Airtrain (Brisbane)
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Airtrain is the name given to the rail service connecting the Domestic and International Terminals of Brisbane Airport to central Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, and also to the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The motto for the Airtrain is: "Catch the train – make the 'plane".
Airtrain advertises that it stops at five Brisbane CBD stations (South Bank, South Brisbane, Roma Street, Central and Brunswick Street), but it also stops at Bowen Hills and Eagle Junction. In addition to the inner city stops, the services continuing to Gold Coast stops at Yeerongpilly and Loganlea in off-peak.
The railway line is both elevated and single track for much of its length.
Airtrain services run every fifteen minutes during the morning and afternoon weekday peak hours to the Domestic and International Terminals of the Brisbane Airport from the Brisbane city stations, and run every half hour during the off-peak. A service, around every half hour regardless of time of day, continues through to the Gold Coast.
The Airtrain is under joint public/private control. It connects with the Citytrain rail network and uses Citytrain rolling stock. Although it utilises Citytrain rollingstock such as the IMU sets, Airtrain does not form part of the TransLink integrated public transport service, and therefore use of its service requires users to pay more (for travel to and from the Airport).
Airtrain services to Brisbane Airport is run privately, and fares are not subsidised by the Queensland Government. As a result, travel to rail stations at Brisbane Airport from a normal Citytrain station in the Brisbane CBD costs as much as $12 each way.[1]
Travel on the Airtrain between ordinary Citytrain stations, which do not include Airport travel, is charged at the usual (lower) Citytrain rate, including concession rates (i.e. it is only when the Airtrain service includes actual travel to and from the Brisbane Airport that the charge is higher than the Citytrain fare).
As of 21 April 2005, Brisbane Airport Corporation announced that the Airtrain service would be running at a profit for the first time, due to passenger growth and managerial restructuring of the operator. [2][3] This has not stopped calls for the service to be brought within the TransLink price structure, which would mean a service nearly four times cheaper.
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[edit] Photos of the Airtrain
 Queensland Rail CityTrain IMU 109 at the International Terminal Railway Station at Brisbane Airport |
 Queensland Rail CityTrain IMU 104 at the Domestic Terminal Railway Station at Brisbane Airport about to start its trip to Robina |
 IMU 105 at the Domestic Terminal Railway Station at Brisbane Airport |
 Airtrain at the elevated Domestic Terminal Railway Station at Brisbane Airport, as seen from outside the Domestic Terminal |
[edit] Stations
| Airport Line (Inbound) |
- Airtrain fares apply
- Brisbane Airport Domestic Terminal
- Brisbane Airport International Terminal
- TransLink Zone 2
- Eagle Junction
- (runs express)
- TransLink Zone 1
- Bowen Hills
- Brunswick Street
- Central
- Roma Street
- (Connects to Gold Coast line)
[edit] References
- ^ Higgins-Devine, Kelly, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Is Brisbane's Airtrain too expensive?, retrieved 12 January 2007.
- ^ McCullough, James, Airtrain on track for first profit, The Courier Mail, August 21, 2006, page 7
- ^ The Financial Review Fairfax News Store - Airtrain Citylink ltd 9 May 2006. Accessed 12 January 2007
[edit] See Also
[edit] External links
| QR Citytrain Lines | |
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| Northern Lines |
■Caboolture Line ■Ferny Grove Line ■Shorncliffe Line ■Doomben Line ■Brisbane Airport ■ Exhibition
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| Southern/Western Lines | ■Ipswich Line ■Beenleigh Line ■Corinda via South Brisbane Line ■Cleveland Line ■ Springfield Line (proposed) |
| Interurban Lines | ■Gold Coast (Robina Line) ■Sunshine Coast (Nambour & Gympie North Line) ■Rosewood Line
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| List of Citytrain stations | | |
