Eastern Busway, Brisbane
Encyclopedia
The Eastern Busway is a bus-only corridor in Brisbane
, Queensland
. The busway runs from the University of Queensland
St Lucia Campus via the Eleanor Schonell Bridge
, connects with the South East Busway at Buranda busway station and then extends to Coorparoo
following the Old Cleveland Road corridor.
, Sinclair Knight Merz
and Queensland Transport. It includes a 430 m long tunnel
built under the old Bogga Road Gaol. Tunnelling was done with a Voest Alpine AM105 roadheader
machine. A second tunnel passes under the Pacific Motorway
to connect with the South East Busway at Buranda. 600 buses or about 13 000 passengers, are expected to travel on this section of busway each day.
The accident led to the suspension of construction for several days and charges being laid against construction contractor Theiss in relation to alleged breaches of the Workplace Health and Safety Act.
This death was the only recorded construction-related fatality on the Busway network to date. One other fatality was recorded on the South East Busway in August 2010 when a driver inadvertently drove onto the Busway and collided with a bus near Woolloongabba. A further incident occurred during construction of the Northern Busway when a construction crane overturned.
The Government committed $465.8 million for the next section of the Eastern Busway. This funding included 96 property resumptions between Buranda
and Cavendish Road, Coorparoo and construction of the 1.05 km section between the South East Busway, Buranda and Main Avenue, Coorparoo. More than 250 other properties will be affected by the project.
In December 2008, Queensland state government announced the Eastern Busway alliance team for delivery of the Buranda to Main Avenue section. Designer, Sinclair Knight Merz/Maunsell AECOM, and constructor, Leighton Contractors, were selected to join with Queensland Transport to deliver this section of the Eastern Busway.
The Government committed to a A$465.8 million investment in the next 2.7 km of the Eastern Busway. This funding is for property acquisition between Buranda and Cavendish Road, Coorparoo and construction of the 1.05 km section between the South East Busway, Buranda and Main Avenue, Coorparoo.
The Buranda to Main Avenue section connects the existing South East Busway at Buranda with Coorparoo
via Stones Corner. Busway stations have been built at Stones Corner
and Langlands Park
.
Construction work on the section commenced in August 2009. On 30 August 2010, the State Government announced construction of the Buranda-Main Avenue section was 3 months ahead of schedule with an anticipated completion in late 2011. The Buranda-Main Avenue section opened on 29 August 2011 with a public open day held on 27 August 2011. TransLink has announced several changes to bus routes which will service the Busway.
, Camp Hill
, Carina
, Carindale
and Chandler
to Capalaba
. Historically, the Old Cleveland Road corridor was a major tram route until closure of Brisbane's tram network in 1969.
Major proposed stations on the busway include:
Road access to the busway is available at Dutton Park, Buranda (via the South East Busway and O'Keefe Street) and Langlands Park (via Old Cleveland Road and Main Avenue).
. The busway platforms are listed as Platform 5 (toward Buranda) and 6 (toward UQ Lakes) to align with the existing Citytrain platforms at Park Road Station. This may cause confusion to busway users as on each other station in the Busway network, Inbound (toward City) traffic is designated "Platform 1" while Outbound (away from City) traffic is designated "Platform 2".
Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
, Queensland
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
. The busway runs from the University of Queensland
University of Queensland
The University of Queensland, also known as UQ, is a public university located in state of Queensland, Australia. Founded in 1909, it is the oldest and largest university in Queensland and the fifth oldest in the nation...
St Lucia Campus via the Eleanor Schonell Bridge
Eleanor Schonell Bridge
The Eleanor Schonell Bridge, better known as the Green Bridge, is a 390-metre -long cable-stayed bridge which crosses the Brisbane River between Dutton Park and the University of Queensland's St Lucia campus. Its deck is 185 metres long, 20 metres wide and about 18 metres above the river's surface...
, connects with the South East Busway at Buranda busway station and then extends to Coorparoo
Coorparoo, Queensland
Coorparoo is a southern suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, located approximately four kilometres from the city. Surrounding suburbs include Camp Hill, Holland Park, Greenslopes, East Brisbane, Norman Park and Seven Hills.-Aboriginal history:...
following the Old Cleveland Road corridor.
Development
The busway will be built and opened in stages. The first section between the UQ Lakes and the South East Busway opened in August 2009 and the Buranda to Main Avenue section was completed and opened in August 2011.UQ Lakes to Buranda Section
Construction began in April 2007 and the UQ Lakes to Buranda section - previously known as the Boggo Road Busway - was opened on the 3 August 2009. The length of this section is 1.5 km and the total cost of the project was A$226 million. The UQ Lakes to Buranda section of the busway was built under an alliance with ThiessThiess
- People :* Frank Thiess , German writer* Ursula Thiess , German film actress- Other :* Thiess Pty Ltd, an Australian civil engineering and construction company* Thiess Contractors Indonesia, a subsidiary of Thiess Pty Ltd.-See also:...
