Cross River Rail lives. Or at the very least, it is not dead.

Deputy Premier Jackie Trad killed off the bus component of the plan put forward by the previous government, although it did not rule out considering the alignment the Newman government had decided on.

Speaking at a Property Council of Australia breakfast, Ms Trad said it was "definitely the case" a second river crossing for Brisbane was crucial.

And the Labor government "would not be going back to the drawing board" on it.