Public transport patronage in the south east is on track for its second year of record growth, new data has revealed.
The Queensland Government’s latest TransLink Tracker Report shows more than 45 million trips were recorded on buses, trains, light rail and ferries during the second quarter of 2018/19 being a five per cent increase compared to last year.
Transport and Main Roads Minister Mark Bailey says there were more than half a million [525,000] extra trips on the Gold Coast Light Rail, while train commuters took an additional 690,000 trips and bus patronage across the south east jumped an extra one million trips.