To avoid congestion, different routes have to exist in the long term. IIRC the current number of trams in peak time can't be increased by much in future due to congestion. Then some trams would travel from Coolangatta/Airport to Nerang, some would travel from Coolangatta/Airport to GCUH, and some would travel from Coolangatta/Airport to Helensvale.

Extension to Gold Coast Airport (offshoot from main line to Cooly).

Extension to Nerang Station via Metricon and possible casino, etc.

Extension to Helensvale Station via Harbour Town.

If anything, the Coolangatta extension should go via the airport like the Sydney train line, and not begin at the airport like the London tube.Įither way, if we were to assume that the following were to eventuate:

Personally, I disagree with there being an 'offshoot' line to the airport, separate from the main line to Cooly. From this, and combined with Metricon hopefully getting a connection down the line, we can likely conclude that there will eventually be several different light rail lines and routes, but due to the expense, won't eventuate for decades. The G: Link will eventually expand into several different lines, with the main line obviously connecting North to South via the tourist strip, but I remember reading that a proposed plan given to the government included one route to Coolangatta via Burleigh, and one going to the airport via an inland route due to terrain. It could work if there were two routes through the tourist stip - one going through the current route to GCUH and through to Helensvale Station, with a second route forming a circle route around the CBD once the tram rolls over the nerang river bridge and loops back to head back down South to Broadbeach after stopping throughout the CBD. Unless the GC CBD turns out like Canary Wharf in London and ends up being huge with tens of thousands of workers, there wouldn't be a need. If anything I think that a secondary line crossing the current line way be the way to go, though.

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