Bulleen Park and Ride bus station

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Bulleen Park and Ride
PTV bus stop
Bulleen Park and Ride platform.jpg
Bulleen Park and Ride station platform
General information
Location Thompsons Road, Bulleen
City of Manningham
Australia
Coordinates 37°46′45″S145°05′01″E / 37.7792°S 145.0836°E / -37.7792; 145.0836
Owned by Department of Transport and Planning
Operated by Kinetic Melbourne
Line(s) Eastern Busway (future)
Platforms2
Bus routes3
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Parking370
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes―step free access
Other information
Station codeBay 1: 28355
Bay 2: 28356
Fare zone Myki Zone 1/2 overlap
Website Stop 28355
Stop 28356
History
Opened30 April 2023
Services
Preceding station Victoria bus logo.svg PTV Bus Following station
Future
Hoddle Street
Terminus
 Eastern Busway Doncaster Park and Ride
Terminus

Bulleen Park and Ride is a park and ride bus station and future busway station located in Melbourne, Australia serving the suburb of Bulleen and situated next to the Eastern Freeway. It was opened on 30 April 2023 by the Victorian government as the first piece of public infrastructure delivered by the North East Link project. [1]

Contents

A dedicated busway will be constructed from Doncaster Park and Ride, via this station to Hoddle Street in the city with its own right-of-way. It is expected to be completed by 2028. [2]

Facilities

The park-and-ride includes a multi-level car park for 370 cars, additional quick drop-off and pick-up parking bays, bike parking cages and toilets. The carpark is covered by a 5,000 square metre green roof, with walking and cycling paths connecting to Koonung Creek Trail and Thompsons Road. [3]

The green roof open space is built on top of the carpark Bulleen Park and Ride open space.jpg
The green roof open space is built on top of the carpark

The station services the 905 SmartBus service, a part of the Doncaster Area Rapid Transit (DART), as well as two other bus routes. [4] All routes via the park and ride runs directly to the CBD via the Eastern Freeway after this station, while route 200 that does not via the freeway only stops on Thompsons Road outside of the station. [5]

As the busway is still under the design and planning phase, an interim design that includes a bus turnaround at the western end of the platforms will be constructed to allow buses to deliver passengers to the stop and return to Thompsons Road. It will be fully integrated with the busway once it has finished construction in 2028. [6]

History

The facility has first been announced in November 2017 as a part of the North East Link project by the Minister for Public Transport, Jacinta Allan. [3] It had been planned for the busway to run along the median in the Eastern Freeway, but has since changed to be built adjacent north of the freeway to better integrate with Bulleen Park and Ride. [7] The Manningham Council had expressed their support for the facility due to its public space inclusion and public transport benefits. [8]

Since construction started in 2021, some residents living next to the building site in Bulleen had their driveways blocked, causing hazards in case of an emergency. Although they supported the project itself, they condemned the lack of consultation and bad planning by the North East Link program committee. [9]

In September 2022, a clash broke out at the construction site where workers were seen punching each other and picking up makeshift weapons. The reason for the fight was unknown, but was speculated to be due to rising tensions between the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) and Australian Workers' Union (AWU). The fight participants had since been banned from the work site after an investigation. [10]

On 6 April 2023, it was announced that the station will open on 30 April, along with timetable and route changes to bus routes 200, 305, 309 and 905. [11]

The project cost $69 million AUD, [12] and opened on time on 30 April 2023, four years ahead of schedule. It is fast-tracked due to expected impacts to Doncaster Park and Ride, which will be closed during its rebuild for the construction of the busway, and completing the facility early will remove the need for building a temporary park and ride station at the Doncaster interchange. [13]

Bus routes

The station platform is equipped with real-time information displays Bulleen Park and Ride platform with information display.jpg
The station platform is equipped with real-time information displays

The station is served by three routes all operated by Kinetic Melbourne, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:
Bay 1 (City-bound):

Bay 2 (from City):

One additional route stops outside of the facility but does not route through, also operated by Kinetic Melbourne.
Bulleen Park & Ride/Thompsons Road:

See also

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  2. ↑ "Lowered roads, green bridges to feature in Melbourne's proposed 'missing road link'". ABC News (Australia) . 9 September 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
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  14. 1 2 "305 City - The Pines SC via Eastern Fwy". Public Transport Victoria.
  15. 1 2 "309 City - Donvale via Reynolds Rd". Public Transport Victoria.
  16. 1 2 "905 City - The Pines SC via Eastern Fwy & Templestowe (SMARTBUS Service)". Public Transport Victoria.
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