Brisbane’s Adelaide Street bus tunnel opens today (September 29), with a number of routes now using the new thoroughfare and completing the Metro M1 and M2 lines.
Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner said from 4.45am all Metro services and some bus services started using the tunnel, easing CBD congestion and improving service reliability.
Lord Mayor Schrinner said services that already left from King George Square station and would now use the Adelaide St Tunnel and bypass the Queen Street Bus Station included:
- M1.
- M2.
- 61 (towards Coorparoo only).
- 222.
- 333.
- 444
He said services that already left from the Queen Street Bus Station and would now travel via the Adelaide St tunnel for a faster outbound journey included:
- 330.
- 450.
- 453.
- 454.
- 460.
“Around 9575 services will use the new tunnel each weekday and around 2190 services each weekend.”
“The Adelaide Street tunnel opening completes the delivery of the M1 and M2 lines, bringing turn-up-and-go transport to Brisbane.”
Lord Mayor Schrinner said the opening of the tunnel followed a successful community event last Wednesday when thousands of people toured the tunnel ahead of its opening as a busway.
He said a team of almost 1000 people helped build the 213-metre tunnel using an Australian-first construction technique, running just three metres below Adelaide Street in some sections.
“The new Adelaide Street tunnel delivers the missing link between the South East Busway and the Inner Northern busway.”
