TransLink
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Formation	1 July 2004
Type	Agency
Headquarters	Brisbane, Queensland
Location	South East Queensland
Membership	Queensland Government, Brisbane City Council, QR, private operators
General Manager	Luke Franzmann
Budget	A$956 million
Website	www.translink.com.au

For a list of all TransLink services, see the list of TransLink services.

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 an agency operated by Queensland Transport with an annual budget of A$956 million.^[1] The date of establishment or date of founding of an institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point. ... is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... An agency is a department of a local or national government responsible for the oversight and administration of a specific function, such as a customs agency or a space agency. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... For other uses, see Brisbane (disambiguation). ... Slogan or Nickname: Sunshine State, Smart State Motto(s): Audax at Fidelis (Bold but Faithful) Other Australian states and territories Capital Brisbane Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Quentin Bryce Premier Anna Bligh (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 28  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $158,506 (3rd... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... The South East Queensland region. ... Queensland Government Logo The Government of Queensland is commonly known as the Queensland Government. ... Image:Brisbane flag. ... Wickham Terrace entrance to Central Station - showing Queensland Rail QR sign QR, previously 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. ... An operating budget is the annual budget of an activity stated in terms of Budget Classification Code, functional/subfunctional categories and cost accounts. ... ISO 4217 Code AUD User(s) Australia, Kiribati, Nauru, Tuvalu, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and Norfolk Island Inflation 2. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... This is a list of public transport services in South-East Queensland which accept TransLink ticketing products. ... Also commonly referred to Sustainable Transport or Sustainable Mobility, there is no widely accepted definition of sustainable transportation by any of these names. ... “railroads” redirects here. ... “Autobus” redirects here. ... The ferryboat Dongan Hills, filled with commuters, about to dock at a New York City pier, circa 1945. ... The South East Queensland region. ... 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. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... An agency is a department of a local or national government responsible for the oversight and administration of a specific function, such as a customs agency or a space agency. ... Queensland Transport is the state government department for transport in Queensland. ... ISO 4217 Code AUD User(s) Australia, Kiribati, Nauru, Tuvalu, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and Norfolk Island Inflation 2. ...

The aim of TransLink is to coordinate transport services run by QR Citytrain, 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. Wickham Terrace entrance to Central Station - showing Queensland Rail QR sign QR, previously 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. ... Citytrain is the name given to the extensive urban, suburban and inter-urban electric passenger railway network serving metropolitan Brisbane, 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. ... Bangkok Skytrain. ...

TransLink is a marketing repositioning strategy for public transport which is trying to get passengers onto buses, trains and ferries. There are 2.6 million residents living within South East Queensland, and this is set to increase as the region is the nation's fastest growing area^[2]. Each new family in the region will generate an estimated seven extra trips per day, so the need for quick, low-cost, efficient and integrated public transport is great.

To this end, TransLink is largely responsible for the operational and financial management of all public transport in South East Queensland, a role that, prior to the scheme's introduction, was left in the hands of the individual operators. Today, all fare revenue is collected by TransLink, who then pay the individual operators based on kilometres travelled. TransLink also approves funding for new services and infrastructure.

It has been announced that there are plans to replace TransLink with a new public transit authority by the end of the 2007-08 financial year^[3]. The new body will serve a similar function to TransLink but is expected to have a higher degree of control over operations than under the current TransLink scheme.

Zones

TransLink bus stop

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. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1336x1712, 97 KB) Summary Surfside bus stop Taken by myself on 28th January 2006 WikiCats Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1336x1712, 97 KB) Summary Surfside bus stop Taken by myself on 28th January 2006 WikiCats Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free... For other uses, see Brisbane (disambiguation). ... The town of Gympie is located in south eastern Queensland, Australia, and is approximately 160 kilometres north of the state capital, Brisbane. ... For other uses, see Brisbane (disambiguation). ... 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. ... Helidon is a town in the Lockyer Valley region of south east Queensland, Australia. ...

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 Central Business District. This ensures that the passenger always pays the lowest fare for their journey. The Central Business District of Sydney, Australia. ...