, Sinclair Knight Merz
Sinclair Knight Merz
Sinclair Knight Merz is an engineering, sciences and project delivery firm. It is based in Australia with offices in Asia, South America, Europe, the Middle East, and New Zealand.-Overview:...
and Queensland Transport. It includes a 430 m long tunnel
Tunnel
A tunnel is an underground passageway, completely enclosed except for openings for egress, commonly at each end.A tunnel may be for foot or vehicular road traffic, for rail traffic, or for a canal. Some tunnels are aqueducts to supply water for consumption or for hydroelectric stations or are sewers...
built under the old Bogga Road Gaol. Tunnelling was done with a Voest Alpine AM105 roadheader
Roadheader
A roadheader, also called a boom-type roadheader, road header machine, road header or just header machine, is a piece of excavating equipment consisting of a boom-mounted cutting head, a loading device usually involving a conveyor, and a crawler travelling track to move the entire machine forward...
machine. A second tunnel passes under the Pacific Motorway
Pacific Motorway
The Pacific Motorway is a 100 km long motorway in Australia between Brisbane, Queensland, and the New South Wales-Queensland border at Tweed Heads. The motorway starts at Coronation Drive at Milton in Brisbane, and from 2008 links the Tweed Heads bypass in New South Wales...
to connect with the South East Busway at Buranda. 600 buses or about 13 000 passengers, are expected to travel on this section of busway each day.
Fatality during construction
On 1 December 2008, a worker was killed in an accident during construction of the section near the PA Hospital. The accident occurred when an 18 tonne concrete bridge beam fell from its pier supports.The accident led to the suspension of construction for several days and charges being laid against construction contractor Theiss in relation to alleged breaches of the Workplace Health and Safety Act.
This death was the only recorded construction-related fatality on the Busway network to date. One other fatality was recorded on the South East Busway in August 2010 when a driver inadvertently drove onto the Busway and collided with a bus near Woolloongabba. A further incident occurred during construction of the Northern Busway when a construction crane overturned.
Buranda to Coorparoo Sections
In June 2008, the Queensland Government approved the project's Concept Design and Impact Management Plan. The Concept Design and Impact Management Plan projects for a long-term investment in the future of the eastern suburbs.The Government committed $465.8 million for the next section of the Eastern Busway. This funding included 96 property resumptions between Buranda
Buranda, Queensland
Buranda is a locality in the southern Brisbane suburbs of Greenslopes and Annerley, in Brisbane, Australia.The location is an important transport hub for southern Brisbane. Logan Road and Ipswich Road pass through the area as does the South East Busway with a station called Buranda busway station. ...
and Cavendish Road, Coorparoo and construction of the 1.05 km section between the South East Busway, Buranda and Main Avenue, Coorparoo. More than 250 other properties will be affected by the project.
In December 2008, Queensland state government announced the Eastern Busway alliance team for delivery of the Buranda to Main Avenue section. Designer, Sinclair Knight Merz/Maunsell AECOM, and constructor, Leighton Contractors, were selected to join with Queensland Transport to deliver this section of the Eastern Busway.
The Government committed to a A$465.8 million investment in the next 2.7 km of the Eastern Busway. This funding is for property acquisition between Buranda and Cavendish Road, Coorparoo and construction of the 1.05 km section between the South East Busway, Buranda and Main Avenue, Coorparoo.
The Buranda to Main Avenue section connects the existing South East Busway at Buranda with Coorparoo
Coorparoo, Queensland
Coorparoo is a southern suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, located approximately four kilometres from the city. Surrounding suburbs include Camp Hill, Holland Park, Greenslopes, East Brisbane, Norman Park and Seven Hills.-Aboriginal history:...
via Stones Corner. Busway stations have been built at Stones Corner
Stones Corner busway station
The Stones Corner Busway Station is a busway station at Stones Corner in Brisbane, Australia. The station is serviced by TransLink routes travelling on the proposed Eastern Busway. The station is in Zone 2 of the Translink integrated public transport system....
and Langlands Park
Langlands Park busway station
The Langlands Park Busway Station is a busway station near Main Avenue at Coorparoo in Brisbane, Australia. The station is serviced by TransLink routes travelling on the proposed Eastern Busway...
.
Construction work on the section commenced in August 2009. On 30 August 2010, the State Government announced construction of the Buranda-Main Avenue section was 3 months ahead of schedule with an anticipated completion in late 2011. The Buranda-Main Avenue section opened on 29 August 2011 with a public open day held on 27 August 2011. TransLink has announced several changes to bus routes which will service the Busway.
