AirTrain (Brisbane)
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AirTrain is the name given to the rail connection between central Brisbane, Australia and the Brisbane Airport. It is under joint public/private control. It connects with the CityTrain rail network and uses CityTrain rolling stock.
Services run every fifteen minutes during the morning and afternoon weekday peaks to the Domestic and International terminals of the Brisbane Airport from Brisbane Central, 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 railway line is elevated and single track for much of its length.
The Airport line runs north-east, commencing at Roma Street station and branching from other lines at Eagle Junction.
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. It costs $11 each way to use the service from stations between South Bank and Eagle Junction. Concession fares are not offered, however child fares apply.
As of 21 April 2005, Brisbane Airports 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. 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.
Stations
| Airport Line (North-South) |
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- Airport Domestic Terminal
- Airport International Terminal
- Eagle Junction
- (runs express)
- Bowen Hills
- Brunswick Street
- Central
- Roma Street
- (Connects to Gold Coast line)