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I have moved this article to Gold Coast Light Rail because the proposal has progressed since the feasibility study started. -- WikiCats 12:42, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
I'm fine with that. I have sectioned out info from the origional study. --
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Beautifully designed article, the centre placement of illustration is awesome, congratulations – Moebiusuibeom 04:22, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
As the official name is GoldLinQ (as evidenced by the official website), I've moved the page to "GoldLinQ". Geoking 66 talk 18:21, 11 July 2013 (UTC)
The official name is not GoldLinQ. That is the name of the company building it. The Offficial name is Gold Coast Light Rail. You should not be moving it without dissuasion. WikiCats ( talk) 16:22, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
Let's name this article once and for all. Here's the options as I see them:
Fairly straightforward to me, options 1 and 2 are company and branded names, option 3 is the former/old name the proposed system ( if I'm not mistaken) and/or the project with the objective of building/delivering the railway system, leaving option 4 to be the name of the actual railway station used on the official GoldLinQ website.
Still straightforward but the four stations with articles so-far Surfers Paradise North (GoldLinQ station), Cypress Avenue (GoldLinQ station), Cavill Avenue (GoldLinQ station) and Surfers Paradise (GoldLinQ station) will require moving to Surfers Paradise North (G:link station), Cypress Avenue (Gold Coast Rapid Transit station), Cavill Avenue (Gold Coast Light Rail station) or similar.
Please share your thoughts and !votes below. Thanks! FilmTVComicsNerd ( talk) 15:01, 21 November 2013 (UTC)
As all of the stations are likely to be very similar, would it better to include in the main GoldLinQ article as done in Inner West Light Rail, rather than have an article for each station? Mo7838 ( talk) 06:49, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
what is meant when it states that the lrt is replaced by buses on weekdays? shouldn't it be weekends? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gingeroscar ( talk • contribs) 01:46, 25 July 2014 (UTC)
I propose splitting the Stations section into a new article titled List of G:link stations. The only good article on a light rail system, to my knowledge, is Bergen Light Rail. And that has a separate article for its stations. The benefit of moving the table to a separate article is it allows us to replace it with higher-level prose that's encyclopedia better for the reader. The details in the table are excellent - the images, the station codes, the Tranzlink zones, distance, GPS location and nearby locations served - it's just too much detail for the main article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.102.82.65 ( talk) 04:07, 3 March 2016 (UTC)
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I propose that the Proposed stations section of the G:link article be moved to the List of G:link stations article. New9374 ( talk) 14:27, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
None of the trams stops are particularly notable. All were built to the same design at the same time with most are just stub articles with one primary cite. Propose merging these into the main G:link article along the same lines as other Australian light rail lines CBD and South East Light Rail, Inner West Light Rail and Newcastle Light Rail. Osrone ( talk) 03:08, 13 November 2022 (UTC)
Given how vocal and prolonged the fight to stop light rail has been, I'm more than a little surprised to find not a syllable of it on the page at the moment. I've therefore compiled something of the protests around Stage 1, and will add it the page:
The Gold Coast light rail project was championed by Queensland Premier Anna Bligh, but was subject to prolonged and vigorous protest campaigns from what were probably a minority of vocal objectors. Those who attempted to stop Stage One included Gold Coast Mayor Ron Clarke, [1] former mayor and candidate Lex Bell [2] (who proposed the use of native title to stop the project), [3] [4] and a string of short-lived protest organisations. [5] [6] Their claims included that it was a 'zombie' project and 'white elephant' that would saddle ratepayers with unsustainable debt. [7] The removal of iconic palm trees and poincianas for the construction upset others. [8]
The most prominent and influential objector was a retired property analyst, Alan Midwood. As late as 2016, Midwood was still claiming light rail had been a ‘gross financial disaster’ that had doubled roadway congestion, and calling for it to be scrapped. [9] Other notable objectors who achieved media coverage included the owner of Surfers Paradise shop Condom Kingdom, who feared construction would impact his sales, [10] and Meter Maids (gold bikini clad young women on Council salaries who inserted coins in the expired parking meters of cars with out-of-state number plates), who vowed to chain themselves to trees to prevent the project going ahead. [11]
One particularly vocal group operated by a Paradise Waters resident, alleged light rail was "a proven killer" [12] that slaughtered at "a rate 2.5 times that of cars". [13] Following the success of the project, in 2017 a group of Paradise Waters residents appealed for a tram stop to be added at their locality, as had been originally planned, but were denied it by Council. A former mayor suggested there was a feeling they "were punished because some of them opposed it at the time." [14] MisterWizzy ( talk) 18:55, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
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I have moved this article to Gold Coast Light Rail because the proposal has progressed since the feasibility study started. -- WikiCats 12:42, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
I'm fine with that. I have sectioned out info from the origional study. --
WikiCats
10:08, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
Beautifully designed article, the centre placement of illustration is awesome, congratulations – Moebiusuibeom 04:22, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
As the official name is GoldLinQ (as evidenced by the official website), I've moved the page to "GoldLinQ". Geoking 66 talk 18:21, 11 July 2013 (UTC)
The official name is not GoldLinQ. That is the name of the company building it. The Offficial name is Gold Coast Light Rail. You should not be moving it without dissuasion. WikiCats ( talk) 16:22, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
Let's name this article once and for all. Here's the options as I see them:
Fairly straightforward to me, options 1 and 2 are company and branded names, option 3 is the former/old name the proposed system ( if I'm not mistaken) and/or the project with the objective of building/delivering the railway system, leaving option 4 to be the name of the actual railway station used on the official GoldLinQ website.
