Bus station

Bus station
Kamppi Centre is the largest underground bus station in Europe[1]
Tel Aviv Central Bus Station, Israel. The second largest bus station in the world.

A bus station is a structure where city or intercity buses stop to pick up and drop off passengers. It is larger than a bus stop, which is usually simply a place on the roadside, where buses can stop. It may be intended as a terminal station for a number of routes, or as a transfer station where the routes continue. The largest bus station in the world is Millennium Park Bus Depot In Delhi India.[2][3] The largest underground bus station in Europe is Kamppi Centre of Helsinki, Finland completed in 2006. The terminal cost 100 million Euro to complete and took 3 years to design and build. Today, the bus terminal, which covers 25,000 square meters, is the busiest bus terminal in Finland. Every day, the terminal has around 700 bus departures, transporting some 170,000 passengers.[1] Bus station platforms may be assigned to fixed bus lines, or variable in combination with a dynamic passenger information system.[4] The latter requires fewer platforms, but does not supply the passenger the comfort of knowing the platform well in advance and waiting there.

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Types of stand

Type Alighting Boarding Layover
Bus Stand yes yes [1]
Arrivals Stand yes no no
Departure Stand no yes [2]
Layover Stand no no [3]
  • ^1 If separate layover bays are provided then buses usually park in them if not they park in the Departure Stand or Bus Stand.

Accessible station

An accessible station is a public transportation passenger station which provides ready access, is usable and does not have physical barriers that prohibit and/or restrict access by people with disabilities, including those who use wheelchairs.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Kamppi –The Helsinki Underground Bus Terminal" (pdf). Xtralis. Archived from the original on 2010-02-07. http://www.webcitation.org/5nLzUn5EC. Retrieved 2010-02-07. 
  2. ^ "On-off bus station now definitely on". http://www.indianexpress.com/news/worlds-largest-bus-depot-unveiled/683680/. 
  3. ^ DTC Sets Up the Largest Bus Depot in Delhi Ahead Of the Commonwealth Games
  4. ^ "New hightech bus station in Amstelveen opened". Vialis. 2009-10-13. http://www.vialis.nl/bin/ibp.jsp?ibpDispWhat=object&ibpPage=S13_FocusPage&ibpDispWho=STNI_ITEMS^l4429&ibpVersion=0&ibpZone=S13_Nieuwsarchief&ibpDisplay=view&. Retrieved 2010-02-07. 
  5. ^ Federal Transit Administration - Part 37-Transportation Services for Individuals with Disabilities - 0726CB3D4779478E8B60DA001A4ABF47

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