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
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. On 14 December 2005, two new stations, Normanby and Royal Children's Hospital, were opened on the existing section.
The second section of the Northern Busway, also known as the Inner Northern Busway, officially opened on 19 May 2008.King George Square station TransLinkInner Northern Busway - Queen Street to Roma Street CIMIC Group 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.
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.Alliance to Build Busway Queensland Government 26 October 2007 This opened on 3 August 2009.Busways open for business in Brisbane Australasian Bus & Coach 24 July 2009 On 18 June 2012, the Windsor to Kedron section opened.Queenslander's celebrate new busway Queensland Government 16 June 2012Busway's opening looms Australasian Bus & Coach 16 May 2012
Extension to Bracken Ridge The final stage of the busway is planned to be built from Kedron to Bracken Ridge.Northern Busway TransLink A series of draft alignments in order to identify the corridor for preservation have been released, however no final route has been selected. 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. 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.Busway plan under review Australasian Bus & Coach 4 July 2012
In August 2024, it was announced Brisbane Metro would be extended using the Northern Transitway to Chermside.
Stations Legend: Adjacent to a train station + Station Image Suburb Opened Grade King George Square Brisbane CBD Underground Roma Street Brisbane CBD Elevated Normanby Kelvin Grove Below ground QUT Kelvin Grove Kelvin Grove Ground Herston Herston Ground RBWH Herston Elevated Lutwyche Lutwyche Ground Kedron Brook Kedron Ground
Services All services on the busway are operated by Transport for Brisbane.
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
Transport in Brisbane
References
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