South east rail commuters will get more than 12,000 additional seats, with the state government announcing 32 new weekly services for the south east.
The Cleveland line will get two services, a 4.17am Central Station to Cleveland and a 9.26pm Cleveland to Central Monday to Friday
The services, which start from March 2, will join the extension of an inbound Caboolture service through to Nambour.
Transport Minister Mark Bailey said added to the 462 weekly services opened last year, it meant there would be 212,000 extra seats across the south east.
Oodgeroo MP Mark Robinson welcomed the additional services but said the timing fell well short of meeting the need for more seats and express services during morning and late afternoon peak times.
"Having welcomed the two new services, it is clear they don't solve the major problems stemming from Labor's rail fail," Mr Robinson said.
"The 4.17 am city service might help a few people who spent the night in the city and need to travel back first thing in the morning, but not many are likely to use it and young commuters are more likely to take an Uber.
"The 8.24pm service might assist those wanting to visit the city at night but this will not assist peak times when services are needed most."
Mr Robinson said it was common knowledge that Labor had a bad track record on the Cleveland line.
"Since Redlands Coast commuters rate the duplication of the line from Manly to Cleveland as top priority, way above the cross-river rail, the Cleveland Line duplication should be granted priority status, if the government is in any way serious about fixing problems and growing commuter confidence on the Cleveland line."
Mr Bailey said the government was delivering more train services than ever.
"Close to 190 million trips were taken on public transport in 2018-19, and after two record years, we're on-track for another record 12 months when it comes to patronage," he said.
"That's why we're backing commuters with more trains, a $371 million statewide smart ticketing system, more than $357 million in train station accessibility upgrades and the largest public transport project in Queensland's history: the $5.4 billion Cross River Rail."
Queensland Rail chief executive Nick Easy said the organisation had been reviewing its operations and would deliver the services, with existing resources.
"These changes will reduce empty train running across the region by 1460 kilometres per week - delivering extra services for our customers instead," Mr Easy said.
