Cultural Centre busway station

Cultural Centre
Southbound view in March 2012
General information
LocationMelbourne Street, South Brisbane
Coordinates27°28′24″S 153°01′09″E / 27.47333°S 153.01917°E / -27.47333; 153.01917
Owned byDepartment of Transport & Main Roads
Operated byClarks Logan City Bus Service
Transport for Brisbane
Line(s)South East Busway
Platforms3
Bus routes40
ConnectionsSouth Brisbane railway station
Construction
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station code010802 (platform 1)
011168 (platform 2)
012111 (platform 3)
Fare zonego card 1
WebsiteTranslink
History
Opened23 October 2000
Rebuilt25 October 2004
2 June 2025 (Day when permanent platform 3 was opened)
Services
Preceding station Translink Following station
King George Square
Terminus
 South East Busway South Bank
towards Rochedale
Terminus Northern Busway King George Square
towards Kedron Brook

Cultural Centre busway station is located in Brisbane, Australia. The station serves the South Bank precinct. It is located directly south of Victoria Bridge and close to South Brisbane railway station.

The station takes its name from its location within the Queensland Cultural Centre precinct. The platforms are accessible from the pedestrian bridge linking the Queensland Performing Arts Centre to the Queensland Museum and Queensland Art Gallery. The station is also close to the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University, South Bank Piazza and the western end of the South Bank Parklands.

In 2024, at peak times 385 buses approach the station.[1]

History

Cultural Centre busway station opened on 23 October 2000 when the South East Busway opened to Woolloongabba.[2] When built, it only had one lane in each direction with no ability for buses to pass.

In March 2003 work commenced to alleviate this with the platforms set back to allow for a passing lane in each direction.[3][4] Some materials from the original station were reused in the construction of Capalaba bus station. The work was completed in October 2004.[5][6]

The station and Victoria Bridge undergone another renovation during 2022 to 2025[7][8], in order to support the growing passage flow and the introduction of Brisbane's New Bus Network and Brisbane Metro. The two original platforms were rebuilt to accommodate more passengers waiting for the bus, and buses that terminate at West End now stop at a new permanent platform 3, which is located near the portal of the busway.[9]

As a result of Brisbane's new bus network in 2025 which combines services and shorten routes, the number of routes stopping at the station has reduced from 70 to 40 (including NightLink services).

A 10-metre long cicada sculpture was located at the station from 2004 to 2022.[10] It was removed to make room for the Brisbane Metro works.[10]

Underground Station

During the time Brisbane Metro was planning to use rubber-tyred metro vehicles until the early stage of choosing bi-articulated buses, the council considered converting the station to an underground one. The proposal was shelved due to disagreements between the state and council governments. There were doubts about whether it was necessary to build.[11]

Services

The station services buses to the southern suburbs and South East Busway as well as providing an alternative terminus to the Brisbane central business district for some bus services from northern suburbs. Brisbane Metro route M1, M2 and many BUZ routes pass through the station, providing convenient transfer to and from major servicing areas outside the city. It is served by 40 routes operated by Clarks Logan City Bus Service and Transport for Brisbane as part of the Translink network.[12]

Platforms

Services depart as follows:

Platform 1

● Inbound Services from South East Busway, West End & UQ Lakes busway station to City & Fortitude Valley
● Outbound services to Northern Suburbs via the Northern Busway
● Outbound service to Western Suburbs (444)
Stop Route Destination / description Notes
[010802] M1, 222 to Roma Street busway station[13][14]M1 Brisbane Metro
M2 to RBWH busway station via Roma Street busway station[15]Brisbane Metro
60 to Teneriffe ferry wharf via Adelaide Street & Fortitude Valley station[16]Blue CityGlider
61 to Ashgrove via Roma Street busway station & Paddington[17]Maroon CityGlider
100, 120, 130, 140, 150, 180, 200 to Queen Street bus station[18][19][20][21][22][23][24]BUZ service
107, 116, 192 to Creek Street / Adelaide Street[25][26]
196 New Farm via Adelaide Street & Fortitude Valley station[27]BUZ service
197 South Brisbane loop towards Adelaide Street[28]Trial Service
199, N199 Teneriffe ferry wharf via Adelaide Street & Fortitude Valley station[29][30]199 BUZ service
N199 NightLink service
210, 212 to Fortitude Valley at Ballow Street via Adelaide Street[31]
214, 215, 220 to Fortitude Valley at Wickham Street via Adelaide Street[32]
230, 235, N555 to Fortitude Valley at Wickham Street via Adelaide Street[33][34]
300 to Toombul bus interchange via Fortitude Valley, Newstead, Kingsford Smith Drive, Hamilton & Hendra station[35]
333 to Chermside bus station via Northern Busway [36]BUZ service
444 to Moggill via Roma Street busway station, Coronation Drive, Toowong, Indooroopilly bus station, Moggill Road, Kenmore Village & Pinjarra Hills[37]BUZ service
555 to Queen Street / Adelaide Street[38]


