Perth Busport: Difference between revisions

'''Perth Busport''' is an underground bus station, located underneath [[Wellington Street, Perth]], [[Western Australia]]. It was officially opened by then [[Premier of Western Australia]] [[Colin Barnett]] and then [[Minister for Transport (Western Australia)|Minister for Transport]] [[Dean Nalder]] on 13 July 2016.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.pta.wa.gov.au/perthcitylink/BusProject/AbouttheBusProject/tabid/618/language/en-US/Default.aspx | title=About the Bus Project | publisher=Public Transport Authority | work=Perth City Link | accessdateaccess-date=1 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/new-perth-busport-will-ease-public-transport-pressure-20141029-11drss.html | title=New Perth busport 'will ease public transport pressure' | work=WA Today | accessdateaccess-date=1 February 2016 | author=McNiven, Andrew}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-13/new-perth-bus-port-unveiled/7625460|title=New Perth bus port unveiled as Dean Nalder says voters trust Government on transport|last=O'Connor|first=Andrew|date=13 July 2016|website=ABC News|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=|accessdate=13 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/Pages/Barnett/2016/07/World-class-busport-transforms-public-transport.aspx| title=World-class busport transforms public transport | publisher=Media Statements | work=Government of Western Australia | accessdateaccess-date=13 July 2016}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/wellington-street-bus-station-busport-set-to-open/news-story/a3caebfef0fac799996760ad9a293507|title=New Perth busport set to open|last=Kelly|first=Joel|date=16 June 2016|website=Perth Now|publisher=|access-date=30 September 2016}}</ref>

Perth Busport started operating on 17 July 2016, served by 25 Transperth routes operated by [[Path Transit]], [[Swan Transit]] and [[Transdev WA]]. The temporary [[Roe Street bus station]] closed on the same day as the new busport opened.<ref name=Transperth>{{cite web |title=July 2016 Bus Service Changes |url=http://www.transperth.wa.gov.au/Service-Updates/Service-Update-Details/opening-of-perth-busport-and-changes-across-the-bus-network-23568 |accessdateaccess-date=17 June 2016 |publisher=Transperth |archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160629104105/http://www.transperth.wa.gov.au/Service-Updates/Service-Update-Details/opening-of-perth-busport-and-changes-across-the-bus-network-23568 |archivedatearchive-date=29 June 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

34 regular [[List of bus routes in Perth, Western Australia|Transperth bus services]] start and terminate at Perth Busport.<ref name=Transperth/> The busport uses a dynamic stand allocation system, meaning that services are only allocated a specific stand as they approach the busport.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://smarttransportwa.wa.gov.au/new-underground-wellington-street-bus-port/|accessdateaccess-date=18 July 2016|title=New Underground Wellington Street Bus Port|website=Smart Transport|publisher=Government of Western Australia|date=2 March 2016}}</ref> Rail replacement bus services for the [[Joondalup railway line|Joondalup]], [[Mandurah railway line|Mandurah]], [[Fremantle railway line|Fremantle]], [[Midland railway line|Midland]] and [[Armadale and Thornlie railway lines|Armadale]] railway lines also start and terminate at Perth Busport when the lines cannot operate from [[Perth railway station|Perth Station]], departing from stands 5-8.

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