Rochedale busway station

The Rochedale Busway Station is a proposed Busway Station to be built at Rochedale near Underwood Road as part of an extension to the South East Busway. The station will be served by TransLink bus routes. It will be the station between the existing Eight Mile Plains Station (currently the last station on the South East Busway) and Springwood Bus Station.

Rochedale
LocationUnderwood & School Roads, Rochedale
Owned byTransLink
Line(s)South East Busway
Construction
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Fare zone2
Services
Preceding station Translink Following station
Eight Mile Plains
towards Queen Street
 South East Busway
(proposed)
 Springwood
Terminus

Proposed Facilities

The Rochedale Busway Station is proposed to include:

  • a Park'n'Ride facility with approximately 750 car-parking spaces;[1]
  • bus turnaround facilities and access to allow entry/exit to the Busway by local bus routes;
  • other mixed-use development.[2]

Development

The extension of the South East Busway from Eight Mile Plains Busway Station to Rochedale Busway Station was proposed in July 2006 as part of the Queensland Government's Pacific Motorway Transit Project. No timetable for construction has currently been set and construction is subject to allocation of government funding. It is expected that the extension will be delivered in stages between 2011 and 2026 in conjunction with an upgrade to the Pacific Motorway.[1]

There is also a proposal to construct bus lanes along the Pacific Motorway between Eight Mile Plains and Springwood as an interim measure.

A Concept Design Study was finalised by the Queensland Government in 2009 and identified the preferred alignment for the Rochedale to Springwood section.

Extension to School Road, Rochedale (Under Construction 2012-2014)

Construction of an extension to the South East Busway from Eight Mile Plains to Rochedale was commenced in late 2012. This extension is being constructed as part of the Gateway Upgrade South project under the Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads. Construction is expected to be completed in 2014[3] with an estimated cost of $36 million.[4]

Whilst the busway alignment plan published in 2010 anticipates a Busway Station at Rochedale,[5] the map of the current construction does not include an additional Busway station but merely shows the extension of the Busway roadway from Eight Mile Plains Station passing under the Gateway Motorway to School Road.[6] The proposed location of the Rochedale busway station is further south than the end of the current extension works.

References
  1. South East Busway Extension, Queensland Government, retrieved 25 July 2010
  2. Main Roads Pacific Motorway Transit Project Newsletter #3 (May 2007)
  3. "Gateway Upgrade South (GUS) project and South East Busway extension". Queensland Government, Department of Transport and Main Roads. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
  4. "Gateway Upgrade South and South East Busway Extension Newsletter" (PDF). Queensland Government, Department of Transport and Main Roads. 15 February 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
  5. "South East Busway extension alignment map" (PDF). Queensland Government, Department of Transport and Main Roads. 15 July 2010. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
  6. "Gateway Upgrade South Map" (PDF). Queensland Government, Department of Transport and Main Roads. 7 December 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2012.

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