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A truck collided with a train carrying 300 passengers around 7am on Thursday morning.

‘Masterclass on how not to run an incident response’: Runcorn train crash delays passengers

Queensland Rail said it was investigating how the truck came to be positioned on the level crossing.

  • Courtney Kruk and Catherine Strohfeldt

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Driver Chris Halliday with a BB18 ¼ steam engine train used by Queensland Rail for special events.

How to catch a real-life Thomas the Tank Engine steam train in Brisbane

People can catch a historic steam engine in Brisbane this week – and it will cost just 50¢.

  • Felicity Caldwell
Footage from Queensland Rail shows commuters having near misses, falling on the tracks or getting caught in train doors.

The Brisbane train stations where you’re most likely to hurt yourself

These are the “heart-stopping” moments when Brisbane commuters risked their lives around trains.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
Queensland Rail is pleading with passengers to be more careful around train tracks after releasing footage of near misses, falls and customers being caught in train doors.
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Near misses on Brisbane trains

Queensland Rail is pleading with passengers to be more careful around train tracks after releasing footage of near misses, falls and customers being caught in train doors.

The train had just left Fortitude Valley Station when it ran a red light.

Brisbane train driver ran red light during sneezing fit

The driver, who had COVID at the time of the inner-city incident, had to apply emergency brakes to avoid another train, a new report has found.

  • Cameron Atfield
Norman Park station master Anthony Vethecan is popular with commuters for his work beautifying the station’s interiors and gardens.

‘I’ve travelled the world and seen nothing like this’: The man behind Brisbane’s most beautiful station

Long before 50¢ fares came in, commuters couldn’t get enough of this south-side station and its life-loving station master.

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The man was hit at the level crossing at Stanley Street East, near Coorparoo station.

Man in wheelchair dies after being hit by train, services suspended

The man died after being struck by the Spirit of Queensland tilt train on Tuesday.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt and William Davis
Brisbane Airport workers will have to pay 820 per cent more than any other commuter to get to and from work.

Airtrain slugs Brisbane Airport workers with 114 per cent fare increase

All Airtrain fares to the airport will more than double next month, with airport workers hit the hardest.

  • Cameron Atfield
Renders of the Station Quarter development proposed for Alderley in Brisbane.

Five-building residential, retail complex proposed for suburban station

Plans for the Station Quarter development at Alderley replace commercial buildings and a storage facility with townhouses, apartments and shops.

  • Sean Parnell
Artists’ impression of Wilkinson Eyre’s proposal for a new Brisbane 2032 Olympic stadium at the Mayne Yards Queensland Rail stabling yards. Image supplied 08/01/2025.

The Mayne event: Concept promises to put 2032 Games back on the rails

An ambitious plan promises to put the 2032 Brisbane Olympic and Paralympic Games back on track. Literally.

  • Cameron Atfield