Gold Coast Railway Line - Line Guide, Frequency and Services

Line Guide, Frequency and Services

Typical service frequency on the Gold Coast railway line are two trains per hour, increasing to four trains per hour in peak periods, and reduces to one train per hour after 8pm. Gold Coast services generally run express between Beenleigh railway station and Park Road railway station, with stops at Loganlea Station and Coopers Plains Station in the off peak. The typical travel time between Robina and Brisbane City is approximately 76 minutes (to Central). During weekday peak times, a few services will not stop at Loganlea, Coopers Plains and Park Road.

Most services generally continue as the Airtrain service to Brisbane Airport, stopping at the International and Domestic terminals.

Passengers for/from the Beenleigh line change at either Beenleigh, Loganlea or Coopers Plains, Cleveland line at Park Road, Ipswich/Rosewood lines at Roma Street and all other lines at Central.

Shortcomings were exposed by unexpectedly high passenger take-up during the construction of the Pacific Motorway, exacerbated by the extension of the service to Brisbane Airport while failing to provide for the additional passengers' baggage. Further seating and baggage capacity was lost due to refitting of carriages under disabled access requirements. Before a 2010 upgrade in peak-services, previously many peak-hour commuters had to stand for much of the 70 minute journey.

In 2010, services on the line was found to be the most delayed in the state. Delays were caused by a number of factors including signal failure and severe weather conditions.


Gold Coast railway line
Airtrain, Caboolture, Doomben, Ferny Grove, Nambour and Gympie North, Shorncliffe lines
2.7 km Bowen Hills(1) 301, 310, 315, 320, 393
Exhibition line
1.3 km Fortitude Valley(1) See Fortitude Valley railway station
0.0 km CENTRAL(1) See Adelaide Street bus mall
0.8 km Roma Street(1) See Roma Street railway station
Exhibition line
Ipswich, Rosewood lines
Pacific Motorway
Brisbane River
2.6 km South Brisbane(1) See Cultural Centre busway station
3.5 km South Bank(1) See South Bank busway station
5.1 km Park Road(1/2) See Boggo Road busway station
Follows Beenleigh line
15.2 km Coopers Plains(3/4) 122, 123, 124
Follows Beenleigh line
32.2km Loganlea(6) 556, 560, 562
Follows Beenleigh line
40 km Beenleigh(7/8) 553, 562, 563, 565, 566, 567
Albert River
Pacific Motorway
52.7 km Ormeau(9) 567, 727
59.5 km Coomera(10) 725, 726, TX5
Coomera River
Saltwater Creek
68.2 km Helensvale(12) 709, 715, 725, 726, 727, 728, TX5, 3, 14, 16
Smith Street Motorway
Nerang River
75.9 km Nerang(13) 740, 745, 748, 20, 20A, 21
85.35 km Robina(15) 748, 750, 751, 752, 755, 758, 759, 761, 765
89.4 km VARSITY LAKES(16) 753, 759, 761, 765, 769
Tallebudgera (Proposed)
Elanora (Proposed)
Coolangatta (Proposed)


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