GOLD COAST LIGHT RAIL STAGE 2

Project Details

• 7.3km of dual track light rail alignment;
• Three additional light rail stations at Parkwood East, Parkwood and Helensvale
• A new 1,000 space park and ride facility at Parkwood; and
• A 400 space park and ride at Helensvale.

It required the design of all temporary road alignments on the Smith Street Motorway and associated local road network, several kilometres of pedestrian detours and accesses to maintain local connectivity and temporary stormwater drainage design.

Stage 2 was critical to meeting the increasing demand for public transport and to support the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games.

An estimated 6,500 Commonwealth Games athletes and team officials, 16,000 workers and volunteers, and 1.5 million ticketed spectators attended events – with light rail trams able to move up to 3,000 people per hour from Helensvale into Southport, Surfers Paradise and Broadbeach.