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Latest media releases

Title	Name	Article Date	Comments
An extra 430 weekly train services and 200,000 seats for SEQ	An-extra-430-weekly-train-services-and-200,000-seats-for-SEQ	25/06/2019	Queensland Rail will implement an extra 430 services and upgrade 59 existing services from three-carriages to six-carriages, in a move that will add 200,000 seats across South East Queensland each week from Monday, 29 July 2019.
New train services hit the track running (Ministerial media statement)	New-train-services-hit-the-track-running-(Ministerial-media-statement)	13/05/2019	Thirty-two new train services will start this week, adding 14,000 seats to south east Queensland’s rail network.
Go west for less on rail during Year of Outback Tourism (Ministerial media statement)	Go-west-for-less-on-rail-during-Year-of-Outback-Tourism-(Ministerial-media-statement)	11/05/2019	Queenslanders and visitors from across the world are being encouraged to jump on board the sunshine state’s signature travel trains and head west as the outback gets into the swing of festival season.
First freight trains resume on Mount Isa Line	First-freight-trains-resume-on-Mount-Isa-Line	29/04/2019	The first freight trains successfully operated on the Mount Isa Line today (Monday 29 April), marking the reopening of the 1,000 kilometre route after 12-weeks of unprecedented flood repairs.
Mount Isa Line flood repairs put freight on the fast track	Mount-Isa-Line-flood-repairs-put-freight-on-the-fast-track-	26/04/2019	Emergency repairs to the Mount Isa Line will reduce rail freight travel times between Mount Isa and Townsville by up to 50 minutes.
Easter long weekend train service arrangements	Easter-long-weekend-train-service-arrangements-	18/04/2019	Queensland Rail wishes to remind customers that public holiday arrangements will be in place across the Easter long weekend.

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