In Queensland, Australia, public bus services are coordinated by the Queensland Government's Department of Transport and Main Roads and provided by over 1000 operators. The coordination of public bus transport generally falls under three schemes: TransLink services, QConnect services and the remaining rural/regional school services. Some operators also provide entirely private bus services in Queensland which are not subject to the same route and ticketing regulation as the public route providers, or segments thereof, are. History Historically, Brisbane operated a network of trolleybuses and trams which were closed in 1969 in favour of an increased bus fleet for Brisbane. TransLink services TransLink, a division of the Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads, coordinates the provision all urban and some school bus services across South East Queensland. Responsibility for the actual operation of bus services rests with 17 subcontracted bus service providers, such as Brisbane Transport, each allocated a specific contract area within the region and which operate services pursuant to TransLink's timetabling and integrated ticketing system that uses contactless smartcards known as the go card. TransLink also oversees Queensland Rail suburban trains and Transdev Brisbane Ferries on the Brisbane River to enable an integrated public transport system for the region. QConnect services QConnect, stylised as qconnect, is an agency of the Department which subsidises bus, rail and air networks in regional Queensland. QConnect coordinates the urban, and some school, bus services of 17 providers in large regional towns such as Warwick or Cairns. QConnect also coordinates a range of long distance coach services between regional towns, allowing residents of rural communities to travel by bus to larger population centres to access services such as healthcare or education services. The subsidisation of regional bus fares by the state government makes it more financially affordable for residents of rural communities to travel by bus, which would otherwise be cost-prohibitive for many commuters given the extremely large distances between some Queensland towns. Rural/regional school services The remaining school bus runs not falling under qconnect jurisdiction in regional or rural Queensland are managed directly by the Department and delivered by over 700 local providers. Private operators Private bus providers such as Greyhound Australia also operate within Queensland, providing separate intra- and interstate routes and route numbering systems. This is despite attempts (at least by TransLink) to introduce a uniform route numbering system. Whilst these private bus operators are not route-regulated or price-regulated in