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Owner | Brisbane City Council | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Area served | City of Brisbane | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locale | Brisbane | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Transit type | Bus rapid transit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of lines | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line number | M1, M2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of stations | 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | brisbane | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Operator(s) | Transport for Brisbane | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of vehicles | 60 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Train length | 3-section (bi-articulated bus) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Headway | At least every 15 minutes 18 hours a day. With 24-hour services, likely at lower frequencies. 5-minute peak frequencies from day one, with 60 buses able to operate at 3-minute frequences. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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System length | 21 km (13 mi) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Top speed | 90 km/h (55 mph) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Brisbane Metro is a high-frequency bus rapid transit system that services the city of Brisbane in Queensland, Australia. It consists of two routes that run through the Brisbane CBD every five minutes during peak times (12bph), transporting up to 1,800 passengers per hour in each direction. Metro bus commenced operating on the 169 bus route on 21 October 2024, [1] however no date has been set for the opening of the M1 and M2 Metro services. [2] [3]
It is serviced by 60 electric, bi-articulated buses that can carry 150 passengers, or 170 passengers in when crammed during events. [4] The system largely uses Brisbane's existing busway network infrastructure and stations, but there are a number of smaller infrastructure upgrades being built as part of the project. These include a new short tunnel underneath Adelaide Street in the CBD, an upgrade to the Cultural Centre bus station, the removal of car traffic from Victoria Bridge, and various streetscape upgrades. [5] The expected total cost of the project is $1.7 billion. [6] Together with Cross River Rail, the project is intended to boost public transport reliability in Brisbane and alleviate congestion. [7]
In January 2016, the Brisbane City Council (BCC) announced the Brisbane Metro to address the current constraints and challenges facing the city's current busway network, which had reached capacity at many inner city sections. [8] This proposal incorporated the conversion of the busway from Woolloongabba to Herston into a rubber-tyred Metro with a single track to provide power and enable driverless operations.
In March 2017, while keeping the same name, the project was redefined with the project shifting to operating high capacity bi-articulated buses on the existing busway, reducing the cost by one-third. [9] The new buses would operate two routes which replace the 66 and 111/160 services. [2] In November 2017 the BCC released its business case, detailing the benefits, costs and impacts of delivering the project. In November 2017, the project was budgeted to cost $944 million. [10]
The BCC released a draft design report for the project in April 2018 with a project concept displayed publicly for community feedback, following the announcement that Brisbane Metro has been confirmed as a high priority project on Infrastructure Australia's priority list. [10] [11] In April 2018, the Federal Government agreed to contribute $300 million. [12] [13]
In June 2020, the project reduced the Cultural Centre upgrade from an underground station to an upgrade of the existing above ground station with an additional platform for local services heading towards West End. [14] This was due to a disagreement between the State Government, who owns the Busway, and the Council over what the optimal configuration of the underground station would look like. This disagreement resulted in the state government delaying approval to modify their property. [14]
Subjects to approvals, the BCC expects the detailed design and construction of the project to commence in 2019 with services commencing by 2023. [10] This was later revised to 2024. [10] In October 2018 five consortia were shortlisted to bid for the building of stage 1. [15]
ADCO Constructions began work on a 10-hectare (25-acre) depot at Rochedale in October 2021. [16]
In 2022, 5 years after the project was shifted to BRT the project's name was criticised by a rail lobby group for having a misleading name that implied it was a rail system, but Brisbane City Council rejected the idea of changing its name. [17] In late 2023 further complaints about the name were raised. [18] A poll by the Brisbane Times revealed 71% of respondents thought that Brisbane Electric Rapid Transit (BERT) was a better name. [19]
By February 2023, the cost had increased to an expected $1.7 billion. [6] [3] A contributing factor was the inclusion of a new $450 million bus station to be built at Woolloongabba, in line with the existing busway. [20] This plan has since been cancelled and the budget reduced to $1.4 billion. [21]
Also in February 2023, construction began on the 213-metre tunnel beneath Adelaide Street in the CBD, which will provide a connection between North Quay and the King George Square busway station. [6] [22] The tunnel would connect the South East Busway with the Inner Northern Busway and reduce the number of buses running on city streets. [22] Construction was expected to take at least twelve months [22] with services expected to commence in late 2024. [3]
Services by the Brisbane Metro began on the morning of 21 October 2024. [23]
Brisbane Metro consists of two routes covering 21 kilometres, linking Brisbane's outer suburbs with the CBD. [24] The network uses the existing busway infrastructure and was planned to provide high-frequency services with three minutes headways during peak times however this was later scaled back to every 5 minutes when the services begin operation. [2] [25] [26] Once all 60 buses are delivered and sufficient drivers trained, 3-minute services can be introduced if passenger demand is appropriate. [21]
The metro route M1 and M2 other bus services may be implemented that will curtail previous direct bus routes to the city. Instead, the new routes will terminate stations outside the city that allow for transfers with the Metro lines M1 and M2. This will reduce direct routes but will also reduce bus traffic through the choke points through queen street and cultural centre bus stations, allowing a simpler and faster service. Not all routes will be cut back, and most routes from the Queen Street bus station will remain. [21]
Metro 1 will replace the route 111 and 160, connecting Eight Mile Plains with Roma Street, with 11 stations via the South East Busway. The route is designed to provide a new trunk route from the southern suburbs to the inner-city, servicing key destinations and providing interchanges to other Translink services.
