Woden Interchange
Woden Interchange | |||||
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| File:Inter-town platforms of Woden Interchange January 2016.jpg Woden Interchange in January 2016 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Other names | Woden bus station | ||||
| Location | Callam Street, Woden Town Centre, Canberra, Australia | ||||
| Coordinates | Lua error in Module:Coordinates at line 489: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | ||||
| Owned by | Transport Canberra | ||||
| Bus routes | 16 | ||||
| Bus stands | 11 | ||||
| Bus operators | ACTION CDC Canberra | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Website | Transport Canberra | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 4 December 1972 | ||||
| Closed | 29 January 2023 | ||||
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Woden Interchange was located in Woden Town Centre, Canberra, Australia, adjacent to Westfield Woden. It was served by ACTION and CDC Canberra services.
History
[edit | edit source]In March 1972, the National Capital Development Commission awarded Leighton Contractors a contract to build Woden bus station.[1] It opened on 4 December 1972.[2][3] On 6 December 1982, an upgrade was completed that doubled its size and included heated waiting rooms.[4][5] This increased the number of bus platforms from 15 single-bus bays to 17 mostly double-bus bays.[6]
Canberra was a pioneer of the timed-transfer bus system[7]: 14 , and was cited as a model in a 1981 study for the US Department of Transportation.[8]: 17 A map of a theoretical bus station was presented based on Woden Interchange.[8]: 98
In 1994, a further upgrade was completed.[9]
Having been named Woden bus station since it opened, in April 2019 it was renamed Woden Interchange.[10][11] It is to be replaced by a new interchange with a Canberra Institute of Technology campus to open on the old site in 2025.[12] It closed on 29 January 2023 with a temporary facility opened to the north pending completion of a permanent replacement as part of the Woden light rail station.[13][14][15]
Services
[edit | edit source]Woden Interchange was served by ACTION and CDC Canberra services.[16][17][18]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Contract let for bus station Canberra Times 7 March 1972 page 1
- ^ Improve bus service at Woden Canberra Times 29 November 1972 page 11
- ^ Bus interchange opened Truck & Bus Transportation January 1973 page 99
- ^ Bus interchange will be completed soon Canberra Times 25 November 1982 page 16
- ^ ACTION in action at interchange Canberra Times 8 December 1982 page 9
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- ^ Things look better at Woden now Canberra Times 27 April 1994 page 5
- ^ Canberra's new bus network begins Australian Bus issue 93 May 2019 page 5
- ^ World News Buses Worldwide issue 214 July 2019 page 39
- ^ Woden public transport interchange progresses with focus on future light rail integration Railway Digest May 2021 page 5
- ^ Woden bus interchange closure Transport Canberra
- ^ Temporary Woden Bus Interchange now open Transport Canberra
- ^ Infrastructure Australian Bus Panorama issue 38/4 January 2023 page 34
- ^ Woden Interchange - Departure platforms Transport Canberra
- ^ Route 831 map Qcity Transit
- ^ Route 842 timetable Transborder Express
External links
[edit | edit source]Error creating thumbnail: File missing Media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 62: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at Wikimedia Commons
