As stated by Queensland Rail Executive Officer Nev Conway:
At just before 7am this morning a truck hit the rail bridge at Allan Terrace, Corinda.
These incidents cause major damage to our rail infrastructure and significant delays for our customers.
They can and should be avoided.
We are pleading with drivers to know the height of their vehicles, plan their route carefully and obey the road signs and signals in place.
Apart from causing serious risk to road users and delaying passenger trains, motorists who damage rail infrastructure can be fined up to $1,238 and four demerit points and, if the matter goes to court, the maximum penalty for causing damage to rail infrastructure is 80 penalty units (approximately $12,384).
BACKGROUND
As a result of this morning’s incident, the bridge at Corinda has sustained significant damage and will be required to remain partially closed until repairs are completed.
Residual delays of up to 30 minutes remain in place for customers travelling in both directions on the Ipswich and Springfield lines.
Rail replacement busses are in place between Darra and Corinda in both directions and a train shuttle is in place between Darra and Springfield Central to keep customers moving.
In addition to this morning’s bridge strike, we experienced a signalling issue at Roma Street which was resolved at around 10am.
