2018-02-06 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                     6 FEBRUARY 2018


1.    Free Services
The following five Noosa-specific TransLink services were included:
      Route 626 – Tewantin to Sunrise Beach via Noosa Heads
      Route 627 – Tewantin to Sunshine Beach via Noosa Heads
      Route 628 – Noosa Parklands to Noosa Junction, via Noosa Civic
      Route 629 – Tewantin to Noosa Junction via Noosa Civic
      Route 632 – Noosa to Cooran via Cooroy and Pomona

Additional service:
      Temporary Shuttle Route 064 – Peregian Beach to Noosa Heads via Noosaville

Existing Council services:
      Council Cabs and Boreen Point-Tewantin Flexilink.

2.      Passenger Data

An estimated 45,725 passengers were carried over the 11-day period. Refer to Table 1: Free
Services 26 Dec 2017 – 5 Jan 2018, for a breakdown of passenger numbers by route.

Routes 626 (Tewantin to Sunrise Beach via Noosa Heads) and 627 (Tewantin to Sunshine
Beach via Noosa Heads) carried 75% of all passengers

Table 1: Free Services 26 Dec 2017- 5 Jan 2018

Route    26 Dec 27 Dec 28 Dec 29 Dec 30 Dec 31 Dec           1 Jan   2 Jan   3 Jan   4 Jan     5 Jan    Total


626         932    1645      1535    1632    2117    2126    2047    1521    1604    1989      1531    18,679
627        1123    1056      1479    1618    1729    1840    1240    1367    1494    1415      1338    15,699
064         226     361       483     476     316     305     273     435     472     327       400     4,074
629         313     170       260     438     422     249     360     316     368     451       258     3,605
628         240     236       216     278     213     247     190     249     393     315       388     2,965
632          51       66       54     103      29      60      23     101      41      53       122      703
Total     2,885   3,534      4,027   4,545   4,826   4,827   4,133   3,989   4,372   4,550    4,037    45,725



The Free Holiday Buses are increasing in popularity compared to the previous two years. Refer
to Table 2: Average daily number of passengers carried by year.

Table 2: Average daily number of passengers carried by year

 Year             Passengers
 2017/18                   4,157
 2016/17                   4,024
 2015/16                   3,926

Patronage on temporary shuttle route 064 has decreased, however it remains the third most
popular service. In 2016/17 shuttle 064 travelled between Peregian Beach and Noosa Heads, the
daily average number of passengers carried was 507.


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