Qld rail debacle: What they said

WHAT THEY SAID ABOUT THE TRAIN DEBACLE

* "The draft report clearly shows Queensland Rail personnel were aware from as early as January 2016 that there were significant risks ... and I am deeply concerned it was not provided to me by Queensland Rail before now" - Transport Minister Stirling Hinchliffe

* "Every day this rail crisis just gets worse and worse. And frankly southeast Queensland commuters deserve better than the Sergeant Schultz excuse that 'I know nothing'. He must resign or the premier must sack him" - Opposition transport spokesman Andrew Powell

* "The performance of Queensland Rail since the new Redcliffe Peninsula line has opened has been unacceptable and from our customers' perspective, totally unacceptable" - Queensland Rail Chief Executive Helen Gluer

* "I am absolutely furious ... I want to know very clearly from the Queensland Rail board: how did this happen?" - Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk

* "Your current drivers can't drive the trains, and you need 60 more and you have not even begun training, your department said we would see those services running in 2016 and it takes at least 12 months to train a new driver, the equipment to train the drivers on the new trains is not even installed" - Email from Queensland-based public transport advocate Paul Pluta to Mr Hinchliffe in March 2016