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The value of the Airtrain asset was estimated at about $50 million last year.

Airtrain valuation revealed, prompting push for compulsory buyback

Financial files value the Brisbane Airtrain concession at $45m, fuelling demands for a state takeover to bring airport trips into Translink’s 50¢ fare network.

  • Cameron Atfield

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Airtrain’s exclusivity agreement for public transport services to Brisbane Airport still has a decade to run.

The $400m countdown: Airtrain deal enters its final decade

With 10 years until the airport’s transit monopoly expires, the LNP is under pressure to buy out the contract and clear the way for 50c fares and Metro buses.

  • Cameron Atfield
Brisbane Airport workers will have to pay 820 per cent more than any other commuter to get to and from work.

Airtrain slugs Brisbane Airport workers with 114 per cent fare increase

All Airtrain fares to the airport will more than double next month, with airport workers hit the hardest.

  • Cameron Atfield
The proposed expansion of the Brisbane Metro.

Brisbane Metro link to airport not cleared for take-off

The state government and Brisbane council were singing from the same Brisbane Metro hymn sheet on Wednesday. Then the reality of Airtrain set in.

  • Cameron Atfield and Matt Dennien
The Brisbane Airtrain should never have been a privately run piece of infrastructure.

Airtrain debacle shows the pitfalls of privatised public transport

Airtrain should serve as a cautionary tale for governments: cede control of vital public infrastructure at your peril.

  • Cameron Atfield
It costs $21.90 to catch the Airtrain to Brisbane Airport from inner-city stations.

Halving of Airtrain fares labelled a ‘cynical’ election vote grab

The opposition also says the six-month reduction in fares to and from Brisbane Airport is a stop-gap measure that fails to provide a long-term solution to the overpriced service. 

  • Cameron Atfield
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It costs $21.90 to catch the Airtrain to Brisbane Airport from inner-city stations.

Airtrain negotiations back on after Bailey breakdown

The on-again, off-again discussions between the state government and Airtrain to end the private company’s monopoly on public transport to Brisbane Airport is on again.

  • Cameron Atfield
Negotiations for the Airtrain to be absorbed into the Translink network have broken down.

Airtrain negotiation breakdown to put squeeze on Brisbane Airport

Brisbane Airport has warned congestion in and out of the airport will only get worse until Airtrain’s monopoly on public transport to the precinct is torn up.

  • Cameron Atfield
The Brisbane Airtrain will no longer go straight to the Gold Coast once Cross River Rail is operational.

Smart ticketing rollout extends to Brisbane Airtrain

Visitors to Brisbane can now tap on to the Airtrain with their bank cards, phones or other linked devices after south-east Queensland’s smart ticketing system was extended to the airport.

  • Cameron Atfield
In October, there were calls for the state government to buy out Brisbane Airtrain’s exclusive access to the airport.

Airport workers forking out as Airtrain fares take off again

One frustrated worker told Brisbane Times some staff had already left their jobs because they could not afford recent fare increases.

  • Cloe Read