@couriermail: After 104 months of waiting, four years of construction, three prime ministers, three premiers, a global pandemic and the mother of all funding battles, passengers are finally riding the tram to Burleigh Heads 🚊 It was smooth sailing as the first Stage 3 tram pulled out of Burleigh Heads at 6am today, officially extending the Gold Coast’s light rail network to the city’s beachside hotspots. Story via the link in our bio #goldcoast
Why are so many people against it? More public transport is a good thing 😭
2026-08-10 10:58:33
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Rocky Roundhouser :
We’re so fucking slow it’s depressing
2026-08-08 22:51:07
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extremebassvids :
Are we talking four years as in it took four whole years to build from helensvale to burliegh ? Or just stage 3 becuse it only took a year to build stage 3 not four but if its the whole thing then they did it quick for 4 years
2026-08-11 11:17:26
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josh_is_posh67 :
China would have built this in 6 months
2026-08-09 01:18:53
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58421457886532 :
Thank god they didn’t put it down the southern end
2026-08-10 01:58:20
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insung :
did i see that right? an hour from burleigh to helensvale??
2026-08-08 23:35:31
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slea 🇦🇺 :
good thing they cancelled the airport link, there was a slight chance the tram could have been useful!
2026-08-09 00:02:29
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GoPod Campers :
It really needs to go all the way to the airport
2026-08-09 01:31:22
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I’m a kangaroo 🇦🇺 :
Just saying 🤣
2026-08-08 23:54:55
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Jack :
if it doesn't go through to the airport the entire thing is a giant fucking failure
2026-08-11 03:47:13
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Srcj :
When you consider how long it takes to drive from Helensvale to Burleigh in peak hour traffic… 60mins via tram isn’t that bad
2026-08-08 23:55:33
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Grace Ivy Fairhurst :
Wait so is it over an hour to get to Helensvale? (I’m new to Gold Coast)
2026-08-08 23:44:44
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Auzzig :
Now get the fucking tram to the Airport and then to Coolangatta.
2026-08-08 23:57:10
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EC :
Be happy it won’t be extended south, already blownout
2026-08-09 00:42:28
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Hello :
I live in Helensvale and no one wanted this I’m yet to speak to a single resident here who cared about the tram line to Burleigh. Would have been nice to have a train to the airport though. Our government spends money on such stupid stuff. Trams are so outdated, most countries only have older systems or are phasing them out for more efficient travel options.
2026-08-09 00:37:11
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hhudsonnnnnn :
And the crowd went mild
2026-08-09 05:33:20
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Blocker Roach 🇦🇺 :
and that's where it ends thanks to the current government 🙄
2026-08-08 23:12:47
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josh_is_posh67 :
A global pandemic wtf that was 2019 bro
2026-08-09 01:18:21
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ezra.deegan :
hahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahah i'd rather drive than take the tram sorry not sorry😂
2026-08-09 09:48:04
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denny :
as a resident of mt tamborine how does this affect me
2026-08-09 14:41:19
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sbryson007 :
So much negativity in the description and comments, in a few years everyone will wonder how they did without it.
2026-08-09 03:39:22
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Paige :
Wait people got up at 6am just to be the first?! 😳
2026-08-09 05:41:19
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Bolag son of Bowrog :
yeah nah
2026-08-09 06:01:54
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T :
All that to go an extra 20 minutes down the road
2026-08-09 21:41:39
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