Carindale bus station is located in

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serving the suburb of

Carindale Carindale is a Suburbs and localities (Australia), suburb of the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is located by road south-east of the Brisbane GPO, and borders Belmont, Queensland, Belmont, Carina, Queensland, Carina, Carina Height ...

and

Westfield Carindale Westfield Carindale is a large shopping centre in Queensland located in the suburb of Carindale, east of Brisbane. The centre is one of the largest shopping centres in Australia. The centre contains over 450 specialty stores and almost 6,000 c ...

. It was first used on 11 March 1991, being officially opened on 1 July 1991. The station serves as a regional transport hub with services connecting to many major destinations including Brisbane City,

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, Brisbane Airport (DFO), the

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and

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. Carindale is also a stop for the Great Circle Line bus routes which connect several major shopping centre destinations around Brisbane. For special events, shuttle buses travel from the bus station to major sporting venues such as

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and

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Station Features

The station in its present location was constructed as part of renovations to the neighbouring Carindale shopping centre in the 1990s. Subsequent renovations to the station have included minor improvements, such as the addition of electronic passenger information displays, improved CCTV surveillance and

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as well as changes to access between the bus station and the shopping centre. The station is under cover but is not enclosed or air-conditioned. It is configured in two platforms - the inner being adjacent to the shopping centre and the outer being an island exposed to Carindale Street. One stop was removed from the original configuration to make way for a centrally-located pedestrian crossing between the two platforms. A holding stand and bus turning bay is located on the opposite side of the street. Stops A and B provide facilities for

articulated bus An articulated bus, also referred to as a banana bus, bendy bus, tandem bus, vestibule bus, wiggle wagon, stretch bus, or an accordion bus, (either a motor bus or trolleybus) is an articulated vehicle used in public transportation. It is usua ...

es, although no buses of this type currently service the station. The station is also the terminus of a Personalised Public Transport (PPT) taxi service operated by the

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. The PPT route operates independently of the TransLink system and services areas of Carindale Hills which do not have a dedicated bus service. No dedicated public parking facilities are provided, and in July 2012 Westfield introduced paid parking as a means of discouraging commuter parking within the shopping centre.

Eastern Busway

The station will be nearby the proposed

Carindale busway station The Eastern Busway is a bus-only road running from the University of Queensland's St Lucia campus to Langlands Park busway station in Queensland, Australia. Development The Eastern Busway was built and opened in stages. The first section betw ...

to be built on the

Eastern Busway The Eastern Busway is a bus-only road running from the University of Queensland's St Lucia campus to Langlands Park busway station in Queensland, Australia. Development The Eastern Busway was built and opened in stages. The first section betw ...

. No specific date has been announced for commencement of construction, however, since the opening of the first sections of the Eastern Busway in 2009 and 2011, many routes servicing the Carindale bus station now travel via the completed sections of the Eastern Busway.

References

External links

Carindale Bus Interchange
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