The South-East Queensland rail network will return to full timetable on Monday, November 16 after months of commuter disruption.
Timetables have been reduced for seven months due to a maintenance backlog caused by months of union protected industrial action.
Queensland Minister for Transport Brent Mickelberg said major lines would return to a roughly six-to-ten-minute service frequency on average during the weekday peak periods.
He said Queensland Rail had received around 2500 notices of protected industrial action since the disruptions began in May, 2026.
Agreement has now been reached across five of seven enterprise agreements.
Train controllers are still to to adopt the new enterprise agreement.
The Queensland Government said in a statement that Queensland Rail had been progressively adding services to the timetable over recent months as the maintenance backlog was addressed.
It had been operating at 91 percent of the timetable since earlier this month.
The restored timetable will be updated in the rail Journey Planner by Wednesday, November 3.
Mr Mickelberg the Government negotiated in good faith and “we struck a deal”.
“I want to thank commuters for their patience, and I want to thank those workers who have helped us restore a full timetable ahead of schedule,” he said.
The reduced timetable cut around 300 weekday services, or 20 per cent of the normal timetable.
Most major lines moved from peak-hour services every six to 10 minutes to services every 15 minutes, with some lines operating every 30 minutes.
During the industrial action, commuters complained of crowded trains, longer waiting times and disrupted journeys.
In August, Queensland Rail reported that more than one-third of its SEQ trains were unavailable for use and patronage had fallen six percent compared with the previous year.
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