A little taste of the future has opened on the Gold Coast, with commuters finally getting on board “The G” – the $1.2 billion Gold Coast light rail link between Southport and Broadbeach.

Commuter services begin on Monday morning from 5am to 11.50pm each night and on Fridays and Saturdays the light rail service will run 24 hours a day.

The G Credit:Twitter

Each of the 14 light rail trains has seven carrriages which can carry a total of 309 passengers; 80 seated and 229 standing.

The electric-powered trains travel between 16 stations at around 70 kilometres an hour, but given the number of stops they average about 24 kmh over the 13 kilometre journey between Southport and Broadbeach.