Ms Palaszczuk said she would be "making her mind up in the next couple of days".

"At the moment, Deputy Premier [Jackie Trad] as acting Transport Minister is firmly focused on the implementation of the Strachan report," she said.

"I'll be having some discussions with ministers over the coming days."

When asked if anyone had put their hand up for the "poisoned chalice" of transport minister, Ms Palaszczuk said she was sure her ministers "will do anything that I ask of them".

"That's the sort of team that I have," she said.

Ms Palaszczuk held a press conference that ran less than nine minutes on Tuesday morning, just one day after Commissioner Phillip Strachan handed down his comprehensive report into the failings at Queensland Rail.

Ms Trad, who is acting Transport Minister following Stirling Hinchliffe's resignation, said she was happy to do what the Premier and the cabinet required her to do.

"I am passionate about public transport, there are many people sitting around the cabinet table that are passionate about public transport, who want to put up their hands and make a contribution to making sure that we build a strong, reliable public transport system for Queensland," Ms Trad said.

Mr Strachan, the new QR chair, said he had asked acting chief executive officer Neil Scales and his team to look at the current train timetable to ensure it was "robust".

He said he would work with the QR board he had today.

"I'm not disappointed [with the calibre of the board], I think it's a nice blend of experience and diversity on that board at the moment so whether there's any changes it's actually too early to call," Mr Strachan said.

Ms Palaszczuk said the government knew there needed to be cultural change across QR.

"We know that there needs to be structural change, we know that there needs to be better communication," she said.

Ms Trad said meetings with the QR board and unions on Monday went "very well".

"They [the unions] find it extraordinary that it's taking 18 months [to train new drivers]," Ms Trad said.

The Strachan report recommended QR begin hiring from outside the company, including people with no experience, and that training should take nine months.

"The issue is there are not enough driver trainers in order to train the drivers we are recruiting," Ms Trad said.

"The union wants to work with government and management and QR board to ensure that we are accelerating training."

Ms Trad said there was a "capacity and a willingness for us to reach agreement around elements of implementing these recommendations, of accelerating training and recruiting new drivers".

The comments were made as Ms Palaszczuk announced a Brisbane-based change management specialist with international experience would lead the new body tasked to be a watchdog for Queensland Rail.

Jacqui Walters will head the Citytrain Response Unit, to be set up within the Department of Transport and Main Roads, and will hold meetings from Wednesday.

The CRU will be tasked with monitoring and auditing the reforms to Queensland Rail, as recommended in the Strachan Inquiry.

Ms Palaszczuk said Ms Walters, who was not at the press conference, was an expert in organisational transformation and restructuring.

"Jacqui comes incredibly well qualified," she said.

She has worked with organisations such as Cathay Pacific, Indian Railways, Hewlett Packard and local, state and federal governments.

The CRU's immediate priorities will include advising on the composition of the QR board, defining QR's long-term industrial relations strategy to improve workplace flexibility and culture and addressing systemic organisational issues.

Speaking from Townsville on Tuesday morning, Minister Assisting the Premier on North Queensland Coralee O'Rourke said she was sure Ms Palaszczuk would make her decision on a cabinet reshuffle in "the coming days".

"I'm certain that she will make sure she has the right person in the job because these are significant tasks that the Strachan report delivered yesterday," she said.