Detailed planning for a new rail line to a proposed master-planned community southwest of Brisbane is set to begin.
Premier Anna Bligh said the government was moving to the next phase of planning for a double-track passenger rail line from Salisbury to Beaudesert to service the southwest growth corridor.
She said the rail corridor study would plan for the people set to move into the area in the future, including into a new city proposed for Flagstone.
Ms Bligh said the exact route of the rail line and station locations would now be pinned down, although the line would generally follow an existing freight route.
Possibilities for new stations are Acacia Ridge, Algester, Hillcrest, Boronia Heights, Greenbank, New Beith, Flagstone, Undullah, Gleneagle, Gleneagle North and Beaudesert, she said.
"Our current planning tells us this future passenger rail line would need to be built after 2026 to accommodate population growth," Ms Bligh said.
"But it makes good sense to plan now so we are well placed to manage this future growth."
The news follows Tuesday's announcement of a new $123 billion transport plan for the southeast over the next two decades.
It included new rail lines and stations, faster trains, more cycleways, busways and toll roads and a Brisbane ring road to take trucks off suburban roads.
The plan is so far largely uncosted and unfunded but is expected to inform future budget decisions.
The timing in this information is what local people asking about public transport have been told before. We have to have the people before we get any kind of transport infrastructure - other than roads - for private cars and freight on trucks!
There are already 5 rail studies - not accessible to local community and new roads are being upgraded without cycleways.
We expect better from local and state government. Federal government recently spent $50million to upgrade interstate line to carry Queensland guage. Queensland should reconsider some rail transport access in the interim - for the current population in the southwest corridor. Transport Minister Kate Nolan said it was too expensive to build 5 stations. Why can't we start with 1 or 2?
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