Brisbane lord mayor Adrian Schrinner has proposed expanding the Brisbane Metro project to Brisbane Airport, despite the first stage of the $944 million project not yet having broken ground.

The exact design of the metro vehicles has not yet been finalised nor a successful tenderer announced, but Cr Schrinner on Sunday said he wanted them to run all the way to the airport.

Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner wants the Brisbane Metro to extend all the way to Brisbane airport Credit:Tony Moore

“People who are arriving as tourists at the airport have an option of catching a taxi, an Uber or the Airtrain, but for people who work there every day it’s not affordable,” the lord mayor said.

He called on the state government to either revisit the Airtrain contract, which is in place until 2036, or agree to extend Brisbane Metro services to the airport as a low-cost alternative.