Platform 2

● Outbound Services from Fortitude Valley / the City to Southern and Eastern Suburbs / UQ Lakes busway station via the South East Busway
Stop Route Destination / description Notes
[011168] M1 to Eight Mile Plains busway station via South East Busway[13]Brisbane Metro
M2 to UQ Lakes busway station via Boggo Road busway station[15]Brisbane Metro
61 to Coorparoo via Woolloongabba busway station, Stones Corner busway station[17]Maroon CityGlider
100 to Forest Lake via Ipswich Road, Durack & Inala bus station[18]BUZ service
107 to Yeronga via Boggo Road busway station & Fairfield Road[25]
116 to Garden City bus station via Dutton Park, Annerley, Moorooka, Salisbury, and Griffith University Nathan Campus [26]
120 to Garden City bus station via Tarragindi, Coopers Plains & Griffith University Nathan Campus[19]BUZ service
130, N130 to Parkinson via South East Busway, Mains Road & Algester[20]130 BUZ service
N130 NightLink service
140 to Browns Plains bus station via South East Busway, Mains Road & Beaudesert Road[21]BUZ service
150 to Browns Plains bus station via South East Busway, Runcorn & Calamvale[22]BUZ service
180 to Garden City bus station via Greenslopes, Cavendish Road, Mansfield & Wishart[23]BUZ service
200, N200 to Carindale Heights via Woolloongabba busway station, Old Cleveland Road & Carindale bus station[24][39]200 BUZ service
N200 NightLink service
210 to Cannon Hill bus station via Coorparoo, Norman Park, Stanley Road & Carina[31]
212 to Carindale bus station[31]
214 to Cannon Hill bus station via Coorparoo, Norman Park & Richmond Road[32]
215 to Carindale bus station via Coorparoo, Norman Park, Richmond Road, Cannon Hill bus station, Tingalpa & Belmont Road[32]
220 to Wynnum Beach via Coorparoo, Norman Park, Richmond Road, Cannon Hill bus station, Tingalpa, Manly West & Wynnum Road[32]
222 to Carindale bus station via Eastern Busway & Old Cleveland Road[14]BUZ service
230 to Bulimba via East Brisbane, Wynnum Road & Riding Road[33]
235 to Bulimba via East Brisbane, Wynnum Road & Morningside[33]
333 to Woolloongabba busway station via South East Busway[36]BUZ service
555 to Loganholme bus station via South East Busway, Eight Mile Plains busway station, Springwood bus station & Pacific Motorway[38]
N100 to Richlands station via Ipswich Road, Durack, Inala bus station & Forest LakeNightLink service
N184 to Garden City bus station via Coorparoo, Cavendish Road, Holland Park, Mount Gravatt East & Wemvern Street[40]NightLink service
N226 to Wynnum West via East Brisbane, Wynnum Road, Hawthorne, Balmoral, Cannon Hill, Tingalpa, Manly West & Wynnum Beach[41]NightLink service
N250 to Capalaba via Old Cleveland Road, Carindale, Finucane Road, Cleveland Redland Bay Road & Redland Bay Road[42]NightLink service
N555 to Loganholme bus station via South East Busway, Upper Mount Gravatt busway station, Eight Mile Plains busway station, Springwood bus station & Daisy Hill[34]NightLink service

