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BaT Tunnel

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proposal. The revised plan involved a 14.8m external diameter (13.5m internal diameter) 5.4 kilometres (3.4 mi) tunnel to accommodate both a dual track rail line on the lower level and a two lane busway above. The cost was expected to be $ 5billion with construction proposed to start in 2015 and
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No surface property resumptions were required under this revised plan. Dutton Park station was proposed to be closed, as it would need to be demolished as part of the project and the government stated that its patronage level of ~150 passengers per peak hour didn't justify the $ 150m cost to rebuild
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Streets. The George Street building, which houses many state government departments, was to be demolished. The Woolloongabba station was to be 38 metres below surface level, with the Roma Street station to be 31 metres below surface level. The ruling grade in the tunnel was proposed at 3.25% (~1 in
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The stations were proposed to have 175 metre platforms to cater for future seven carriage trains, with the peak hour headway of 2.5 minutes between trains giving a notional capacity of 24 trains per hour in each direction. This was proposed to facilitate an increase in
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On 30 November 2014, the State government announced a further revision to the plan affecting the northern section. The tunnel was now proposed to be situated at the western end of Roma Street station, and involve the demolition of the
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having increased at an annual average of 3.4% between 2006 and 2012, compared to an average annual population increase of 2.4% over the same period, confirming forecasts that the
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project was a proposed north–south tunnel that would provide bus and rail modes of transportation by combining a new
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The George street station was proposed to be built 48 metres below 63 George Street building on the corner of
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announced a revised plan for the BaT (Bus and Train) project as an alternative to the previous
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services by 80% when it opened, and was also stated as catering for the 'Hillcrest (New
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Following a change of State Government, in March 2015 the BaT Project was cancelled.
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the station. Following public objections, particularly to the proposed walkways from
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The reference design for the tunnel between Dutton Park railway station and
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BaT Tunnel scrapped as government looks for different cross river rail line
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Queensland Government not closing Dutton Park train station for BAT Tunnel
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line and busway in a single, double-decked, 15m-wide tunnel beneath the
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via a bridge over the railway and adjacent Inner City Bypass motorway.
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BaT changes include Dutton Park railway station and Victoria Park
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showed a 'knock out panel for possible future rail extension'.
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may be what is intended by the term 'New Beaudesert line'.
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will would reach capacity some time between 2016 and 2021.
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The BaT project was planned to be a critical new link in
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Double-deck rail and bus tunnel proposed for Brisbane
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Index

George Street railway station
Queensland Rail
Brisbane
Dutton Park
Bowen Hills
Queensland Government
Commuter Rail
Bus Rapid Transit
City network
Brisbane Airport line
Gold Coast line
City network
Track gauge
1,067 mm
Legend
Airport Line
Albion
Breakfast Creek
Ferny Grove line
Bowen Hills
Exhibition line
Exhibition
Roma Street
George Street
Woolloongabba
Park Road
City
Dutton Park
Gold Coast line
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