Brisbane transport reliability
Which lines & routes let you down · updated daily
Which Brisbane, Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast lines and routes are the least reliable? We track unplanned cancellations and major delays across the TransLink network, with scheduled trackwork excluded, so a line closed for maintenance isn't counted against it. Numbers nobody else publishes.
76
Unplanned cancellations · 2 tracked days
6
Major delays
So far today: 59 cancellations · 6 major delays (unplanned)
Over the 2 tracked days, the network ran 76 unplanned cancellations and 6 major delays. The least reliable route is the 700, with 5 unplanned disruptions logged.
Least reliable routes & lines (2 days tracked)
- 1.700🚌5c · 0d
- 2.385🚌5c · 0d
- 3.750🚌3c · 0d
- 4.180🚌3c · 0d
- 5.719🚌3c · 0d
- 6.444🚌3c · 0d
- 7.120🚌3c · 0d
- 8.705🚌2c · 0d
- 9.740🚌2c · 0d
- 10.690🚌0c · 2d
- 11.333🚌2c · 0d
- 12.607🚌2c · 0d
cancellations major delays· all tracked data; scheduled works excluded
Which mode is least reliable · all tracked data
Unplanned disruptions per day
What got delayed · recent
No major delays logged in the last two weeks. Delay records accumulate here as they happen.
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Live status, line by line
Reliability is the long view; these show what's happening on each line right now.
Reliability questions
What is the least reliable train line in Brisbane?+
The 'least reliable routes and lines' table on this page ranks every line and route by unplanned cancellations and major delays over the tracked period, worst first, updated daily. Scheduled trackwork is excluded so a line closed for Cross River Rail isn't counted as unreliable.
Which Brisbane bus route gets delayed or cancelled the most?+
The league table ranks bus routes alongside train lines by unplanned disruption. Filter by region for Brisbane, the Gold Coast or the Sunshine Coast, and switch the time window between the last 7 days, 28 days or all data.
How is reliability measured here?+
Reliability counts unplanned disruptions only: cancellations and major delays as reported in TransLink's live feed, with scheduled works (maintenance, construction, holiday timetables) excluded. It's a floor, not a ceiling — very short-lived issues that clear between our 10-minute samples can be missed.
Are trains getting less reliable in Brisbane?+
The trend chart on this page shows unplanned disruptions per day, so you can see whether reliability is improving or worsening over the tracked period. Monitoring began on 7 July 2026.
How we measure reliability
Reliability here means unplanned disruption: services cancelled or hit with major delays, as reported in TransLink's live GTFS-realtime feed, sampled every 10 minutes. We exclude scheduled works — maintenance, construction and holiday timetables — because a line closed for planned trackwork isn't unreliable, it's under works. Weather and incidents are counted, as passengers still feel them. Each event counts once per day it is active; per-route figures use the route or line the alert names, so blanket network notices sit under stations and notices rather than any one line. Very short-lived issues that clear between samples can be missed, so these figures are a floor. Reliability tracking began on 8 July 2026.