Surfside Buslines was an Australian bus operator on the Gold Coast in Queensland. It operated 56 services under contract to the Government of Queensland under the TransLink banner. It also operates nine services in the adjoining Tweed Valley of northern New South Wales under contract to the Government of New South Wales. As of 2022 Surfside Buslines has changed its name as part of a business re-brand by the parent company, Kinetic. Surside Buslines has now been dissolved into the Kinetic brand with its fleet of buses reflecting this change. History Until June 1989 Surfside was owned by Greyhound owner Russell Penfold when it was sold to Joe and Tony Calabro with 56 buses. In 1993, Tweed Bus Service was purchased with 51 buses, followed by Gold Coast Citybus on 21 February 1995, Springbrook-Mudgeeraba Bus Service with approximately twelve buses on 1 March 1995, Gold Coast Tourist Shuttle was purchased in September 1998 and Coomera Bus Lines in May 2001. In 2008 the Calabro's consolidated their bus companies under the Transit Australia Group brand Gold Coast Tourist Shuttle was sold to Skybus and rebranded as Skybus Gold Coast in November 2017. In April 2019, Transit Australia Group was purchased by AATS Group, the parent company of SkyBus and majority owned by OPTrust. In August 2019, AATS Group rebranded the Kinetic Group. In October 2022, battery electric busses (BEBs), were run on the 777 Gold Coast Airport to Broadbeach south line began. running 10 new Volgren Optimus busses, on a BYD D9RA chassis. In late 2022, Surfside Buslines was officially branded as KINETIC with all new advertising now showing the Kinetic Brand. All new buses will display the Kinetic logo with the current fleet of Surfside Buses slowly being updated to reflect the new brand name. The current website for Surfside Buslines will stay active until early 2023 before it will be deactivated, directing customers to the new Kinetic website. Service area Surfside operated from Beenleigh on the north of the Gold Coast as far south as Pottsville in northern New South Wales. Ticketing TransLink ticketing applies to all Queensland route and school services. Surfside has its own zone and fare system for New South Wales services. Queensland fares apply to any travel that originates in Queensland and continues into New South Wales or that originates in New South Wales and continues into Queensland. Translink's go card cannot be used on