Dutton Park Place busway station is located in
Brisbane, Australia serving the suburb of
Dutton Park. It is the penultimate westbound stop on the
Eastern Busway.
Situated on the eastern bank of the
Brisbane River
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at the end of the
Eleanor Schonell Bridge, and connects the busway to the
University of Queensland via
its busway station opposite the river. Passengers can access the station from TJ Doyle Memorial Park Drive, near the
South Brisbane Cemetery, while buses can enter and exit the station independently of the
Eastern Busway at the
Annerley Road-Gladstone Road intersection.
History
Although the Bridge was constructed in 2006, the bus stop on its eastern end at Dutton Park Place was only opened on 3 August 2009, as part of the
Boggo Road Busway connecting
UQ Lakes to
Buranda. Before opening, the proximity of the Dutton Park bus station construction works to the
South Brisbane Cemetery was somewhat controversial, prompting concern from
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.
The bus stop acts as an important component of the
environmentally friendly
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nature of the attached
Eleanor Schonell Bridge. It provides busway access to pedestrians and cyclists, and connects to Brisbane's lengthy
bikeway network.
Routes
Dutton Park Place is serviced by six
Translink routes, all of which terminate at the adjacent
UQ Lakes busway station and are operated by
Transport for Brisbane.
[ Three of these routes travel to/from Brisbane City further north, via either the Woolloongabba busway station, the ]RBWH busway station
RBWH busway station is located in Brisbane, Australia serving the suburb of Herston and Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital from which its name is an acronym of. It opened on 3 August 2009 when the Northern Busway was extended from Herston.
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, or Highgate Hill and West End
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West End may also refer to:
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- the latter route is the only one to enter/exit the Eastern Busway at Dutton Park Place, rather than continuing to/from Boggo Road busway station
Boggo Road busway station is located in Brisbane, Australia serving the suburb of Dutton Park. It opened on 3 August 2009, as part of the Eastern Busway from UQ Lakes to Buranda.
The busway platforms at Boggo Road are numbered 5 and 6 to align ...
.[
The other three routes reach outer Brisbane, travelling either to/from the easterly Carindale bus station, or the southerly Eight Mile Plains busway station or Sunnybank Hills.
]
References
External links
* Dutton Park Place stationTransLink
{{Navbox Eastern Busway, state=collapsed
Bus stations in Brisbane
Dutton Park, Queensland
Transport infrastructure completed in 2009