South East Busway

South East Busway
Overview
System	Translink
Operator	Transport for Brisbane Clarks Logan City Bus Service Mt Gravatt Bus Service Transdev Queensland Park Ridge Transit
Status	Open
Began service	13 September 2000 (2000-09-13)
Route
Start	King George Square
Via	Pacific Motorway
End	Rochedale
Stations	12
Route map Legend Northern Busway King George Square to inner city Riverside Expressway Victoria Bridge over Brisbane River Cultural Centre to West End South Brisbane South Bank Cleveland, Beenleigh and Gold Coast lines Mater Hill Pacific Motorway Woolloongabba Stanley St Ipswich Rd Eastern Busway Cleveland line Buranda O'Keefe St Eastern Busway O'Keefe St Norman Creek Greenslopes Barnsdale Pl Marshall Rd Holland Park West Sports Rd Griffith University Klump Rd Kessels Rd Upper Mount Gravatt MacGregor St Garden City Bus Depot Logan Rd Eight Mile Plains Miles Platting Rd Gateway Motorway Brisbane Metro Depot Rochedale Underwood Rd Springwood Planned extension Chatswood Rd Old Chatswood Rd Paradise Rd Winnetts Rd Nth Loganlea Rd Loganlea Rd Winnetts Rd Sth to Loganholme station This diagram: view talk edit ←      →

The South East Busway is a bus-only road running south from the Brisbane central business district to Rochedale in Queensland, Australia.

History

Busways were considered as one of the options when the Queensland Government developed the 25 year Integrated Regional Transport Plan. ^{[1] [2] [3]} Other methods such as light and heavy rail were also considered. It was recommended that a 75 km (47 mi) network of busway corridors to complement the existing Queensland Rail City network would suit best.

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

In 1995, plans for a network of five busway corridors were conceived, linking with the rail network to improve public transport connectivity across the city. The busways would improve the operation of the bus fleet, reducing maintenance and running costs and maximising the effectiveness of the region's 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 and Logan City and a dedicated 2-lane, 2-way road for buses between the Brisbane CBD and Eight Mile Plains.

The first section of busway between the existing Queen Street bus station and Woolloongabba was opened to services on 13 September 2000 to coincide with the start of the 2000 Olympic football tournament, for which some matches were held in Brisbane. ^[4] It initially opened for outbound services only, with inbound services commencing on 23 October 2000. ^[5] The second 13.2 km (8.2 mi) section of busway between Woolloongabba and Eight Mile Plains opened on 30 April 2001. ^{[6] [7] [8] [9]}

Extension to Rochedale

An extension from Eight Mile Plains to Rochedale was proposed in July 2006 as part of the Queensland Government's Pacific Motorway Transit Project. As part of the project, plans were made to extend the busway infrastructure as far as Springwood bus station, including construction of the proposed Rochedale busway station. ^{[10] [11]} The preferred alignment for the busway extension corridor was determined in 2007 and a Concept Design Study was undertaken by the Queensland Government in 2009. ^[12]

Construction commenced in late 2012 and was completed in March 2014. The extension had an estimated cost of $36 million. ^[13] The extension was funded in full by the Queensland Government and formed part of the Federal Government's Gateway Upgrade South (GUS) project. ^[14] The busway extension passed under the Gateway Motorway and terminated at School Road, Rochedale. Whilst the busway alignment plan published in 2010 anticipated a Busway Station at Rochedale, no new busway stations were added to this extension. ^[15]

As part of an upgrade of the Pacific Motorway between Eight Mile Plains and Daisy Hill, the busway infrastructure was further extended to Springwood with the addition of a new busway station at Rochedale. The upgrade commenced in 2020 and was initially expected to be completed in 2024, though this was delayed to 2025. ^[16] Rochedale busway station opened 12 May 2025.

Route

South-East Busway, Brisbane

The busway commences at King George Square busway station beneath the Brisbane central business district. It crosses the Brisbane River via Victoria Bridge to Cultural Centre busway station, then runs parallel to the rail lines to South Bank busway station. It then runs parallel to the Pacific Motorway to Rochedale. ^[17]

Services

Transport for Brisbane services' southernmost station is Eight Mile Plains, whilst Clarks Logan City Bus Service operate services along the full length of the busway to Rochedale. Mt Gravatt Bus Service and Transdev Queensland operate services between Griffith University and Eight Mile Plains. ^[18]

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

• Queensland portal
• Roads portal
• Buses portal

• Transport in Brisbane

References

1. "Integrated Regional Transport Plan". Queensland Government, Department of Transport and Main Roads. Archived from the original on 16 March 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
2. "South East Busway, Brisbane". Road Traffic Technology. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
3. "Integrated Regional Transport Plan (Part 1)" (PDF). Queensland Government, Department of Transport and Main Roads. p. 29 (PDF page 46). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 March 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
4. Bridge changes slammed The Courier-Mail 14 December 2000
5. South East Busway services to start on Monday Archived 18 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine Queensland Government 22 October 2000
6. "Busways". Queensland Government, Department of Transport and Main Roads. Archived from the original on 14 August 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
7. Shunter, Loose (30 October 2010). "A decade of Australian Public Transport Projects". TransportTextbook. Archived from the original on 28 November 2010. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
8. South-east Queensland transport infrastructure rollout since 1975 Archived 5 January 2017 at the Wayback Machine Brisbane Times 6 July 2010
9. Brisbane busway turns 10 Archived 18 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine Australasian Bus & Coach 3 May 2011
10. Main Roads Pacific Motorway Transit Project Archived 2009-06-18 at the Wayback Machine
11. Translink South East Busway Extension Archived 2009-04-25 at the Wayback Machine
12. "South East Busway Extension". Queensland Government. Archived from the original on 11 June 2010. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
13. "Gateway Upgrade South and South East Busway Extension Newsletter" (PDF). Queensland Government, Department of Transport and Main Roads. 15 February 2012. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 December 2013. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
14. "Gateway Upgrade South (GUS) project and South East Busway extension". Queensland Government, Department of Transport and Main Roads. Archived from the original on 1 January 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
15. "South East Busway extension alignment map" (PDF). Queensland Government, Department of Transport and Main Roads. 15 July 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 April 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
16. "Pacific Motorway, Eight Mile Plains to Daisy Hill Upgrade". Department of Transport and Main Roads. Archived from the original on 1 October 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
17. "South East Transit Project". The Harrison Group. 2007. Archived from the original on 27 May 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
18. "South Eastern Busway Network Map" (PDF). Translink . January 2017.

External links

Media related to South East Busway at Wikimedia Commons

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