It comes despite figures revealing Surfside bus drivers on the Gold Coast pressed their "fare evasion" count button 425,354 times between April 1, 2015 and April 1, 2016.

Between April 1, 2015 and March 31, 2016 there were 291 infringement notices and 1057 warnings notices issued for fare evasion on Surfside bus services.

During the 2014-15 financial year, fare evasion cost honest passengers about $25.8 million across south-east Queensland, government statistics show.

Ms Stuckey said the latest figures, showing 6341 fines were handed out on the Gold Coast across all modes of public transport from April 1, 2015 to April 1, 2016 - broken down by suburb - revealed too many people were getting away with fare evasion.

"The fare evasion button was pushed by drivers 425,000 times (for Surfside buses)," Ms Stuckey said.

"So how come when they give me a suburb by suburb break down there is only 6300?

"That's the big question - and there's not nearly enough.

"What happened to the other 419,000?"

A TransLink spokesman said the fare evade button was installed on Gold Coast buses in April 2015.

"(It) allows bus drivers to register any people travelling without a valid ticket for a variety of reasons," the spokesman said.

"There have also been reports of bus drivers inadvertently using this button by accident, rather than a "count key" which is used for Gold Coast City Council's free off-peak travel for seniors initiative."

There are nine Senior Network Officers permanently stationed on the Gold Coast, patrolling trains, buses and the G:link tram.

SNOs are required to travel in groups of two or three with up to seven officers out on the network at any given time, an answer to a question on notice from the LNP states.

"I think the government are not serious about safety or lost revenue when you see that they only have nine Senior Network Officers and they work in pairs or more," Ms Stuckey said.

"There wouldn't be nine at any given time because they have holidays, sick leave.

"If you start looking at the size of the Gold Coast and that's all they've got for protecting three different services - bus, rail and tram, it's not good enough."

The TransLink spokesman said a dedicated revenue protection team was permanently based on the Gold Coast in February 2015.

"The dedicated SNO team has conducted 21 high visibility joint operations with Queensland Police targeting fare evasion and anti-social behaviour at locations including Nerang, Broadbeach, Southport and Helensvale," the spokesman said.

He said 16 team deployments were scheduled each calendar month across the Gold Coast, with an extra 42 SNOs available network-wide for targeted operations on the coast.

Another nine SNOs will graduate on Friday, and will work across the south-east network, including the Gold Coast, from Saturday, the spokesman said.

"SNOs operate seven days a week across transport modes and accompany Queensland police officers and 27 G:link customer service officers on special operations," the spokesman said.

"These coordinated fare evasion operations, alongside other measures put in place by Surfside Buslines such as night time guards on the weekend and driver conflict resolution training, provide further network safety, security and ticketing compliance for the Gold Coast."

There were 16,002 warnings for fare evasion on the Gold Coast issued during the year to April 1, 2016.

The TransLink spokesman said SNOs, Customer Service Officers and police had discretion to issue a fine or warning.

"A warning will ordinarily be issued for a first offence unless it is determined that the offence committed is deliberate or a severe safety breach," he said.

The latest figures show the top suburb for fare evasion fines was Southport with 2923, followed by Surfers Paradise with 1811, from April 1, 2015 to April 1, 2016.

"Southport's larger number of recorded offences could be attributed to its role as a major interchange between bus and light rail services on the Gold Coast," the TransLink spokesman said.

But Ms Stuckey questioned why Coolangatta - a busy precinct - only recorded two fines.

The TransLink spokesman said it would consider coordinating targeted fare evasion operations in other areas, including Coolangatta in the future.

Fare evasion on the Gold Coast (April 1, 2015 - April 1, 2016)

Arundel - 3

Ashmore - 10

Beachmere - 1

Biggera Waters - 18

Bilinga - 0

Broadbeach - 480

Broadbeach Waters - 5

Burleigh Heads - 23

Burleigh Waters - 2

Carrara - 1

Coolangatta - 2

Coomera - 89

Currumbin - 5

Elanora - 1

Helensvale - 428

Labrador - 21

Main Beach - 5

Mermaid Beach - 2

Mermaid Waters - 2

Merrimac - 0

Miami - 15

Molendinar - 1

Nerang - 203

Ormeau - 124

Oxenford - 2

Pacific Pines - 1

Palm Beach - 9

Parkwood - 3

Robina - 90

Runaway Bay - 5

Southport - 2923

Surfers Paradise - 1811

Tugun - 4

Varsity Lakes - 52