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Robina Railway Station
Robina railway station is located on the Gold Coast line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the Gold Coast suburb of Robina. History Robina station opened on 31 May 1998 when the Gold Coast line was extended from Nerang. It served at the terminus of the line until it was extended to Varsity Lakes in December 2009. North of the station lies a stabling yard, which will be expanded as part of the New Generation Rollingstock project. Services Robina is served by Gold Coast line services from Varsity Lakes to Bowen Hills, Doomben and Brisbane Airport Domestic. Services by platform Transport links Surfside Buslines operate eight routes via Robina station: *747: to Southport bus station *750: to Broadbeach South Interchange via Bond University *751: to Broadbeach South Interchange via Mermaid Waters *752: Robina Town Centre to Broadbeach South Interchange via Robina and Mermaid Waters *755: Robina Town Centre bus station to Broadbeach South Interchange via Merrimac *758: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robina, Queensland
Robina () is a Suburbs and localities (Australia), suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the , Robina had a population of 23,106 people. Robina is one of the first Planned_community, master-planned residential communities in Australia. During its construction it was the largest master-planned community in Australia. Geography The Robina Town Centre shopping centre, Bond University, Robina Stadium and Robina Branch Library are located in Robina. History In 1980, Singaporean real estate developer, Robin Loh, and local property developer, Arthur Earle, purchased of land in the southern Gold Coast, Queensland, Gold Coast, west of Broadbeach. The acquired land, which had previously been used for grazing, would become the suburb of Robina. Engaging international urban designers Moshe Safdie and Robert Lamb Hart, Dr Loh formed the Robina Land Corporation, which spearheaded the development of Robina into a residential and commercial hub now home to more th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southport Bus Station
Southport light rail station is a major public transport interchange in the Gold Coast suburb of Southport, the Gold Coast's CBD. The Southport light rail station and the Southport bus station (located adjacent to light rail station) provide an important bus - light rail interchange for the Gold Coast Central Business District. The station opened in July 2014 with the introduction of the light rail system known as the G:link. Translink provides a integrated public transport network for the whole of South East Queensland. Surfside buslines under contract from Translink provides high frequency and suburban bus services from the Southport bus station. Buses provide connections to the surrounding suburbs. The light rail service, known as G:link runs from Broadbeach South to Helensvale via the key activity precinct Surfers Paradise. Location Southport light rail station is located centrally in the Gold Coast CBD precinct. Attractions nearby include Chinatown, Australia Fair s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Railway Station, Sydney
Central is a heritage-listed railway station located in the centre of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The station is the largest and busiest railway station in Australia and serves as a major transport interchange for NSW TrainLink inter-city rail services, Sydney Trains commuter rail services, Sydney light rail services, bus services, and private coach transport services. The station is also known as Sydney Terminal (Platforms 1 to 12). The property was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. Material was copied from this source, which is available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License It recorded 85.4 million passenger movements in 2018. Central station occupies a large city block separating , and the central business district, bounded by Railway Square and Pitt Street in the west, Eddy Avenue in the north, Elizabeth Street in the east and the Devonshire Street Tunnel in the south. Parts of the station and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New South Wales XPT
The New South Wales ''XPT'' (short for eXpress Passenger Train) is a class of diesel-powered passenger trains built by Comeng and ABB Transportation. Based on the British Rail designed Intercity 125 High Speed Train, each XPT set is made up of two XP Power Cars in a push-pull formation coupled to between four and seven carriages. The first sets entered service under the State Rail Authority in 1982 and now operate under NSW TrainLink, running on long-distance regional and interstate North Coast, Main Western and Main Southern lines throughout New South Wales and interstate into Victoria and Queensland. History Development Improving public transport was a major issue in the 1976 State Election in New South Wales and one of the commitments of the incoming Wran Government was to buy new rolling stock for country rail services. In January 1978, the Public Transport Commission invited tenders for 25 high-speed railcars similar to the Prospector railcars delivered by C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casino Railway Station
Casino railway station is a heritage-listed railway station on the North Coast line in New South Wales, Australia. Opening on 22 September 1930, it serves the town of Casino in the Richmond Valley Shire. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. History The original Casino railway station (now named Old Casino railway station) opened on 19 October 1903 when the Murwillumbah line was extended from Lismore, ultimately reaching Grafton in 1905. However, when the North Coast line was extended from Kyogle to the Queensland border, it would not pass through the Old Casino railway station, as that segment of the line would become a branch line to the new mainline. So it was necessary to build a new mainline station to serve Casino. The new Casino railway station opened on 22 September 1930. The station originally was an island platform. In October 1990, the eastern platform was decommissioned, later being filled in and redeveloped as a coach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NSW TrainLink
