King George Square Busway Station
S 27° 28.135 E 153° 01.456
56J E 502396 N 6961626
King George Square Busway Station
Waymark Code: WM8V8T
Location: Queensland, Australia
Date Posted: 05/15/2010
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King George Square busway station in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia is a busway station underneath King George Square, on the lower two levels of the King George Square Car Park. It forms part of the Inner Northern Busway (INB), where it connects the Roma Street end of the Inner Northern busway with the Cultural Centre. It is in Zone 1 of the TransLink integrated public transport system.
The King George Square Busway Station was announced in 2005. Construction commenced in early 2006 and the Station became operational on 19 May 2008. The lower two levels of the King George Square Car Park were also demolished to make way for the Busway Station. A bus tunnel has been constructed under Albert Street to link the station with Queen Street Bus Station. The bus tunnel replaced one of the tunnel exit ramps to the Queen Street Bus Station on Albert Street.
The King George Square Busway Station primarily services routes travelling to the Northern and Western Suburbs (departing from Platform 1). A small number of routes travelling to Southern and Eastern Suburbs, including the South-East Busway depart from Platform 2.
Bicycles are not allowed on the Station's platforms.
Interesting architecture:
INNER NORTHERN BUSWAY
BRISBANE, QLD
COMPLETED 2008
Bligh Voller Nield Architects entered into a Project Alliance Agreement with Queensland Transport, Leighton Contractors, Maunsell Australia, Coffey Geosciences and EDAW Gillespies to design and build the vital underground section of Brisbane’s Inner Northern Busway (INB) system between Queen Street and Roma Street in the heart of the city.
This section of the INB, costing some $330 million, extends the tunnel from Queen Street bus Station under the Myer Centre through King George Square car park with a portal behind Roma Street. It can handle up to 250 buses an hour in each direction: and is used by around 48,000 passengers daily.
AWARDS
2009 RAIA Brisbane Regional Urban Design Commendation
2009 RAIA QLD Urban Design Award
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