Parent | Transit Australia Group |
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Service area |
Gold Coast Tweed Valley |
Service type | Bus operator |
Routes | 74 |
Hubs |
Southport bus station Broadbeach South bus station Gold Coast Airport Harbour Town Shopping Centre Pacific Fair Shopping Centre The Pines Shopping Centre Tweed City bus station |
Stations |
Beenleigh Coomera Helensvale Nerang Robina Varsity Lakes |
Depots |
Coomera Ernest Tweed Heads |
Fleet | 395 (October 2016) |
Website | www.surfside.com.au |
Surfside Buslines is an Australian bus operator on the Gold Coast in Queensland. It operates 53 services under contract to the Government of Queensland under the TransLink banner. It also operates eight services in the adjoining Tweed Valley of northern New South Wales under contract to the Government of New South Wales.
Surfside operates Gold Coast Tourist Shuttle, operating coach services from the Gold Coast Airport to hotels and theme parks. Surfside Buslines is part of the Transit Australia Group.
Until June 1989 Surfside was owned by Greyhound owner Russell Penfold when it was sold to Joe and Tony Calabro with 56 buses.
In 1993 Tweed Bus Service was purchased with 51 buses, followed in February 1995 by Gold Coast Citybus, in September 1998 by Gold Coast Tourist Shuttle and in May 2001 by Coomera Bus Lines.
Surfside operates from Beenleigh on the north of the Gold Coast as far south as Pottsville in northern New South Wales.
TransLink ticketing applies to all Queensland route & school services.
Surfside has its own zone and fare system for New South Wales services.
Queensland fares apply to any travel that originates within Queensland where travel is going to continue into New South Wales or that originates within New South Wales where travel is going to continue into Queensland.
Translink's go card is not available for use on Surfside's New South Wales Services, however go card can be used on Queensland services that start or finish at the Tweed Mall.