Metro One Million Passengers
Delighted to let you know that more than one million passengers have jumped on board the first permanent Brisbane Metro services since we launched this service for you.
This is an incredible milestone highlights and how Brisbane Metro is keeping Brisbane moving by offering more services more often for you and could not have been achieved without the then Federal Government’s commitment of $300 Million toward Brisbane Metro secured by Trevor Evans.
More than two-thirds of all public transport trips in Brisbane are made on a bus, and now we’re able to offer thousands of extra services with Brisbane Metro.
We are the only council in Australia delivering major congestion-busting and city-shaping transport projects for residents and our Metros and New Bus Network will ensure Brisbane can keep pace with our rapid population growth and allow us to deliver additional services where they are most needed.
I am so pleased to see Central Ward residents voting with their feet and embracing our leap from public transport to mass transit in our inner city.
Thank you for embracing this ultra high frequency mass transit system in Central Ward and surrounds.
The milestone was reached this week, only three months after M2 service started in January.
The M2 has increased the daily capacity of the former bus 66 route by 9200 passengers per day.
Since January there has been 12 per cent increase in patronage numbers on the route running between the University of Queensland and the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital.
From 15 March to 3 April, the M2 moved an extra 145,000 passengers, which was 44 per cent higher than numbers over the same period last year.
Metro will be expanded mid this year to include a brand new M1 route running between Eight Mile Plains and Roma Street.
The M1 and M2 are forecast to deliver an extra 30 million additional seats a year.
Several critical infrastructure developments supporting Metro will be completed over the coming months:
- The inbound and outbound platforms at Buranda station are being extended by an extra 30 metres, while the adjacent bus tunnel has been widened to accommodate Metros.
- 15 new Electric Passenger Information Displays and six new bus shelters bearing local artwork are being installed as part of the Adelaide Street Metro makeover.
- Finishing touches are being applied to the revitalisation of Platform 3 of the Cultural Centre.
Metro services will transition to the new Adelaide Street tunnel once construction has finished later this year.
As part of our Council’s plan to transform public transport, we will also be launching the New Bus Network in the coming months.
Brisbane’s New Bus Network has been purpose-built for Brisbane to provide you with public transport our growing city deserves.
Travelling from the suburbs to the city is a daily commute for many and our network should be easy to understand and use.
That’s why as part of your new bus network we’re introducing the turn-up-and-go Brisbane Metro – a high-frequency, high-capacity bus rapid transit system operating along our dedicated busways. Brisbane Metro will form the core of our new bus network with the first two lines servicing 18 stations through the CBD and south east Brisbane, unlocking greater capacity on our network.
As part of your new bus network, we’ve also focused on decongesting CBD bus services and simplifying routes to help you get where you need to go at the times you want to travel.
You shared your feedback on the proposed network changes in 2022, and since then we’ve been refining the bus network to deliver you more services, more often.
This is just one of the ways we’re providing more travel options to keep Brisbane moving today and into the future
Lean about what the BRISBANE NEW BUS NETWORK means for you at this link – https://metro.brisbane.qld.gov.au/content/dam/brisbanecitycouncil/brisbane-metro/documents/brisbanes-new-bus-network-guide.pdf.coredownload.pdf