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GUIDEHelensvale · Coomera

Coomera Connector (M9) Status, October 2026: Stage 1 North Is Open, Central and South Are Under Construction, Stage 2 Is in Design (Gold Coast, QLD)

Sign for Stage 1 of the Coomera Connector on Nerang-Broadbeach Road, June 2026

Only one section of the Coomera Connector is open to traffic so far: Stage 1 North, the 4km between Shipper Drive at Coomera and Helensvale Road at Helensvale, which opened in December 2025. The other two Stage 1 sections, Central (Helensvale Road to the Smith Street Motorway) and South (Smith Street Motorway to Nerang-Broadbeach Road), are under construction, and the Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) pages give no opening date for either.

ENDEDRobina · Helensvale

No Gold Coast Line Trains 17–18 October: Railbuses Between Beenleigh and Varsity Lakes (QLD)

Queensland Rail train at Hope Island station

There are no Gold Coast line trains between Beenleigh and Varsity Lakes from the first service on Saturday 17 October until the last service on Sunday 18 October. Translink is running timetabled railbuses between the two stations instead, and normal train services return with the first train on Monday 19 October.