page_title: Transport on the Gold Coast, Queensland
section_title: Light Rail
hierarchical_section_title: Transport on the Gold Coast, Queensland / Public Transportation / Rail / Light Rail
caption_attribution_description: English: A northbound not-yet-numbered Gold Coast Flexity 2 tram undergoing testing on the not-yet-opened GoldLinQ light rail line in Surfers Paradise Boulevard, at the corner of Ocean Avenue, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia. This section of Surfers Paradise Boulevard was part of the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit until that circuit was shortened prior to the Gold Coast 600 race in 2010.
context_page_description: The Gold Coast is the largest regional city and fastest growing city in Australia. As a result, the Gold Coast has a wide range of public and private transport options from cars and bikes to buses, heavy rail and light rail. The car is the dominant mode of transport in the city with an extensive arterial road network that connects the standard residential streets with major suburbs and motorways.
  Public Transport on the Gold Coast is managed by the Queensland Government's Department of Transport and Main Roads, while Translink coordinates the Transport network in South East Queensland.
context_section_description: The Gold Coast is one of the fastest growing cities in Australia with travel demands exceeding population growth. In order to tackle congestion effectively, there is a need to squeeze much more capacity from existing corridors. The new G:link is a 20 km light rail system, opened in 2014, operates from Broadbeach South to the Helensvale. The G:link provides the suburbs of Broadbeach, Surfers Paradise, Main Beach, Southport, Parkwood and Helensvale with a modern and high frequency transport system. The light rail operates at a high frequency with services every 8 minutes in peak times and 15 minutes in off-peak during weekdays and every 10 minutes on the weekends. The system is expected to encourage visitors and residents to use public transport to reduce major traffic congestion and pollution problems.
  Gold Coast City Council is planning for a third stage of the line  that would extend south from connecting to Burleigh Heads. The proposed 6.6 kilometer southern extension of the light rail line will continue southbound from the existing Broadbeach South station to Burleigh Heads with approximately 8 new light rail stations with Burleigh Heads being the new southern terminus for the line. The exact location and names of the new stations will be released in late 2018 with the Detailed Business Case. It is estimated that the Burleigh Heads extension will cost approximately $670 million with construction commencing in 2020 and taking 3 years to complete.
caption: A Flexity 2 G:link, light rail vehicle travelling along Surfers Paradise Boulevard, March 2014
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