Bligh gives angry commuters a free day

The campaigning premier manufactured the $one million gesture today after an electrical fault stopped trains passing by way of Brisbane's main metropolis stations.
It meant delays on every southeast Queensland train line, like people coming from Ipswich and　the Gold Coastline.
Hundreds of passengers have been stranded from 6am (AEST) and have been then herded on to taxis and buses, spreading the problem to the roadways.
Angry commuters took to Twitter, with many complaining their trip to operate had taken a lot more than two hours.
Ms Bligh, who is campaigning for re-election on March 24, responded by announcing Wednesday would be a fare-free of charge day.
She apologised for the amount of disruption.
"Tomorrow will be a day of cost-free journey as a way of compensating them for the chaos that was skilled this early morning," Ms Bligh stated.

All Translink buses, trains and ferries in southeast Queensland would be fare-cost-free from the first services tomorrow until finally midnight.
The fault was apparently caused when a clamp holding an overhead higher-voltage line failed, sending twenty five,000 volts by means of signalling and switching devices near Roma Road Station.
It was fixed by noon (AEST), and providers have been slowly returning to regular.
Ms Bligh pointed out the issue was not a upkeep fault. She said $80 million was spent on preservation yearly, a 30 per cent increase about five a long time.
"This fault has never ever took place on this element of the network," she stated. "It's unique."
Liberal Countrywide Party (LNP) leader Campbell Newman explained Labor had had ample chances to get public transport right.
He said there had been other problems on the network in the previous a few weeks.
"Labor has had twenty many years to make positive that　public transport operates," he mentioned. "Labor will not work hard adequate and we will - that's the distinction.
"We're dedicated to producing the rail　network work effectively."
The LNP has promised a single cost-free excursion following each ninth journey for Go Card users and a lot more companies on the Ferny Grove line.
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