Southport light rail station is a major public transport interchange in the
Gold Coast
Gold Coast may refer to:
Places Africa
* Gold Coast (region), in West Africa, which was made up of the following colonies, before being established as the independent nation of Ghana:
** Portuguese Gold Coast (Portuguese, 1482–1642)
** Dutch G ...
suburb of
Southport
Southport is a seaside town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 90,336, making it the eleventh most populous settlement in North West England.
Southport lies on the Irish ...
, the Gold Coast's
CBD. The Southport light rail station and the
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 a ...
(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.
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* TransLink (British Columbia), the public transport operator in Vancouver, Canada
* Translink (Northern Ireland)
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provides a integrated public transport network for the whole of
South East Queensland
South East Queensland (SEQ) is a bio-geographical, metropolitan, political and administrative region of the state of Queensland in Australia, with a population of approximately 3.8 million people out of the state's population of 5.1 million. T ...
.
Surfside buslines
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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
Helensvale is a suburb of the City of Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. In the , Helensvale had a population of 16,862 people.
Geography
Helensvale is bounded by the Pacific Motorway to the west, by the Coomera River to the north, by S ...
via the key activity precinct
Surfers Paradise
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.
Location
Southport light rail station is located centrally in the Gold Coast CBD precinct. Attractions
nearby include
Chinatown
A Chinatown () is an ethnic enclave of Chinese people located outside Greater China, most often in an urban setting. Areas known as "Chinatown" exist throughout the world, including Europe, North America, South America, Asia, Africa and Austra ...
,
Australia Fair shopping centre
Australia Fair Shopping Centre is a dual-level regional shopping centre covering located in Southport, Gold Coast, Queensland. The centre also incorporates a five-level office tower comprising of office space, housing specialist services and ...
and the
Queensland Tafe, Gold Coast campus.
Below is a map of the Gold Coast CBD precinct. The station can be identified by the grey marker.
Transport Links
Below is a list of public transport connections available from the Southport light rail and bus stations.
References
External links
G:linkTranslink
{{TransLink (SEQ) bus network
G:link stations
Railway stations in Australia opened in 2014
Southport, Queensland