Queensland Rail train drivers and guards have pocketed more than $70 million in overtime payments since the opening of the Redcliffe Peninsula Line in October 2016.
On July 29, Queensland Rail added an extra 430 services and 200,000 seats to the network, restoring the previous October 2016 timetable, which has prompted questions about what impact it would have on overtime costs.
LNP transport spokesman Steve Minnikin says the $70 million overtime bill would have been better spent on more drivers, adding Labor’s massive overtime bill compromises network reliability and can’t be good for workplace health and safety.