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Queen St Bus Station Platform B

Started by somebody, February 18, 2010, 17:24:45 PM

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Two of my pet hates are needing to use the bus turnaround to access Queen St platform B, and needing to use North Quay from Roma St to get into the city.  So, why not kill two birds with one stone and route the NW AM peak rockets into QSBS B and displace the 4xx CityExpress buses onto Adelaide St?  In the PM peak, I have little doubt that suitable 1xx and 2xx rockets can be found to fill up the station, freeing up space from Adelaide St.  In the AM peak, these routes would benefit:
343, 351, 352, 363, 374, 376, 382, 383, which add up to something like 30buses/hour

I would leave the outbound routing alone.  About half of these routes already have city stop locations which are different inbound and outbound.  Would it really be that much of a sin to have the stop underground in the AM and on street in the PM?  I don't think so.  For some people I guess QSBS could be less convenient, but many of the above routes also have companion "City Precincts" routes so there shouldn't be too much added walking distance.

The other day on an inbound 4xx CityExpress bus a cheer went up from the back of the bus as we turned right at the end of QSBS towards Platform A, so I'm guessing that I'm not the only one who the turnaround delay annoys.  Also, the 350/351/352 inbound routing is quite slow.

I'm not really sure what to do about needing North Quay for the 375/470/475.  Perhaps there is no easy fix for those ones without breaking up the routes.

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