Below is a list of stations that Metro 1 will service and its available transport connections. [27]
Station name | Public Transport connections |
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Eight Mile Plains | Local bus services |
Upper Mount Gravatt | Local bus services |
Griffith University | Local bus services |
Holland Park West | Local bus services |
Greenslopes | Local bus services |
Buranda | Buranda railway station and local bus services |
Mater Hill | Metro 2 |
South Bank | South Bank railway station and Metro 2 |
Cultural Centre | South Brisbane railway station, local bus services and Metro 2 |
King George Square | Local bus services and Metro 2 |
Roma Street | Roma Street railway station, Metro 2 and Cross River Rail |
Metro 2 replaces route 66, providing a key education, knowledge health corridor by connecting the University of Queensland with the Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, Boggo Road transport hub and Princess Alexandra Hospital and the Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove Campus via the Eastern and Northern busways.
Below is a list of stations that Metro 2 will service and its available transport connections. [27]
Station name | Public Transport connections |
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UQ Lakes | UQ St Lucia ferry wharf |
Boggo Road | Park Road railway station, local bus services and Cross River Rail |
PA Hospital | Local bus services |
Mater Hill | Metro 1 |
South Bank | South Bank railway station and Metro 1 |
Cultural Centre | South Brisbane railway station, local bus services and Metro 1 |
King George Square | Local bus services and Metro 1 |
Roma Street | Roma Street railway station, Metro 1 and Cross River Rail |
Normanby | |
QUT Kelvin Grove | |
Herston | |
RBWH | Local bus services |
The project introduced 60 bi-articulated buses based on the HESS lighTram 25 [28] with the capacity to carry up to 150 passengers in comfort mode and capable of using the existing busway infrastructure alongside regular bus services. [10] In "event mode" the buses were announced as carrying up to 180 passengers, however this was subsequently revised to 170. [4] The Metro buses will be 24.4 metres long [29] and visually resemble a tram or light rail buses. Buses can travel 90 km/h.
On 24 November 2019, the BCC announced a consortium of Hess, Volgren and ABB had been awarded a contract for 60 buses. The buses will be fully electric via pantographic overhead wireless charging that will charge at the end of each route for less than six minutes. [30] The buses will be fully low-floor and have next stop displays and audible announcement of the next stop. In addition, they will also have USB charging points and four large double doors. A pilot bus was built and tested in Europe in 2021. Originally planned by 2020, the pilot bus arrived in Brisbane for testing in early 2022. [31] Following successful testing an order for the further 59 was placed with delivers scheduled to start in late 2023 for operations in 2024. [32] [33] The 60 vehicles will cost $190 million an increase of $100 million compared to more traditionally powered vehicles. [34]
A depot was built adjacent to the South East Busway at Rochedale. [15]
During the 2024 Brisbane City Council Elections the LNP announced their intentions to build a Metro Bus depot and charging facility on the Bill Brown Sports Reserve at a cost of $125 million. [35] [36]
There are proposed future extensions of the network to Carindale, Chermside, Springwood and the Brisbane Airport (subject to approvals). [37] [38]
In August 2024, Premier Steven Miles and Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner announced plans to extend the network to Springwood, Capalaba, Carseldine, and the Brisbane Airport in time for the 2032 Summer Olympics. As part of that announcement, it was confirmed that a conversion of the Doomben line to Busway for a Metro to Brisbane Airport was one of the two shortlisted routes, the other being a more direct alignment via the Airportlink tunnel with a depot on the site of the former Toombul Shopping Centre. [39] The Northern Transitway as well as a new busway tunnel as part of a new Gympie Road bypass tunnel would be built north of chermside and the existing Northern busway between RBWH and Kedron Brook bus stations would be used for a Metro extension on the Northside of Brisbane.
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