Benefits of the Buranda to Main Avenue section
- cuts up to eight minutes off bus trips through the most congested section of Old Cleveland Road, saving regular commuters from Coorparoo to Brisbane City nearly 1.5 hours in travel time per week
- bypasses four sets of traffic lights and the heavily-congested Logan Road/O’Keefe Street roundabout at Buranda
- by 2016, it will carry 7000 passengers in the morning peak (to carry the same number of passengers by car, you would have to build two extra traffic lanes along Old Cleveland Road).
Further Extensions
Further stages of the Eastern Busway are ready for immediate delivery, should funding become available under the Australian Government's Infrastructure Australia program. It is proposed to extend the Eastern Busway along the Old Cleveland Road corridor via the suburbs of CoorparooCoorparoo, Queensland
Coorparoo is a southern suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, located approximately four kilometres from the city. Surrounding suburbs include Camp Hill, Holland Park, Greenslopes, East Brisbane, Norman Park and Seven Hills.-Aboriginal history:...
, Camp Hill
Camp Hill, Queensland
Camp Hill is a largely residential suburb in the south-east of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is located approximately 4 km from the Brisbane central business district and, as its name suggests, is elevated and commands fine views of the CBD. It has an area of 4.6 square...
, Carina
Carina, Queensland
Carina is an eastern suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia about 7 kilometres from the Central Business District. It adjoins the suburbs of Carindale, Carina Heights, Cannon Hill and Camp Hill....
, Carindale
Carindale, Queensland
Carindale is a suburb of the city of Brisbane, which has a population of approximately 15,135 people and contains around 4,976 dwellings. The greater area was formerly known as Belmont....
and Chandler
Chandler, Queensland
Chandler is an outer suburb of Brisbane, Australia south-east of the CBD.Chandler was named after Sir John Beals Chandler and is a semi-rural suburb and not yet heavily developed or subdivided.-External links:** *...
to Capalaba
Capalaba, Queensland
Capalaba is a suburb of southeastern of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, located in the Redland City local government area.The suburb has two large shopping and commercial centres with a mall and bus station, and light industrial zones surrounded by residential streets and bushland...
. Historically, the Old Cleveland Road corridor was a major tram route until closure of Brisbane's tram network in 1969.
Stations
Busway stations on the Eastern Busway currently include:- UQ Lakes
- Boggo Road
- Princess Alexandra (PA) Hospital
- Buranda
- Stones CornerStones Corner busway stationThe Stones Corner Busway Station is a busway station at Stones Corner in Brisbane, Australia. The station is serviced by TransLink routes travelling on the proposed Eastern Busway. The station is in Zone 2 of the Translink integrated public transport system....
- Langlands ParkLanglands Park busway stationThe Langlands Park Busway Station is a busway station near Main Avenue at Coorparoo in Brisbane, Australia. The station is serviced by TransLink routes travelling on the proposed Eastern Busway...
Major proposed stations on the busway include:
- a new station underneath the old Myer building at Coorparoo;
- a new station at Carindale busway station near Westfield CarindaleWestfield CarindaleLocated in the suburb of Carindale, east of BrisbaneFirst and opened in 1979, the Westfield Carindale was Brisbane's largest shopping centre until late 2006, when the renovated and extended Westfield Chermside on the north side overtook the title of largest shopping centre in Brisbane...
; - the existing Sleeman Centre Park'n'Ride facility at Chandler; and
- the existing Capalaba bus station.
Road access to the busway is available at Dutton Park, Buranda (via the South East Busway and O'Keefe Street) and Langlands Park (via Old Cleveland Road and Main Avenue).
Boggo Road Station Platform Numbering
Boggo Road Busway Station is located alongside the Park Road railway stationPark Road railway station, Brisbane
Park Road Station is a railway station in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is part of the Queensland Rail City network.It is in a transition precinct between Zone 1 and Zone 2 of the TransLink integrated public transport system....
. The busway platforms are listed as Platform 5 (toward Buranda) and 6 (toward UQ Lakes) to align with the existing Citytrain platforms at Park Road Station. This may cause confusion to busway users as on each other station in the Busway network, Inbound (toward City) traffic is designated "Platform 1" while Outbound (away from City) traffic is designated "Platform 2".
See also
- Northern BuswayNorthern Busway, BrisbaneNorthern Busway is a bus-only road in Brisbane, Queensland. The busway allows buses to travel north/south through the Brisbane City without encountering car traffic. The first section of the Northern Busway opened in February 2004 had one station, QUT Kelvin Grove, later Normanby and RCH Herston...
- South East Busway