Re: Robina-Coolangatta extension "essential"

[dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage)]

RODS (ajb2001@hotmail.com) won a Nobel Prize for literature by writing:
> XPT (Long Distance) passengers are not really the issue. The Gold Coast Line
> is a suburban passenger line, which is not only used by commuters and
> visitors to travel between Brisbane and the Gold Coast,

It's an interurban line, not a suburban line. Subtle difference.

> Perhaps a dual gauge line between Coolangatta and Murwillumbah could allow
> for both the XPT to travel to Coolangatta Airport and QR Citytrain to
> service passengers living along the full length of the Gold Coast and
> Northern Rivers area?

It would depend on which route the XPT used to approach Coolangatta. There
is no need for the XPT to approach via the somewhat unfriendly terrain
around Tweed Heads, but an electric interurban line needs to go there
because that's where the passengers are.

The XPT could run inland and enter Queensland right at the airport.

cheers
David