Gold Coast Light Rail

[ozbob]

https://x.com/railbotforum/status/1815137724858503386

[ozbob]

🌟 Big milestone alert! 🌟 Today, we celebrate having a decade of trams on the Gold Coast! 🚊✨ In 10 years, there's been...

Posted by Translink on Friday 19 July 2024

[ozbob]

Sent to all outlets:

Gold Coast Light Rail patronage continues to climb!

22nd July 2024

State Government has recently said around 85 million passengers have ridden on the Gold Coast Light rail.

We are still waiting for the official publication of FY (financial year) 23/24 patronage data but using our previous records it is possible to approximately determine FY 23/24 patronage.

Total up to FY 22/23 was 73.5 million on light rail.  So light rail passenger trips for FY 23/24 will be around 11 million plus.

This would be the best year yet for the light rail!  This continues the momentum for stage 3 and stage 4 for the light rail on the Gold Coast.

Light rail was the first mode to completely recover patronage following the pandemic setback.

Data from our patronage board at https://railbotforum.org/mbs/index.php?topic=15348.0





images:  https://backontrack.org/docs/patronage/2022_23/an/annualgraphs9_10to22_23lightrail.jpg
         https://backontrack.org/docs/patronage/2022_23/lr/lightrail14_15to22_23.jpg

Best wishes,
Robert

Robert Dow
Administration
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RAIL Back On Track https://backontrack.org

[ozbob]

https://x.com/9NewsGoldCoast/status/1815236420954411455

[ozbob]

Queensland Parliament

Question on Notice

https://documents.parliament.qld.gov.au/tableOffice/questionsAnswers/2024/969-2024.pdf

MRS L GERBER ASKED MINISTER FOR TRANSPORT AND MAIN ROADS AND MINISTER
FOR DIGITAL SERVICES (HON B MELLISH)

QUESTION:

With reference to the Gold Coast Light Rail—

Will the Minister advise (reported separately by stages 3 and 4), (a) the total number of residents
contacted during the community engagement period, (b) of the residents contacted: (i) the total
number of residents who provided feedback, (ii) the number of corridor residents who provided
feedback and a breakdown of their position on the light rail extension and (c) outline the streets
included in the corridor?

Answer --> https://documents.parliament.qld.gov.au/tableOffice/questionsAnswers/2024/969-2024.pdf

[Jonno]

no question about how many transport experts were consulted...because only the public views matter.

[ozbob]

This heatmap shows the usage of transit stops on the Gold Coast. The darker the colour, the heavier the usage. Note a...

Posted by Send Light Rail South on Saturday 12 October 2024