2015-04-07 Item 2 - Attachment 1 - Pre feasibility Study of Electric Bus Routes

Route     Description                        Route Type            Service Frequency
631       Noosa to Nambour via               Cross-regional        Limited trips on weekdays,
          Eumundi and Cooroy                                       Saturdays and Sundays
632       Noosa to Cooran via                Cross-regional        2 to 3 trips daily in each direction
          Cooroy and Pomona
The numbers of bus services in each direction for the four (4) local bus routes in Noosa are
given in Table 2. Routes 626 and 627 provide the higher number of services operating
between 7.00 am and 7.00 pm daily. All of these local routes operate within TransLink Fare
Zone 23 so that bus customers have a single zone fare for local trips between Tewantin and
Noosa Junction and within the Noosa Shire Council area.
Table 2        Existing Number of Services for the Local Bus Routes in Noosa

Route     Weekday                           Saturday                           Sunday

626       24 trips in each direction        24 trips in each direction         24 trips in each direction

627       23 trips in each direction        23 trips in each direction         23 trips in each direction

628       12 trips in each direction        12 trips in each direction         12 trips in each direction

629       11 trips in each direction        9 trips in each direction          9 trips in each direction


3.1.2      Bus patronage

The average daily bus patronage by route for the six (6) most regular and frequent bus
routes in Noosa, namely Routes 620, 622, 626, 627, 628 and 629, is shown in Figure 2.
Route 620 has the highest patronage because it has the highest frequency, the greatest
span of service hours and the longest route between Noosa Heads and Maroochydore. The
four (4) local bus routes (626, 627, 628 and 629) have an overall average of 850 daily
passengers with an average of six passengers per trip over the entire service period.
Figure 2       Total Average Daily Patronage on the Noosa Bus Routes




Source: TransLink GoCard ticketing data, March 2014

The average daily patronage for these six (6) bus routes by hour of the day is shown in
Figure 3. The patronage which is the sum of total boarding’s and alighting’s at all stops along




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