Still straightforward but the four stations with articles so-far Surfers Paradise North (GoldLinQ station), Cypress Avenue (GoldLinQ station), Cavill Avenue (GoldLinQ station) and Surfers Paradise (GoldLinQ station) will require moving to Surfers Paradise North (G:link station), Cypress Avenue (Gold Coast Rapid Transit station), Cavill Avenue (Gold Coast Light Rail station) or similar.
Please share your thoughts and !votes below. Thanks! FilmTVComicsNerd ( talk) 15:01, 21 November 2013 (UTC)
As all of the stations are likely to be very similar, would it better to include in the main GoldLinQ article as done in Inner West Light Rail, rather than have an article for each station? Mo7838 ( talk) 06:49, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
what is meant when it states that the lrt is replaced by buses on weekdays? shouldn't it be weekends? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gingeroscar ( talk • contribs) 01:46, 25 July 2014 (UTC)
I propose splitting the Stations section into a new article titled List of G:link stations. The only good article on a light rail system, to my knowledge, is Bergen Light Rail. And that has a separate article for its stations. The benefit of moving the table to a separate article is it allows us to replace it with higher-level prose that's encyclopedia better for the reader. The details in the table are excellent - the images, the station codes, the Tranzlink zones, distance, GPS location and nearby locations served - it's just too much detail for the main article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.102.82.65 ( talk) 04:07, 3 March 2016 (UTC)
Cheers. I have created the new article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by New9374 ( talk • contribs) 01:01, 4 March 2016 (UTC)
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I propose that the Proposed stations section of the G:link article be moved to the List of G:link stations article. New9374 ( talk) 14:27, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
None of the trams stops are particularly notable. All were built to the same design at the same time with most are just stub articles with one primary cite. Propose merging these into the main G:link article along the same lines as other Australian light rail lines CBD and South East Light Rail, Inner West Light Rail and Newcastle Light Rail. Osrone ( talk) 03:08, 13 November 2022 (UTC)
Given how vocal and prolonged the fight to stop light rail has been, I'm more than a little surprised to find not a syllable of it on the page at the moment. I've therefore compiled something of the protests around Stage 1, and will add it the page:
The Gold Coast light rail project was championed by Queensland Premier Anna Bligh, but was subject to prolonged and vigorous protest campaigns from what were probably a minority of vocal objectors. Those who attempted to stop Stage One included Gold Coast Mayor Ron Clarke, [1] former mayor and candidate Lex Bell [2] (who proposed the use of native title to stop the project), [3] [4] and a string of short-lived protest organisations. [5] [6] Their claims included that it was a 'zombie' project and 'white elephant' that would saddle ratepayers with unsustainable debt. [7] The removal of iconic palm trees and poincianas for the construction upset others. [8]
The most prominent and influential objector was a retired property analyst, Alan Midwood. As late as 2016, Midwood was still claiming light rail had been a ‘gross financial disaster’ that had doubled roadway congestion, and calling for it to be scrapped. [9] Other notable objectors who achieved media coverage included the owner of Surfers Paradise shop Condom Kingdom, who feared construction would impact his sales, [10] and Meter Maids (gold bikini clad young women on Council salaries who inserted coins in the expired parking meters of cars with out-of-state number plates), who vowed to chain themselves to trees to prevent the project going ahead. [11]
One particularly vocal group operated by a Paradise Waters resident, alleged light rail was "a proven killer" [12] that slaughtered at "a rate 2.5 times that of cars". [13] Following the success of the project, in 2017 a group of Paradise Waters residents appealed for a tram stop to be added at their locality, as had been originally planned, but were denied it by Council. A former mayor suggested there was a feeling they "were punished because some of them opposed it at the time." [14] MisterWizzy ( talk) 18:55, 31 May 2024 (UTC)