Thousands more seats for commuters will be available on trains from Monday when six-car units replace three-car trains on 193 Queensland Rail services.
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Transport Minister Mark Bailey said the new services would increase carrying capacity by more than 46,000 seats a week across the south-east Queensland network.
The change has been made possible by the roll-out of 35 of the state government's 75 six-carriage New Generation Rollingstock trains onto the network.
Mr Bailey said passengers would immediately notice the difference on the Beenleigh, Shorncliffe, Ferny Grove, Cleveland, Northgate and Doomben lines from Monday.
"Queensland Rail has focused on upgrading Monday-to-Friday services rather than at weekends, when fewer people travel," he said.
"Of the 193 services where capacity will be doubled, 40 are classified as high patronage, where average seated capacity occupancy rates are more than 80 per cent."
On the current timetable, about 6 per cent of the 6248 Monday-to-Friday services are provided by three-car units.
After these upgrades, just 3.21 per cent of services will be three-car trains.
Mr Bailey said the popular 6.54am Shorncliffe-to-Central, 6.55am Ferny Grove-to-Park Road and 4.18pm Bowen Hills-to-Cleveland services were among those to be upgraded, doubling the number of seats on those services.
"We know how important on-board comfort is for our customers, particularly after a long day, which is why we're pleased to be delivering more seats on services," he said.
"A small number of three-carriage trains will still be required to run during morning and afternoon peaks due to current operational restrictions; however, each of these will be preceded and followed by a six-carriage train to assist with customer loading."
Mr Bailey said that after the latest upgrade there would be just 171 three-car services remaining on the Monday-to-Friday timetable.
"One hundred of these are on the Rosewood shuttle and they will not be upgraded, due to infrastructure limitations on the Rosewood line and low demand," he said.
"Current patronage numbers also show the three-carriage trains meet demand on that line at weekends when patronage is lower.
"Queensland Rail will consider further upgades as more NGR units enter service."
The Beenleigh line will have 38 services per week upgraded from three- to six-car trains from Monday to Friday, Shorncliffe 24, Ferny Grove 38, Cleveland 36, Northgate 12, Doomben 44, and Ipswich/ Rosewood one.
Ordered under the previous LNP government, the first NGR trains were due to be operational in mid-2016, but after the discovery of significant issues, including problems with braking, airconditioning, sight lines for drivers and disability access, delivery was halted in March 2017.
Seventy-five NGR trains in total have been ordered as part of a $4.4 billion project over 32 years.
Queensland Rail rolled out the first of the trains in December 2017, despite the pending application for a temporary human rights exemption, which was rejected this year.
