G:link
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G:link, also known as the Gold Coast Light Rail or the Gold Coast tram, is a light rail system serving the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. The system forms part of Translink's South East Queensland public transport network and consists of a single line of nineteen stations. It is the sole light rail system in Queensland.
Key facts
- Public transit.name
- G:link
- Public transit.image
- Logo Glink.svg
- Public transit.image2
- GCLR Set 9 at Broadwater Parklands 2014-09-28.jpg
- Public transit.imagesize2
- 300px
- Public transit.caption2
- A Flexity 2 leaving Broadwater Parklands in 2014
- Public transit.owner
- Translink
- Public transit.locale
- Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
- Public transit.transit_type
- Light rail
- Public transit.lines
- 1
- Public transit.stations
- 19 (27 after stage 3 completion)
- Public transit.chief_executive
- Phil Mumford
- Public transit.headquarters
- Southport
- Public transit.website
- www.ridetheg.com.au
- Public transit.began_operation
- 20 July 2014
- Public transit.operator
- Keolis Australia
- Public transit.vehicles
- 23 Bombardier/Alstom Flexity 2 trams
- Public transit.headway
- 7–30 minutes
- Public transit.system_length
- ( after stage 3 completion)
via Wikipedia infobox
~18 min read
Encyclopedic overview
17 sectionsContents
- Background
- History
- Stage 1
- Stage 2
- Stage 3
- Planned stations
- Route
- Rolling stock
- Infrastructure
- Stations
- Operation
- Patronage
- Potential extensions
- Cancelled Stage 4 extension
- Objections
- References
- External links
G:link, also known as the Gold Coast Light Rail or the Gold Coast tram, is a light rail system serving the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. The system forms part of Translink's South East Queensland public transport network and consists of a single line of nineteen stations. It is the sole light rail system in Queensland.
Helensvale railway station is the northern terminus of the system, while Broadbeach South serves as the southern terminus. The line initially opened on 20 July 2014 and was subsequently extended northwest from Gold Coast University Hospital to Helensvale on 17 December 2017.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “G:link” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.