Platform 3

● Outbound Services from City to West End or South-west Suburbs via local road
● Terminating services from Northern Suburbs via the Northern Busway
● Inbound Services from City terminate at Queensland Theatre, Merivale Street (300 and 444)
Stop Route Destination / description Notes
[012111] 60 to West End ferry wharf[16]Blue CityGlider
192 to Yeerongpilly via West End, Highgate Hill, Dutton Park, UQ Lakes busway station & Yeronga[25]
196 to Fairfield via Gladstone Road & Dutton Park[27]BUZ service
197 South Brisbane loop towards South Brisbane[28]Trial Service
199, N199 to West End via Hardgrave Road[29]199 BUZ service
N199 NightLink service
300, 444 to Queensland Theatre at Merivale Street[35][37]444 BUZ service
N339 to Bracken Ridge via Northern Busway, Chermside, Zillmere & Taigum [43]NightLink service
N345 to Aspley via Kelvin Grove Road, Alderley, Appleby Road & Chermside West[44]NightLink service
N385 to The Gap via Paddington & Ashgrove[45]NightLink service

Facilities

A pedestrian bridge above the station connects the Queensland Performing Arts Centre with both the Queensland Museum and the Queensland Art Gallery.

Notes

References

  1. ^ Stone, Lucy (10 October 2022). "Brisbane City Council to merge bus routes and scrap others in draft review ahead of Metro launch". ABC News. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  2. ^ South East Busway services to start on Monday Minister for Transport & Main Roads 22 October 2000
  3. ^ Cultural Centre Busway Station Fleetline issue 284 June 2003 page 81
  4. ^ Cultural Centre busway station Transit Australia June 2003 page 164
  5. ^ Cultural Centre Bus station revamped Australasian Bus & Coach November 2004 page 12
  6. ^ South East Busway Transit Australia January 2005 page 20
  7. ^ "Temporary Cultural Centre bus stops in place for next stage of Brisbane Metro works". ABC News. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  8. ^ "First look at new Brisbane Metro Cultural Centre station". ABC News. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  9. ^ Condren, Tiarna (3 June 2025). "Bus route changes for South Brisbane as new platform opens". Australasian Bus and Coach. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  10. ^ a b Sato, Kenji; Feeney, Katherine (11 October 2024). "Brisbane's big cicada to be installed at Queen's Wharf after two years in storage". ABC News. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  11. ^ Stone, Lucy (8 June 2020). "'Wasted 4½ years': Labor questions Brisbane Metro planning". Brisbane Times. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  12. ^ Cultural Centre Station Translink
  13. ^ a b "Route M1 Timetable" (PDF).
  14. ^ a b "Route 222 Timetable" (PDF).
  15. ^ a b "Route M2 Timetable" (PDF).
  16. ^ a b "Route 60 Timetable" (PDF).
  17. ^ a b "Route 61 Timetable" (PDF).
  18. ^ a b "Route 100 Timetable" (PDF).
  19. ^ a b "Route 120 Timetable" (PDF).
  20. ^ a b "Route 130 Timetable" (PDF).
  21. ^ a b "Route 140 Timetable" (PDF).
  22. ^ a b "Route 150 Timetable" (PDF).
  23. ^ a b "Route 180 Timetable" (PDF).
  24. ^ a b "Route 200 Timetable" (PDF).
  25. ^ a b c "Route 107, 192 Timetable" (PDF).
  26. ^ a b "Route 116 Timetable" (PDF).
  27. ^ a b "Route 196 Timetable" (PDF).
  28. ^ a b "Route 197 Timetable" (PDF).
  29. ^ a b "Route 199 Timetable" (PDF).
  30. ^ "Route N199 Timetable" (PDF).
  31. ^ a b c "Route 210, 212 Timetable" (PDF).
  32. ^ a b c d "Route 214, 215, 220 Timetable" (PDF).
  33. ^ a b c "Route 230, 235 Timetable" (PDF).
  34. ^ a b "Route N555 Timetable" (PDF).
  35. ^ a b "Route 300 Timetable" (PDF).
  36. ^ a b "Route 333 Timetable" (PDF).
  37. ^ a b "Route 444 Timetable" (PDF).
  38. ^ a b "Route 555 Timetable" (PDF).
  39. ^ "Route N200 Timetable" (PDF).
  40. ^ "Route N184 Timetable" (PDF).
  41. ^ "Route N226 Timetable" (PDF).
  42. ^ "Route N250 Timetable" (PDF).
  43. ^ "Route N339 Timetable" (PDF).
  44. ^ "Route N345 Timetable" (PDF).
  45. ^ "Route N385 Timetable" (PDF).

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