New Queensland Rail boss Helen Gluer resigned two months ago for personal reasons A public servant, who resigned her government position for personal reasons, has been appointed to replace another senior public servant who has stepped down for personal reasons. Former Queensland Under Treasurer, Helen Gluer, who resigned from her role in November citing personal reasons, has been appointed as acting Queensland Rail CEO, replacing Glen Dawe who has stepped down on Thursday "to attend to personal matters." Ms Gluer, a former TransLink board member, will act in the role for four months while the government undertakes another recruitment process. Mr Dawe was appointed to the $500,000* role in August last year, after the government overturned the Queensland Rail board's preference for international candidates. At the time, Transport Minister Scott Emerson said the government wanted someone with local knowledge and Mr Dawe, who had worked for Queensland Rail previously and served as its chair from mid-2012 to June 2013, when he resigned to apply for the CEO role, fit that requirement. The opposition protested the move as "another political appointment" but Mr Emerson maintained he was the "best person" to lead Queensland Rail. Queensland Rail staff were made aware of Ms Gluer's appointment on Friday morning through a letter from QR Chair, Michael Klug, which thanked Mr Dawe for his service and welcomed Ms Gluer. "Helen is one of the most respected CEOs and executives in Queensland and I look forward to working with her to continue to deliver for Queensland passengers and Queenslanders in general," Mr Klug wrote. Queensland Rail has undergone significant reform over the past 12 months, moving from a Government Owned Corporation to a Statutory Authority, which gave the government more control over its day to day operations. A new timetable will be rolled out from January 20, which promises an additional 200 daily services. But fares also rose by 7.5 per cent earlier this month, half the annual 15 per cent which had been set down by the previous government, but still enough to bring a single-trip, zone one peak time paper ticket to $5.20, up from $4.80. Acting Transport Minister Lawrence Springborg said under the LNP, Queensland Rail had "gone from being one of the worst performing passenger networks in Australia to the best in terms of on-time running." A previous version of this story said the Queensland Rail CEO role was a $600,000 position. The government said Mr Dawe received a $500,000 package