Bus station upgrade to improve passenger experience

Commuters who use The University of Queensland’s UQ Lakes bus stop will soon benefit from a station upgrade announced today by the Queensland Government.

The station, which services 25 percent of arrivals and departures at the University’s St Lucia campus, will undergo redevelopment to increase capacity and comfort, without any disruption to existing service timetables.

The upgrades are scheduled to commence in December and be completed by mid-2012.

UQ Site Planner, Ross Meakin, of Property and Facilities division (P&F), said the University had been working with TransLink to ensure the upgrade would improve service reliability and efficiency of the station.

“With the bus stop now handling more than 20,000 passenger arrivals and departures a day, the upgrade will be welcomed by many staff, students and visitors to the campus,” he said.

“The refurbished station will provide improved facilities for commuters with an upgrade of the existing southern platform, a new northern platform, a central bus layover for up to four buses and improved passenger waiting facilities.

“These changes will increase capacity and help alleviate the long queues at some stops during peak hours and with an upgrade of the existing shelters, passengers will benefit from improved protection on hot or rainy days.”

There will be no planned disruption to services during the upgrades. Instead stops will be temporarily moved within the station to maintain existing services.

The upgrade is part of a $48 million package of transport infrastructure upgrades by the Queensland Government. TransLink staff will help direct bus travellers around the UQ lakes constructions during busy periods.

For more information: Visit the TransLink website at http://translink.com.au/project or contact TransLink on 1800 192 112 (free call within Queensland).

Project updates will also be posted on the P&F Bulletin Board at http://www.pf.uq.edu.au/project-bb.html#uql

Media: Caroline Bird (07 3365 1931 or c.bird1@uq.edu.au).