Tickets types and fares

A ticketing machine at a Citytrain station

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• Single – one-way travel with unlimited transfers for two hours dependent on zones purchased (passengers travelling through 11 zones or more have their final transfer time extended by 90 minutes).
• Daily – the equivalent of a return ticket, but unlimited travel within the zones described on the date of purchase, for around twice the cost of a single ticket. Depending on the number of zones purchased, the daily fare is sometimes $0.10 cheaper than the cost of two singles.
• Off-peak Daily – same as a daily, but only valid between 9am-3:30pm, then from 7pm until the last service on day of issue Monday to Friday, and all day Saturday, Sunday and public holidays. Tickets cost 1.5-times the amount of a single fare and rounded up or down to eliminate the need to handle 5 cent coins.
• Weekly – unlimited travel within the zones described for seven days. Tickets are four times the daily fare for 1-10 zones, 3.75-times for 11 zones, 3.5-times for 12 zones and 3.25-times for 13-23 zones.
• Monthly – unlimited travel within the zones described for one calendar month. Tickets are four times the weekly fare, meaning they are cheaper than daily tickets if one travels at least 13-16 days per month depending on the number of zones purchased.
• Concession fares – available for eligible students, pensioners and children, and these customers travel for half the price of regular adult passengers. Children under five years of age travel free. There are several conditions which exist in relation to concession fares, which are available at TransLink's website (see below).

Services operators

TransLink is roughly divided into 11 different operating regions. Different operators provide different services in different regions.

1. Bribie Island Coaches – Bus services in Northern Region
2. Brisbane Bus Lines – Bus services in Brisbane North
3. Brisbane Transport – Bus services in Brisbane Central, Brisbane North, Brisbane East, Brisbane South, Brisbane West and Northern Region
4. Caboolture Bus Lines – Bus services in Northern Region
5. Hornibrook Bus Lines – Bus services in Northern Region
6. Kangaroo Bus Lines – Bus services in Northern Region
7. Laidley Bus Service – Bus services in Western Region
8. Logan City Bus Service – Bus services in Southern Region
9. Metrolink Queensland – Ferry services in Brisbane Central
10. Mt Gravatt Bus Service – Bus services in Eastern Region
11. Park Ridge Transit – Bus services in Southern Region
12. QR Citytrain – Train services across South East Queensland
13. Sunbus Sunshine Coast – Bus services in Sunshine Coast
14. Surfside Buslines – Bus services in Gold Coast and Southern Region
15. Thompsons Bus Service – Bus services in Northern Region
16. Veolia Transport Brisbane – Bus services in Eastern Region
17. Westside Bus Company – Bus services in Western Region

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TransLink at present

Since TransLink's introduction, patronage has grown faster than ever before. Since 2004, 151 million trips has been made per year^[4]. Prior to the system's introduction, combined patronage for all Public Transport modes was only around 90 million trips per year^[5] . 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 City have decreased by as much as 60%.   Redcliffe City is a municipal location north of Brisbane in Queensland, Australia. ...

The TransLink network currently consists of approximately 10 ferry routes, 10 rail lines, and 400 bus routes across the region.

TransLink in the future

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Ticketing improvements

In relation to ticketing improvements, the current paper-based ticketing system will be enhanced by the availability of a Cubic Transportation Systems, Inc. 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 Transportation Systems, Inc. ... A smart card, or integrated circuit(s) card (ICC), is defined as any integrated circuitry embedded into a flat, plastic body. ...

Under the smartcard system, passengers are able to simply 'tag-on' and 'tag-off', and the ticket gate automatically calculates and deducts the correct fare from the smartcard. The installation of ticket gates also means that for the first time in South East Queensland, smartcards can be automatically checked and processed at any train station. 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, called Transit Officers. Robina Station is a railway station at Robina on the Gold Coast Line of South East Queensland, Australia. ...

A trial of the smartcard technology began in 2006 on bus services in Redcliffe. This customer trial was extended to bus services on the Sunshine Coast in 2007.^[6] New smartcard equipment including ticket vending machines, onboard smartcard readers and fare gates have now been deployed across most of the TransLink network. The ticket machines issue paper tickets as well as adding value to smartcards and a large number of them are already in operation. TransLink expects smartcards to be available for general usage by the end of 2007. Details of a frequent user discount have been released, with a proposed 50% discount after six trips have been completed in a week. ^[7]. However, it should be noted that this discount will not offer any overall benefits to most commuters using Weekly/Monthly and Ten Trip Saver tickets. In fact, commuters who only travel to and from their place of employment, and who do not use public transport for exactly 10 trips per week, will face increases in travel costs if they used a smart card.

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 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. Driving licences within the European Union are subdivided in different categories. ...

Service improvements

Draft TransLink Network Plan

TransLink completed a draft of its network plan^[8] – 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.

A major impact of the network plan is the introduction of minimum service standards for all services. These standards state the minimum frequencies for each type of service, and hours of operation.

