Grass fire causes hour-long delays on Gold Coast and Airport lines
Gold Coast and Airport trains are suspended between Coomera and Varsity Lakes stations as a large grass fire continues to burn on the Gold Coast and create a blanket of thick smoke.
Queensland Rail expects delays of up to an hour, but replacement buses are ferrying passengers through the problem area and taxis are also being organised for those needing to get to the airport.
The services were suspended about 11am with QR attributing it to "a [grass] fire in the rail corridor near Robina station" with fire crews on site.
A Queensland Fire and Emergency Services spokeswoman said the Carrara grass fire had been burning since Tuesday afternoon and was near Alison Road and Palm Meadows Drive.
While there was no threat to property, at least 16 fire crews were at the scene, but having trouble containing the blaze.
"There is a lot of smoke in the area and where it is burning is quite swampy, so it is in inaccessible land. Because of the environment, it is creating dense smoke," the QFES spokeswoman said.
QR was working with QFES to resolve the situation and keeping commuters updated.
Toby Crockford is a breaking news reporter at the Brisbane Times