Good Friday signals the start of more than two weeks of changes across the south-east Queensland public transport network, with Easter weekend reductions and cuts to suburban train lines so Gold Coast services can be tripled for the Commonwealth Games.

During the Easter long weekend, from Good Friday until the last service on Monday, trains will run hourly on all lines except for the Gold Coast and Airport which will operate every half-hour.

Good Friday signals the start of 17 days of mass changes to Translink's timetables. Credit:Tammy Law - Fairfax Media

TransLink spokesman Martin Bradshaw said while patronage usually dropped over the long weekend, customers needed to plan ahead with the reduced timetable in place.

“Most public transport services will run to special Easter timetables with either weekend or public holiday timetables,” Mr Bradshaw said.