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TransLink is a system of integrated public transport that covers rail, bus and ferry networks in South East Queensland, Australia. It was introduced by the Queensland Government in July 2004, and is operated by Queensland Transport. Geographically, it is the largest fare system in the entire world. Rail transport refers to the land transport of passengers and goods along railways or railroads. ... TheBus, established by Mayor Frank Fasi, is Honolulus only public transit system. ... The Pride of Burgundy, a P&O Ferries car ferry on the Dover-Calais route A ferry is a boat or a ship carrying passengers, and sometimes their vehicles, on scheduled services. ... South East Queensland is the region of the State of Queensland, Australia that contains most of that states population. ... The form of the Government of Queensland is prescribed in its Constitution, which dates from 1859, although it has been amended many times since then. ... July is the seventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The aim of TransLink is to coordinate transport services run by Queensland Rail, Brisbane Transport, and more than 10 other public transport operators in South-East Queensland. The system allows a ticket purchased on any of these public transport services to be used for travel on any of the other ones, provided that it covers the appropriate zones. TransLink is a marketing repositioning strategy for public transport which is trying to get passengers onto buses, trains and ferries. There are 3 million residents living within South-East Queensland, and this is set to increase as the region is the nation's fastest growing area. Each new family in the region will generate an estimated 7 extra trips per day, so the need for quick, low-cost, efficient and integrated public transport is great. TransLink is aiming to provide this. QR, formerly known as Queensland Rail and Queensland Railways, is the corporation responsible for the operation and maintenance of the railway system in the State of Queensland, Australia. ... One of Brisbane Transports natural gas-powered Scania L94UB buses CityCat catamaran ferry Brisbane Transport is a division of the Brisbane City Council. ... Motto: Audax at Fidelis (Bold but Faithful) Nickname: Sunshine State/Smart State Other Australian states and territories Capital Brisbane Government Governor Premier Const. ...

Zones

Zones radiate out in concentric rings from the centre of Brisbane which are used to determine ticket prices for passengers. There are a total of 23 zones stretching from Gympie (170 km north of Brisbane) to Coolangatta (100 km south of Brisbane). The zones stretch as far west as Helidon (80 km west of Brisbane) and as far east as the bayside suburbs of Brisbane. While these zones indicate TransLink's coverage, services may not actually be in operation in certain parts of these zones. For example, in the outer south-west of the region, TransLink may control public transport, but there are no public transport services in operation. Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the state of Queensland, Australia. ... The city of Gympie is located in south eastern Queensland, Australia, and is approximately 170 kilometers north of the state capital, Brisbane. ... Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the state of Queensland, Australia. ... Lighthouse at Point Danger, Coolangatta, Queensland - a memorial to Lieutenant James Cook of HM Bark Endeavour who named the Point and described the area during the voyage of 1770. ...

The borders between zones are called precincts -- areas where the cost of a ticket purchased will depend on whether the travel is away or towards the Brisbane CBD. This ensures that the passenger always pays the lowest fare for their journey.

Tickets types and fares

An automated ticketing machine at a CityTrain station, converted to issue TransLink products in 2004. New smartcard based machines are being installed at railway stations all around Brisbane

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Tickets available include a single (one-way travel with unlimited transfers for 2 hours); a daily (the equivalent of a return ticket, but unlimited travel within the zones described, for 2x the cost of a single ticket); or an off-peak daily (unlimited travel in the zones described, but not before 9:00am or between 3:30pm and 7:00pm on weekdays). These tickets cost 1.5x the amount of a single fare). There are also weekly and monthly tickets available, which allow unlimited trips for 7 days (in the case of weekly tickets. The cost is 8x single fare) or 30 days (in the case of monthly tickets. The cost is 32x single fare) from the date of issue.

Concession fares are also available for students, pensioners and children, and these riders travel for half the price of regular adult passengers. Children under 5 travel free. There are several conditions which exist in relation to concession fares, which are available at TransLink's website (see below).

Service Regions

TransLink is divided into 11 regions, each with a discrete series of bus routes. Click here for a list of TransLink services. For the most up-to-date timetable and route information, please visit the TransLink website at www. ...

• 1. Brisbane South - 100-199 (Brisbane Transport)
• 2. Brisbane East - 200-249 (Brisbane Transport)
• 3. Eastern Region (Redlands) - 240-282 (Connex Brisbane Mt Gravatt Bus Service) New Mt Gravatt Bus Service routes began on the 1st August 2005, with routes 260 and 261. The new Connex services began on the 12th December 2005, using numbers between 240 to 282, excluding 260 and 261. The routes 260 and 261 also had some changes from that date.
• 4. Brisbane North - 300-399 (Brisbane Transport, Brisbane Bus Lines and Hornibrook Buslines)
• 5. Brisbane West - 400-479 (Brisbane Transport and Westside Bus Company)
• 6. Brisbane Central - 190-195, 323, 470, 475-476 (Brisbane Transport); also CBD terminating services from Brisbane Transport and other operators
• 7. Western Region (Ipswich) - 480-539 (Westside Bus Company)
• 8. Southern Region (Logan and Park Ridge) - 540-599 (Logan City Bus Service and Park Ridge Transit)
• 9. Sunshine Coast - 600-639 (Sunbus Sunshine Coast)
• 10. Northern Region (Pine Rivers, Caboolture and Redcliffe) - 640-699 (Bribie Island Coaches, Caboolture Bus Lines, Kangaroo Bus Lines, Thompson Bus Service and Hornibrook Bus Lines)
• 11. Gold Coast - 700-799 (Surfside Buslines) (Still using old route numbering system until the tentative relaunch date of 13 March 2006)

In addition, Brisbane Transport uses Routes 500 & 600 as Ekka services in August each year; Routes 598 and 599 as Great Circle Line services and Routes 700-999 as school services, though Surfside will start occupying Routes 700-799 by the end of February 2006. One of Brisbane Transports natural gas-powered Scania L94UB buses CityCat catamaran ferry Brisbane Transport is a division of the Brisbane City Council. ... Sunbus is the principal provider of public transportation on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. ... Old Surfside Buslines logo Surfside Buslines is the principal provider of public transportation on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. ... The Ekka is the annual state fair of Queensland, Australia. ...

