Rail plan hidden in budget fine print

By Tony Moore
Updated June 5 2013 - 12:13am, first published 12:01am
Tuesday's state budget shows the Newman government is quietly pushing ahead with a $1.1 million plan for extra trains to cross the Merivale Bridge at South Brisbane. Photo: Michelle Smith
Tuesday's state budget shows the Newman government is quietly pushing ahead with a $1.1 million plan for extra trains to cross the Merivale Bridge at South Brisbane. Photo: Michelle Smith

It may have knocked back a federal offer of $715 million for Brisbane's Cross River Rail project, but the state government is going ahead with a far less ambitious, temporary solution to the city's train congestion.

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