Re: Gold Coast Light Rail - a stupid question

["Ron Bennell" <rbennell@teleport.com>]

The demographic centre of the permanent population is inland.  The target
for the railway was the dormitory areas of the Gold Coast, where there is a
regular commuter customer base, rather than the occasional tourist
customers.

If line had gone to Southport, real estate costs would have killed any
chance of extension south - the land is just far to expensive close to the
coast.



"Kerry" <kerry@NO_SPAMcapebyron.com> wrote in message
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> Why wasnt the Beenleigh to Robina rail line built via Southport, Surfers
> Paradise, Broadbeach etc? Why build a railway from Beenleigh to the
outback
> then build a light rail to service it? Also at Robina, Nerang and
Helensvale
> the stations are out in the middle of nowhere in old cow paddocks. Wouldnt
> it have been more sensible to build them near or under the major shopping
> centers in these outback towns. Also what happened to the idea of more
urban
> style living. Isnt this rail line encouraging a mammoth and costly (money
> and environment) urban prawl west of the Gold Coast. Sorry for asking such
> stupid questions, but I'm not a polititian.
>
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