TransLink at present

Since TransLink's introduction, patronage has grown faster than ever before. It is quite possible that more than 100 million trips will have taken place between July 2004 and July 2005. Prior to the system's introduction, patronage was only about 90 million trips per year, increasing at a rate of about 7% annually. This can be attributed to improved services and cheaper trips. In some cases, fares to the Brisbane CBD for passengers in areas such as Redcliffe have decreased by as much as 60%. Redcliffe is a peninsula on the western end of Moreton Bay in the south-east Great Sandy Region of Queensland, Australia. ...

The TransLink network currently consists of approximately 10 ferry routes, 10 rail lines and 500 bus routes in operation across the region.

TransLink in the future

In the future, ticketing equipment will be upgraded and service improvements are expected.

Ticketing improvements

In relation to ticketing improvements, the current paper-based ticketing system will be enhanced by the availability of a Cubic smartcard system to speed up boarding times. Passengers will no longer need to carry cash with them. The current range of ticketing products will still be available concurrently, at least for the foreseeable future. Cubic can mean several things: cubic polynomial, a polynomial with a degree of at most three. ... A smart card, or integrated circuit(s) card (ICC), is defined as any integrated circuitry embedded into a flat, plastic body. ...

In 2005, a smartcard trial will begin on bus services in Redcliffe and the system will be perfected and implemented across the rest of the network. More than 2,000 ticket gates and validators will be installed across the network over the next 2 years. Passengers will be able to simply "tag on" and "tag off", and the ticket gate will automatically calculate and deduct the correct fare from the smartcard. The installation of ticket gates will mean that for the first time in South-East Queensland, all tickets will be automatically checked and processed at all stations, which has the potential to lower fare evasion and speed up boarding times. At present, tickets are checked manually by inspectors at major inner-city railway stations in Brisbane, occasionally at other important stations such as Robina, and by bus drivers and roving ticket inspectors.

It is envisaged that TransLink smartcards will also be able to be used to purchase small items such as drinks and snacks from station vending machines. A smartcard-based driver's licence will be implemented in Queensland in 2007 that will also be able to store TransLink fare credits. However, if a passenger wants to use these credits, they will need to transfer them to their TransLink smartcard. This will be the case so that all passengers remain anonymous on the TransLink network to prevent stalking (since the gates will log every journey made by a user) and identity theft.

New ticket vending machines, static smartcard readers and barriers are being rolled out across the rail network and smartcard readers fixed to some buses. The TVM's are touch-screen models and can accept notes, coins and ATM cards. They dispense smartcards and paper tickets, but are not operational due to the fact that the smartcards are not yet in general service.

Service improvements

In terms of service improvements, a new logical bus numbering system will be extended to the Gold Coast and Eastern Regions in October 2005.

The ferry network will also undergo timetable changes to provide quarter-hourly services to passengers, and to increase reliability during peak hours. Additional CityCats are under construction to provide these new services. In Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, CityCat is the name of a Brisbane City Council ferry service running along the Brisbane River between Bretts Wharf in the suburb of Hamilton in the east and the University of Queensland at St Lucia, via the Brisbane CBD. It passes locations such as New...

On the CityTrain network, new tracks are being constructed and stations are being upgraded in the southern suburbs of Brisbane to provide a more frequent service on the Beenleigh and Gold Coast Lines. These areas are the fastest growing in South-East Queensland. Queensland Rail has ordered 16 new inter-urban trains for service on the Gold Coast , Sunshine Coast and Rosewood lines to prevent the use of elderly suburban trains with no toilets or other facilities for long range trips. 8 new suburban trains have also been ordered to cope with increased suburban demand. The extension of the Gold Coast Line to new stations at Reedy Creek, Andrews, Elanora, Tugun and the Gold Coast Airport is anticipated. Proposals are also under way to provide rail services to Springfield via Darra station, to Browns Plains down the current standard gauge alignment and to Maroochydore via the CAMCOS corridor branching from Beerwah Station. Redcliffe will likely not be receiving a rail service for many years, if ever. CityTrain is the name given to the electric passenger railway network for South-East Queensland, Australia, based around Brisbane. ... The Beenleigh railway line is a suburban railway line in Brisbane, Australia. ... The Gold Coast (Robina) railway line is an interurban railway line in Queensland, Australia connecting Brisbane with the Gold Coast. ... The North Coast line is a long distance and inter-urban railway line in Queensland, Australia running through to the north of Brisbane along the Sunshine Coast, to as far north as Cairns. ... The Rosewood line is an inter-urban railway line in Queensland, Australia running through Ipswich and to the south-west of Brisbane. ... Darra station is a railway station on the Ipswich line of Brisbane, Australia. ... Redcliffe, Queensland Redcliffe is the name of a suburb in Perth, Australia This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Draft TransLink Network Plan (DTNP)

TransLink has recently completed the draft of its network plan -- a long-term vision for public transport in South-East Queensland. It details the new bus routes, train services and ferry service improvements which will be introduced gradually between 2005 and 2014. It also details the new bus route numbering system which is starting to be rolled out.

External links

• TransLink Homepage
• TransLink Network Plan