Gold Coast Rail Stations

Client: Gold Coast City Council

The Gold Coast City Transport Strategy 2031 is Council’s blueprint for the city’s transport network to 2031. The strategy guides transport policy and future investment decisions to ensure transport funding is allocated to deliver maximum benefits for the city, protect the Gold Coast lifestyle and keep the city’s economy strong. The transport strategy provides a strategic framework for the direction of a wide range of transport initiatives across the city to 2031. One of the actions highlighted in the transport strategy is to extend the heavy rail line to Elanora and build new stations. To inform the development of the new Gold Coast City Planning Scheme Gold Coast City Council engaged MWH to undertake investigations and prepare relevant designs, layouts and documentation to determine possible future locations and spatial requirements for the train stations ear-marked within the transport strategy. This will be used to guide future transport investment and influence possible development opportunities that may exist surrounding these future stations. MWH was engaged to undertake a strategic assessment of six (6) proposed infill train station as outlined within the Gold Coast City Transport Strategy 2031.

The stations included:

• Pimpama
• Yatala
• Parkwood
• Ormeau North
• Hope Island
• Merrimac

MWH deliverables of the scope of work was to review the key strategic transport planning documents, the strategic transport modelling and the existing south-east Queensland and Gold Coast rail line infrastructure and operations relevant to proposed future train station as defined within the transport strategy. Undertake assessment of possible sites for the chosen locations in consideration of availability of sufficient land to locate the station and associated facilities Higher level concept plans were developed taking into considerations such as accessibility to the station, proximity to existing stations, technical rail alignment and grading considerations, local environmental considerations, constructability issues, and rail and station design guidelines identified through desktop assessment of each site and consultation with key stakeholders.