The Eastern Busway is a bus-only road running from the

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campus to

Langlands Park busway station Langlands Park busway station is located in Brisbane, Australia serving the suburbs of Stones Corner and Coorparoo. It opened on 29 August 2011, as part of the Eastern Busway from Buranda to Main Avenue, Coorparoo. It is served by three routes ...

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, Australia.

Development

The Eastern Busway was built and opened in stages. The first section between the

and the

South East Busway The South East Busway is a grade separated bus-only road running south from the Brisbane central business district to Eight Mile Plains in Queensland, Australia. The busway was completed to Woolloongabba in September 2000 and to Eight Mile Plai ...

opened in August 2009 and the

Buranda Buranda is a neighbourhood in the southern Brisbane suburbs of Greenslopes and Woolloongabba in Brisbane, the capital of Queensland, Australia. The location is an important transport hub for southern Brisbane. Logan Road and Ipswich Road pass ...

to Main Avenue section in August 2011.

UQ Lakes to Buranda section

Construction began in April 2007 on the UQ Lakes to

section with it opening on 3 August 2009. The UQ Lakes to Buranda section of the busway was built under an alliance with Thiess,

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and the

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. It included a tunnel built under the old

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. Tunnelling was done with a

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AM105

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machine. A second tunnel passes under the Pacific Motorway to connect with the

at Buranda.

Fatality during construction

On 1 December 2008, a worker was killed in an accident during construction of the section near the Princess Alexandra 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.

Buranda to Coorparoo sections

In June 2008, the

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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 $466 million for the next section of the Eastern Busway. This funding included 96 property resumptions between

and

Cavendish Road Cavendish Road is an arterial road in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, linking the suburbs of Coorparoo, Queensland, Coorparoo, Holland Park, Queensland, Holland Park and Mount Gravatt East, Queensland, Mount Gravatt East. Geography Cavendish R ...

Coorparoo Coorparoo is a suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Coorparoo had a population of 16,282 people. Geography Coorparoo is by road south-east of the Brisbane GPO. It borders Camp Hill, Holland Park, Stones Corner, ...

and construction of the section between the South East Busway and Main Avenue, Coorparoo with stations at

Stones Corner Stones Corner is an inner southern suburb of City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Geography Stones Corner is centred on the junction of Logan Road and Old Cleveland Road. History The area was originally known as Burnett's Swamp, bein ...

and

Langlands Park Langlands Park is a sporting venue in the suburb of Stones Corner, in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is the home ground of the Brisbane Tigers, a rugby league team that competes in the Queensland Cup. History Langlands Park is named for ...

. In December 2008, the Queensland Government announced the Eastern Busway Alliance of

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, Maunsell and

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to build this section. The Buranda to Main Avenue section connects the existing South East Busway at Buranda with Coorparoo via

. Busway stations have been built at

and

. Department of Transport and Main Roads compulsorily resumed the Myer building for Eastern Busway project on 31 July 2009. Construction work on the section commenced in August 2009. The Coorparoo bus station and busway proposed at the Myer building are not built. The section opened on 29 August 2011.

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. The Queensland Government's Transport and Main Roads Department has stated that uotePlanning for the ultimate Eastern Busway between Main Avenue, Coorparoo and Capalaba is currently being revised, with further stages subject to funding and government priorities. ''Busways - Department of Transport and Main Roads'' The department is developing cost-effective short and medium term options on Old Cleveland Road, including intersection upgrades to allow for bus priority. It is proposed to extend the Eastern Busway along the

Old Cleveland Road Old Cleveland Road is a major road in Brisbane, Queensland. It runs from Stones Corner to Capalaba in Brisbane, with most of the route signed as State Route 22. Sections of the road are also part of State Routes 30, 54, and 55. The road is the ...

corridor via the suburbs of

, Camp Hill,

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and

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. 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 *

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* Princess Alexandra Hospital *

Major proposed stations on the busway include: *a new station underneath the old

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building at Coorparoo *a new station at

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 ...

near

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 ...

*the existing Sleeman Centre

park & ride A park and ride, also known as incentive parking or a commuter lot, is a parking lot with public transport connections that allows commuters and other people heading to city centres to leave their vehicles and transfer to a bus, rail system (rap ...

facility at Chandler *the existing

Capalaba bus station The Capalaba Bus Station, at Capalaba, Queensland, is serviced by TransLink bus routes. It is part of the Capalaba Shopping Precinct and is the primary interchange for TransLink's Eastern Region. It is in Zone 2 of the TransLink integrated publ ...

Road access to the busway is available at

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, Buranda (via the South East Busway and O'Keefe Street) and Langlands Park (via

and Main Avenue).

Boggo Road Station platform numbering

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 ...

is located alongside the

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. The busway platforms are listed as Platform 5 (toward Buranda) and 6 (toward UQ Lakes) to align with the existing 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.

Services

All services on the busway are operated by

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References

External links

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