Re: Coachtrans Versus QR

[james_ccj@my-deja.com]

>
> Between Logan motor way at Beenleigh and the Smith St. motor way at
Gavan
> the Pacific Hwy (4 lane Hwy) is being reconstructed in to the Pacific
motor
> way incorporating 4 lanes in each direction then between Smith st
(which
> basicly follows the route of the old Southport railway line) and
Neilsons
> Road at Nerang is being reconstructed in to 3 lanes each way this is
> costing some where around $600,000,000 and I bet you no Coach company
> won't complain about the hidden subsidy they and all motorists will
receive
> when using the new motor way which will allow for faster services.
>
> >
>
> >
> > 2. Coachtrans's bus take passengers all the way to the front
entrance
> > of the Movie World/Dream World/Wet-n-wild/Sea world, and the bus
also
> > take passengers all the way to the center of Surfers Paradise/South
> > Port/Tweed Head/Casino/Board Beach and Pacific Fair where as
> > Citytrain's stations are so far away from CBD of Gold Coast?
Coachtrans
> > have such advantage shouldn't loss any passengers at all.
> >
> > 3. Running time of the bus is close to or even faster then IMU
> > trains+Translink connection. Some of the buses origin from Brisbane
> > Airport and pick up passengers around Brisbane City Hall, coachtrans
> > also running hotel pick ups. whereas City train passengers have to
walk
> > up to Edward Street to get to Central Station or Roma Street. These,
> > again give coachtrans advantage over citytrain.
> >
>
> There was something written in the newspapers a few years ago when
the then
> state Gov was telling us the virtues of the Pacific Motor way which
was
> only in the planning stage they indicated that it would decrease
transit
> times ( guess who for) and that the speed limit would be higher than
on
> other highways 130 km per hour was suggested at the time. But since
then
> there was a change of gov and I believe the speed limit will be 110
km per
> hour .Driving on the old Pacific Hwy before the restrictions due to
road
> works if you obeyed the speed limit certain coaches would push you
and when
> they passed you it wasn't long before they were gone.
>
> Davo

Actually I found out the fare level between Citytrain and Coachtrans
aren't very different.Coachtrans can have subsidy if they willing to
pay millions of dollors to maintanence Pacific Highway and street of
Gold coast as well as Roma Street transit Center and Surfers PAradise
Transit center,

I think QR beat them because of the userfriendlyness(you can easily
transfer between other citytrain routes and purchase Gold Coast rail
through ticket at your home station)

Ironically some Councilers in Gold Coast once said GCR will never beat
Coaches because it's a nusance to transfer trains to buses at Helenvale
and Nerang!!



Cheers
James


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