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Bus upgrade zones, commonly abbreviated to BUZ, are a feature of Brisbane

Brisbane

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's public transport

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system. The name is given to high-frequency bus routes operated by Brisbane Transport

Brisbane Transport

Brisbane Transport is a business unit of Brisbane City Council, operating suburban and urban bus services under the TransLink integrated public transport scheme in Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia. The origins of Brisbane Transport can be seen as far back as 1885 when horse...

, the Brisbane City Council agency that operates the city's public bus services for TransLink

TransLink (South East Queensland)

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. All BUZ services run at least every fifteen minutes from around 6:00am to 11:00pm seven days a week and at least every ten minutes during peak hours from Monday to Friday.

Nearly all BUZ routes are express services which provide quick and frequent access to places along major trunk roads, with the exception of routes 196 and 199, which are the only all-stops BUZ service with bus stops within short walking distances of each other between the inner suburbs of Fairfield, West End, New Farm and Teneriffe. All BUZ routes are radial, and commence in or near the Brisbane

Brisbane

CBD

Brisbane central business district

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. However, routes 196 and 199 are again an exception, in that they are cross-town routes that passes through the CBD.

History

Route 111 was upgraded to become the first BUZ service in December 2003. Other BUZ services have been progressively added since then. The Cultural Centre busway station on the South East Busway is the common interchange point for all BUZ services, with the exception of route 412.

BUZ services carry over 346,000 passengers a week, accounting for around 30% of all Brisbane Transport patronage. Route 199 is the busiest BUZ service, carrying over 53,000 passengers per week. According to the TransLink

TransLink (South East Queensland)

network plan published in July 2007, BUZ service is also planned for route 330 which run from the city to Bracken Ridge

Bracken Ridge, Queensland

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Routes

All BUZ services run at least every fifteen minutes from around 6:00am to 11:00pm seven days a week and at least every ten minutes during peak hours from Monday to Friday. Nearly all BUZ routes are express services which provide quick and frequent access to places along major trunk roads, with the exception of route 199, which is the only all-stops BUZ service with bus stops within short walking distances of each other between the inner suburbs of West End and Teneriffe. All BUZ routes are radial, and commence in or near the Brisbane

Brisbane

CBD

Brisbane central business district

. However, route 199 is again an exception, in that it is a cross-town route that passes through the CBD.

Route	Destinations	Type
100	Forest Lake via Ipswich Rd	Cityxpress
111	Eight Mile Plains	Busway service
120	Garden City via Tarragindi	Cityxpress
130	Parkinson via Mains Rd and Sunnybank	Cityxpress
140	Browns Plains via Mains Rd and Beaudesert Rd	Cityxpress
150	Browns Plains via Gowan Rd and Warrigal Rd	Cityxpress
180	Garden City via Ham Rd	Cityxpress
196	Fairfield, Highgate Hill, Fortitude Valley, Merthyr	All Stops
199	West End, Fortitude Valley, New Farm, Teneriffe	All Stops
200	Carindale Heights via Deshon St	Cityxpress
222	Carindale via Eastern busway	Busway service
333	Chermside via Inner Northern Busway	Busway service
345	Aspley via Maundrell Tce	Cityxpress
385	The Gap via Waterworks Rd	Cityxpress
412	University of Queensland via Toowong	Cityxpress
444	Moggill via Indooroopilly	Cityxpress
CityGlider	West End, Fortitude Valley, Newstead, Teneriffe	Special

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