Ready for the rail connection in 2077.
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Completely off topic but something went dead wrong when stockland were making that area map… lol. I’ve annotated what it should actually be like. It’s almost as if someone swapped out the aerial image without telling whoever added the points of interest.
On topic, great to see that stockland are planning true TOD (and hopefully that transit is heavy rail). Fingers crossed there’s an active transport bridge from the train station/shopping centre over to the town centre once it’s done so people don’t have to cross a 4 to 6 lane stroad.
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By then, there will be cities on the moon that will connected to rail before the Sunshine Coast get a rail line to Maroochydore. 
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You made a typo - I think you were meant to put 2177…
My preference (it may be disagreed with…) is that it shouldn’t be built half a**ed, that it should be delayed until it can/will be built properly as heavy rail to the Sunshine Coast Airport and beyond.
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I agree for the BRT section.
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Agreed. Make the BRT route the coastal route connecting to Birtinya and keep the corridor preserved for full rail construction.
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How about just making Transit Lanes alongside the Nicklin Way and parts of Brisbane Road if they’re not going to do the Coastal Mass Transit corridor, it would help the existing high-frequency Route 600 (BUZ-level) as well as whatever the high frequency connector between Birtinya and Maroochydore eventually does if “The Wave MetroBus” gets canned.
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The Wave on Track: Milestone contracts awarded for first stage of The Wave
https://statements.qld.gov.au/statements/105189
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Some fun renders from today’s project update email:
Beerwah
Bells Creek/Caloundra South
Caloundra
Sunshine Coast News also have this render of the line crossing the Bruce Highway into Bells Creek, not sure where they got it from:
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I think if we want to get this project delivered on time and under budget we need to use a public private partnership
Good to see progress with stage 1. Let’s hope stage 2 is not far behind.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-xcn-3gyt4
If the stations end up looking even 50% as nice as the renders I’ll be impressed!
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I am getting more confident this will proceed. I also hope they preserve the corridor for rail to Maroochydore post 2032. A metro bus every 10 minutes from Sunny Coast Hospital/Birtinya to the airport is not a terrible solution considering the time constraints for this size build. We still need to focus on the long term goal however.
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I would be ok with a ‘metro’ style route from Maroochydore to Sunshine Coast Airport and onwards to Coolum and Noosa, but I agree that rail needs to go to at least Maroochydore.
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Do we know how DSCL will interact with the NCL? Maybe a flying junction like the one at Petrie for the Redcliffe line?
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I’ve heard that before, and you’d have to assume that is the plan, but I haven’t seen anything lately that says it. It also helps that imediately after leaving the corridor it goes over Steve Irwin Way.
It would be interesting to know what the Beerwah station layout looks like if there is any plans for a terminating platform for Nambour shuttles, and consequently how the junction sits relative to the through lines.
This is the original ‘map’ that was released some time ago
I suspect one of the ‘existing lines’ would then also divert over Steve Irwin Way to make it dual track via a flyover. The flyover part is confirmed at this stage although what it will look like is still unknown.
Laing O’Rourke have confirmed via a media release as well that the brownfields package will include construction of a stabling facility south of Beerwah which I believe is the first official confirmation of this going ahead (it was always touted as a potential stabling facility as part of the DSCL). Great news in my opinion, more stabling along the North Coast Line is long overdue.
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