While most rail and ferry services already met or exceeded standards prior to TransLink's introduction, the services that did not were mainly those run by the private operators. The standards dictate that all bus routes should run to a minimum hourly frequency and run between 6am-9pm Monday to Saturday, and 7am-6pm Sunday. ^[9]

Bus services

A new logical bus numbering system was recently extended to Gold Coast Highway services, and is expected to come to the rest of Gold Coast in near future. Increased service frequencies and/or weekend services are being provided on many bus routes with the addition to more new routes as well servicing more areas in the system.

Ferry services

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Heavy rail services

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 / Gold Coast Line ^[10]. New tracks are also being provided between Corinda and Darra ^[11], Mitchelton and Keperra ^[12] and between Caboolture and Landsborough ^[13]. Citytrain is the name given to the extensive urban, suburban and inter-urban electric passenger railway network serving metropolitan Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. ... The Beenleigh railway line is a suburban railway line in Brisbane, Australia. ...

QR has ordered 16 new inter-urban trains for service on the Gold Coast and Nambour / Gympie North lines to address the shortage of interurban rollingstock and to prevent the use of elderly suburban trains with no toilets or other facilities for long range trips. Eight new suburban trains have also been ordered to cope with increased suburban demand. ^[14] The Gold Coast (Robina) railway line is an interurban railway line in Queensland, Australia connecting Brisbane with the Gold Coast. ... The Nambour and Gympie North (or Sunshine Coast) railway line is a interurban railway line in Queensland, Australia connecting Brisbane with the Sunshine Coast and Gympie. ...

The extension of the Gold Coast Line to new stations at Varsity Lakes, 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. Varsity Lakes is a suburb of the Gold Coast, Queensland. ... Elanora is a southern suburb of Gold Coast, Queensland, and is located between Tallabudgera Creek and Currumbin Creek west-north-west of the coastal border town of Coolangatta and south-southeast of Brisbane, the state capital. ... Tugun is a suburb of the City of the Gold Coast, in the state of Queensland, Australia. ... Gold Coast Airport, or Coolangatta Airport, (IATA: OOL, ICAO: YBCG) is an Australian domestic and international airport on the Gold Coast and is located some 80 kilometres (50 mi. ... The Springfield railway line is a $300m proposed single track QR CityTrain railway line due for construction and completion between 2006 and 2011. ... Darra station is a railway station on the Ipswich line of Brisbane, Australia. ... Browns Plains is a suburb of Logan City, Queensland, Australia. ... If the Sunshine Coast had a beating heart, Maroochydore is it. (Maroochy tourism) Being the geographic centre of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore offers a blend of surf beach and the calm waters of the Maroochy River whose southern bank forms a virtually unbroken stretch of parkland and picnic spots. ... This article is about the proposed Sunshine Coast railway (CAMCOS) to Sunshine Coast Airport, for the existing Sunshine Coast Citytrain service, see the Nambour & Gympie North railway line article. ... Beerwah Station is a railway station at Beerwah on the Nambour and Gympie North Line of South East Queensland, Australia. ...

Redcliffe is not likely to receive a much-promised rail service for many years, if ever.

Other rapid transit service improvements

Gold Coast Rapid Transit System

TransLink is investigating options for the Gold Coast Rapid Transit System. 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 system is expected to encourage visitors and residents to use public transport to reduce major traffic congestion and pollution problems. The Gold Coast Rapid Transit System is a proposed rapid transport system for the Gold Coast, Australia. ... Tourist redirects here. ... This article needs additional references or sources to facilitate its verification. ... Air pollution Pollution is the introduction of pollutants (whether chemical substances, or energy such as noise, heat, or light) into the environment to such a point that its effects become harmful to human health, other living organisms, or the environment. ...

NightLink

In December 2005, TransLink began a trial of late night bus and train services on Friday and Saturday nights under the name "NightLink". There are now 20 NightLink bus routes and three NightLink trains in operation. The NightLink brand also includes special "FlatFare" taxi services operating on Friday and Saturday nights. In its first year of operation, close to 200,000 passenger trips were made on NightLink services^[15].

NightLink bus routes run every hour from 1am to 5am and are prefixed by the letter "N". Most NightLink routes mirror the equivalent 'normal' service, although slight variations apply on some routes to maximise coverage.^[16]

NightLink trains run on the Beenleigh, Caboolture and Ipswich lines with a single service around 4am. Services used to run on all lines in greater Brisbane; those with low patronage were discontinued in mid-2006, although many of these areas are now serviced by buses.

The NightLink FlatFare taxis operate from designated taxi ranks and pick up multiple passengers travelling in the same general direction. The taxis can travel as far as zone 5 of the TransLink system, and passengers are charged based on the number of TransLink zones included in their journey.

References

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External links

• TransLink
• TransLink Network Plan
• NightLink