NSW TrainLink is a train and coach operator in Australia, providing services throughout New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, along with limited interstate services into Victoria, Queensland and South Australia. Its primary intercity and regional services are spread throughout five major rail lines, operating out of Sydney's Central railway station. NSW TrainLink was formed on 1 July 2013 when RailCorp was restructured and CountryLink was merged with the intercity services of CityRail. History In May 2012, the Minister for Transport announced a restructure of RailCorp. On 1 July 2013, NSW TrainLink took over (a) the operation of regional rail and coach services previously operated by CountryLink; (b) non-metropolitan Sydney services previously operated by CityRail; and (c) responsibility for the Main Northern railway line from Berowra railway station to Newcastle station, the Main Western railway line from Emu Plains railway station to Bathurst railway station, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gold Coast Airport
Gold Coast Airport (formerly known as Coolangatta Airport) is an international Australian airport located at the southern end of the Gold Coast and approximately south of centre of Brisbane, within South East Queensland agglomeration. The entrance to the airport is situated in the suburb of Bilinga near Coolangatta. The runway itself cuts through the state borders of Queensland and New South Wales. During summer, these states are in two different time zones. The Gold Coast Airport operates on Queensland Time all year round (year-round AEST / UTC+10). For the 2015–16 financial year, Gold Coast Airport exceeded 6 million passengers. It is the seventh-busiest airport in Australia, and the busiest outside a state capital, in terms of passengers, and eighth-busiest in aircraft movements. It is also the third-fastest-growing airport in the country. History Until 1989, the airport was known as ''Coolangatta Airport''. This is an Aboriginal word meaning "Place of Good View". ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tweed Heads
Tweed Heads is a town in New South Wales. It is located on the Tweed River in north-eastern New South Wales, Australia, in Tweed Shire, next to the border with Queensland and adjacent to its "twin town" of Coolangatta, which is a suburb of the Gold Coast. It is often referred to as a town where people can change time zones – even celebrate New Year twice within an hour – simply by crossing the street, due to its proximity to the Queensland border, and the fact that New South Wales observes daylight saving whereas Queensland does not. History In 1823 John Oxley was the first European to see the Tweed Valley, and he wrote of it: "A deep rich valley clothed with magnificent trees, the beautiful uniformity of which was only interrupted by the turns and windings of the river, which here and there appeared like small lakes. The background was Mt. Warning. The view was altogether beautiful beyond description. The scenery here exceeded anything I have previously seen in Australia." ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reedy Creek, Queensland
Reedy Creek is a suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the , Reedy Creek had a population of 6,659 people. Geography Located in the hinterland towards the southern end of the city, Reedy Creek is a developing residential area. The suburb is bounded to the north-east by the Pacific Motorway (M1), to the east by Old Coach Road, then follows the ridgeline around to the north-west and then loosely follows Eden View Drive back to the M1. The elevation rises from above sea level in the north of the suburb to over in the south of the suburb at the end of Abbey Ridge Road. Reedy Creek rises in the south of the suburb and flows through it, exiting it to the north-east under the M1 into Varsity Lakes. The land use is predominantly residential with the school facilities in the north of the suburb closer to the M1. Due to the hilly terrain and the creeks that flow through it, there is some undeveloped land. History King's Christian College opened its first cam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mudgeeraba, Queensland
Mudgeeraba ( ) is a town and suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the , the suburb of Mudgeeraba had a population of 13,624 people. Mudgeeraba's essential character remains one of a nineteenth-century village, and contains important evidence of its earlier form and building. Most older houses are situated on large blocks of to , alongside much larger farming properties situated in the area. Geography Mudgeeraba Creek is the major creek of a catchment area in the southern region of the Gold Coast. It is part of the larger catchment area of Nerang River. Bonogin and Wyangan Creeks are tributaries of Mudgeeraba Creek. Since 2005, under the Beaches to Bushland restoration program, Gold Coast City, with the help of Austinville Landcare Group, have worked on restoration of areas of upper Mudgeeraba Creek. History It is thought that the name of the town was derived from an Indigenous Australian expression meaning, "place of infant's excrement", "place w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merrimac, Queensland
Merrimac is a Suburbs and localities (Australia), suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the , Merrimac had a population of 7,071 people. Geography Merrimac is located on the floodplains in the central region of the city. Merrimac is the site of new housing and building developments as of March 2006. The South East Queensland Infrastructure Plan and Program allows for an infill station to be constructed in Merrimac on the Gold Coast railway line, between the Nerang railway station, Queensland, Nerang and Robina railway station, Queensland, Robina railway stations. History The origin of the name of the suburb is unclear. In 1873 Thomas Blacket Stephens purchased of land; his wife Ann named the property ''Merrimac''. In 1906, it was claimed to be named by the Native Americans in the United States, American Indian word for ''swift running waters''. It has been suggested that it has been named after the Merrimack River in the New England region of the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robina Town Centre Bus Station
Robina Town Centre bus station is a bus stop servicing Robina Town Centre and Robina Community Centre in the suburb of Robina, Gold Coast Located on Robina Town Centre Drive the bus stop has six bus routes connecting the suburb with the northern, southern and eastern suburbs of the Gold Coast. Translink bus stop information is available from TransLink. Translink. Retrieved 12 October 2014. See also *Transport on the Gold Coast, Queensland
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