South-East Busway, Brisbane

SEQ Transit Lines

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line_type = bus
from = Brisbane central business district
to = Eight Mile Plains (Rochedale)
name = South-East Busway
line_owner = Queensland Transport
map_colour = Teal
line_length = 16.5
stations_number = 10
operator_names = Mainly Brisbane Transport
fleet_names =
date_1 = 2000
event_1 = Opened to Woolloongabba
date_2 = 2001
event_2 = Opened to Eight Mile Plains

The South-East Busway is a grade separated bus-only corridor running south from the Brisbane CBD to Eight Mile Plains, in South East Queensland. Service providers using the Busway operate under the TransLink system. The Busway was completed in 2001.

History

Busway was considered as one of the options when the Queensland Government developed the 25 year Integrated Regional Transport Plan. Other methods such as light and heavy rail were also considered. It was recommended a 75 km network of Busways corridors to be developed to complement the existing heavy rail network would suit best.

Busway would allow buses to service low-density communities and bypass peak hour congestion. Busway stations could be developed at key nodes to service major activity centres and combining different routes would create a high frequency service.

In 1995, plans for a network of five busway corridors was conceived, linking with the rail network toimprove the public transport connectivity across the city. The busways would improve the operation of the bus fleet, reducing maintenance and running costs and maximizing the effectiveness of the region’s sunk investment in buses.

In August 1996, the Queensland Government approved the South East Transit Project to manage the construction of both the northern section of the Pacific Motorway between Mount Gravatt & Logan City and the dedicated 2-lane, 2-way road for buses between Brisbane CBD and Eight Mile Plains.

The first section of busway between the CBD and Woolloongabba was opened to services on 13 September 2000 to coincid with the first match in the 2000 Olympic Games Football Tournament in Brisbane. The second section of busway (13.2 km) between Woolloongabba and Eight Mile Plains opened on 30 April 2001.

tations along South-East Busway

style="border-left:solid 1px;"|"Rochedale"
style="border-left:solid 1px;"|5/4
style="border-left:solid 1px;"|Rochedale
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style="border-left:solid 1px;"|Griffith University
style="border-left:solid 1px;"|3
style="border-left:solid 1px;"|Mount Gravatt, Nathan
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colspan=4 bgcolor=#CCCCCC|(Connects to "Eastern Busway")
-style="background:#eeeeff"
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style="border-left:solid 1px;"|Woolloongabba
style="border-left:solid 1px;"|2
style="border-left:solid 1px;"|Woolloongabba
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style="border-left:solid 1px;"|Cultural Centre
style="border-left:solid 1px;"|1
style="border-left:solid 1px;"|South Brisbane, South Bank
style="padding:0; white-space:nowrap; border-left:solid 1px;"|Ferry at South Bank 1 & 2/Rail at South Brisbane Station
-bgcolor=#CCCCCC!style="padding:0; white-space:nowrap; "| !colspan=4 bgcolor=#CCCCCC|(Connects to Queen Street Bus Station and Inner-Northern Busway)

The Busway is connected at its southern end to Springwood Bus Station by transit lanes on the Pacific Motorway (M1). The northern end crosses the Victoria Bridge and enters the CBD to connect with the Queen Street Bus Station and Adelaide Street bus mall.

Future Extensions

Currently, transit lanes on the Pacific Motorway enables better connections between the South East Busway, Springwood and Loganholme with additional stations in between at Underwood and Paradise Road, for the benefit of Logan City Bus Service passengers travelling to the city. Plans has been made to extend South-East busway along to as far as Springwood.

Passenger Information

Real Time Passenger Information is displayed at each stations. There are fixed LED signs suspended above the platforms at each busway station. These signs present four lines of real-time estimated bus departure times, and are driven by Brisbane City Council's RAPID system.

External links

* [http://www.translink.com.au/qt/translin.nsf/index/busway_southeast South East Busway]

References