Council admits Brisbane metro name is confusing following launch of city’s new public transport system

On the day the project was unveiled to the public, one of Brisbane’s metro developers admitted its name was confusing and could be changed.

The metro, which completely dwarfs its 303-station Paris namesake, began running electric buses between Eight Mile Plains and the University of Queensland in St Lucia on Monday.

The route includes nine stops in total, including Garden City Shopping Centre, Griffith University and Princess Alexandra Hospital in the south of the city.

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This is the same route as route 169, which is used by traditional Brisbane City Council buses.

However, the Eight Mile Plains-UQ route is temporary.

When fully operational on a date to be determined, the metro will operate on two routes – from Roma Street (Brisbane CBD) to Eight Mile Plains and, starting in the north, from the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital (Hurston) to UQ.

Unlike the 14-line Paris metro, the Brisbane version does not include a huge network of metro stations extending to every corner of the city.

The comparison was not lost on the board, with its transportation chairman, Ryan Murphy, admitting Monday that the Metro name had caused “some confusion.”

“We’re looking closely at the name now… But ultimately we’re not obsessed with the name,” he was quoted as saying by the Brisbane Times.

Metro buses are twice the length of standard buses and feature built-in Wi-Fi and USB charging ports.