Northern Busway, Brisbane

Northern Busway
Overview
SystemTranslink
OperatorTransport for Brisbane
StatusOpen
Began service23 February 2004
Route
StartKing George Square
ViaGympie Road
EndKedron Brook
Stations10
(8 busway stations)
(2 bus stops)
Route map
to Chermside
Gympie Road
Kedron Brook
 Kedron Brook
 Lutwyche
via Airport Link
Lutwyche Road
Enoggera Creek
 RBWH Bicycle facilities
 Herston
 QUT Kelvin Grove
 Normanby
 Roma Street Brisbane Transit Centre Roma Street railway station
 King George Square Bicycle facilities
South East Busway
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The Northern Busway is a bus-only road running north from the Brisbane central business district to the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital in Queensland, Australia.

History

Tunneling works for the Airport Link project

The first section of the Northern Busway, from the intersection of Roma Street to Herston, opened on 23 February 2004 with only one station, QUT Kelvin Grove.[1] On 14 December 2005, two new stations, Normanby and Royal Children's Hospital, were opened on the existing section.[2][3]

The second section of the Northern Busway, also known as the Inner Northern Busway, officially opened on 19 May 2008.[4][5][6] This section connects the first section of the Northern Busway to the South East Busway with stations at King George Square and Roma Street. To make room for the Inner Northern Busway, the lower floors of King George Square carpark were removed, and one rail platform at Roma Street railway station was removed.[7][8]

In October 2007, an alliance of Abigroup and SMEC Holdings were selected to build the 1.2 kilometre Royal Children's Hospital to Windsor section with a new station at Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital.[9] This opened on 3 August 2009.[10][11] On 18 June 2012, the Windsor to Kedron section opened.[12][13]

Extension to Bracken Ridge

The final stage of the busway is planned to be built from Kedron to Bracken Ridge.[14] A series of draft alignments in order to identify the corridor for preservation have been released, however no final route has been selected.[15] Provisions for this extension were pre-built at the Kedron Portal of the Busway.

In 2016, the Newman Government had indicated an intention to revisit the alignment for this project.[16] Their primary points of departure from the policy of the previous government were a preference not to build the full busway option, nor to take the busway all the way to The Prince Charles Hospital. These changes were predicated on the perceived high expense of the previously published preferred options. The Newman government's stated preference was for bus or transit lane level priority along the highly congested Gympie Road corridor.[17]

In August 2024, it was announced Brisbane Metro would be extended using the Northern Transitway to Chermside.

Stations

Legend: Adjacent to a train station

List of Northern Busway, Brisbane stations
Station Image Suburb Opened Grade
King George Square Underground busway station Brisbane CBD 19 May 2008 Underground
Roma Street Busway station Brisbane CBD Elevated
Normanby Busway station Kelvin Grove 14 December 2005 Below ground
QUT Kelvin Grove Busway station Kelvin Grove 23 February 2004 Ground
Herston Busway station Herston 14 December 2005 Ground
RBWH Busway station Herston 3 August 2009 Elevated
Lutwyche Lutwyche 18 June 2012 Ground
Kedron Brook Kedron Ground

Services

All services on the busway are operated by Transport for Brisbane.[18]

Facilities

Real time passenger information is displayed at each station, with fixed LED signs suspended above each platform. These signs present four lines of real-time estimated bus departure times, with data provided by Brisbane City Council's RAPID system.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Odgers, Rosemary; Heywood, Lachlan (23 February 2004). "Busway to reduce commuting times". The Courier-Mail (1 ed.). p. 7.
  2. ↑ "Beattie opens new $135 million busway". Archived from the original on 16 April 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2010.
  3. ↑ "Two New Stations Help Make Busway The Smart Way To Travel". Archived from the original on 10 June 2011. Retrieved 31 March 2010.
  4. ↑ "Commuters save travel time as INB officially opens". Archived from the original on 16 April 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2010.
  5. ↑ King George Square station TransLink
  6. ↑ Inner Northern Busway - Queen Street to Roma Street Archived 18 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine CIMIC Group
  7. ↑ "Premier inspects Inner Northern Busway progress". Archived from the original on 10 June 2011. Retrieved 31 March 2010.
  8. ↑ "Roma Street to become hub for bus and rail". Archived from the original on 11 March 2009. Retrieved 31 March 2010.
  9. ↑ Alliance to Build Busway Archived 18 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine Queensland Government 26 October 2007
  10. ↑ Busways open for business in Brisbane Archived 18 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine Australasian Bus & Coach 24 July 2009
  11. ↑ "More than half a billion dollars worth of busway to open for business". Archived from the original on 10 June 2011. Retrieved 31 March 2010.
  12. ↑ Queenslander's celebrate new busway Archived 18 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine Queensland Government 16 June 2012
  13. ↑ Busway's opening looms Archived 18 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine Australasian Bus & Coach 16 May 2012
  14. ↑ Northern Busway TransLink
  15. ↑ "Northern Busway: Kedron to Bracken Ridge". Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads. Archived from the original on 24 August 2011. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
  16. ↑ "Courier Mail Northern Busway may be Scrapped". Courier Mail. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  17. ↑ Busway plan under review Archived 18 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine Australasian Bus & Coach 4 July 2012
  18. ↑ "Northern Busway Network Map" (PDF). Translink. 19 August 2019.

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