take out top prize in NSW Architecture awards
‘Transformative’ project wins the 2025 architecture medallion as town centres, industrial restorations and residential homes collect other awards of note * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Sydney’s recently opened network of city metro stations have taken out one of the top prizes at the Australian Institute of Architects’ 2025 NSW Architecture awards, announced on Friday night. Dozens of Australian architecture firms, engineering companies, landscape designers and public art experts shared in the 2025 NSW architecture medallion for their work on the Central, Barangaroo, Gadigal, Victoria Cross, Martin Place, Waterloo, Sydenham and Crows Nest stations in what the judges hailed as a “legacy-making” and “city-shaping” cross-sector collaboration. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
June 20, 2025 at 12:03 PM