My morning Gold Coast train was cancelled. The next one in 30 minutes. Lots of high school students will be late for school today.
No point taking the 725 bus as it takes 54 minutes to go from Coomera to Helensvale vs 5 minutes by train. The TX7 bus is more direct, but it doesn't run that early, and it still takes 47 minutes.
@timrichards - from the Coomera station (north Gold Coast), it is 15 minutes, or better (there are a few extra trains here and there): towards Brisbane from 6am to 8am, and towards Gold Coast from about 4:30pm to 8pm. The timetable is designed for people going to Brisbane in the morning and coming back in the afternoon. Going in the other direction, or outside the peak = 30 minute frequency.
@timrichards - it's a weird situation when the only rail line in a city pop. 640k, which could be the backbone of public transport in that city as it runs most of the length of the city, with speeds up to 140 km/h (easily beats cars on M1), is primarily used as a commute line to a city 66 km to the north. Meanwhile, public transport mode share in Gold Coast was under 5% the last time I checked.
@timrichards@tom_andraszek Sadly most of Brisbane's rail lines are stuck at 30 minute frequencies outside peak hour. It's a bit odd that they think it's adequate. (Not that Melbourne's 20 for most stations is adequate either.)
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