Logan and Gold Coast Faster Rail Project Design Update

The Logan and Gold Coast Faster Rail project enters a fresh phase this month as Queensland unveils updated designs that reshape station precincts and pull residents more deeply into the consultation process.

This is reported by the railway transport news portal Railway Supply.

Logan and Gold Coast Faster Rail Community Engagement

The Logan and Gold Coast Faster Rail upgrade carries a $5.75 billion price tag and focuses on Kuraby, Trinder Park, Woodridge and Kingston stations along the 20-kilometre Kuraby–Beenleigh corridor, according to Queensland’s Department of Transport and Main Roads.

Officials say doubling tracks along this stretch will lift capacity, support high-frequency services and, in practice, make daily trips more reliable for people who really depend on the network, a point also reflected in coverage from Rail Express.

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Many people only see plans on paper, so agencies have put the updated designs on display and opened a formal feedback period from 17 November to 19 December 2025, with in-person sessions from 27 November listed on the TMR website. For industry readers, the broader program has already attracted attention in outlets such as Railway Supply, which tracks how the scheme moves through key delivery milestones.

Logan and Gold Coast Faster Rail Station Precinct Designs

Kuraby station anchors the northern end of the corridor, and its redesign adds a footbridge, lifts and stairs. These changes aim to simplify movement through the precinct and really tie nearby neighbourhoods into the rail network.

Designers plan to move Trinder Park station to the edge of Acacia Forest Park and shift the park-and-ride to Candish Street. Officials say this should reduce environmental impacts and strengthen access from both sides of the line.

The Trinder Park level crossing between Railway Parade and Station Road will disappear, replaced by a road-over-rail bridge that connects to Acacia Road and still folds in safer walking and cycling paths.

Along the corridor, Woodridge station will rise above the tracks so people can walk beneath at street level, while new lifts, stairs and a consolidated park-and-ride on Railway Parade reshape how commuters move.

Kingston station receives a layout that better links it with the Kingston Butter Factory Cultural Precinct and avoids rebuilding the Kingston Road bridge, which supports local access and future patronage growth.

Design teams keep developing concepts for other station precincts further south and expect to release those plans early next year, while ongoing site investigations along the Kuraby–Beenleigh corridor feed into detailed design and early construction planning.

Officials intend to publish the outcomes of the current consultation round for the four northern stations next year, and further engagement stages will follow for the remaining sections of the Logan and Gold Coast Faster Rail corridor — it is, as one planner might put it, when you “see the cliff coming” if capacity lags demand.

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