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Brisbane inner city metro

Overview:

The Queensland Government has released a proposal for an underground metro system, linking Toowong, West End, the City, Newstead and Bowen Hills; with possible extensions to Bulimba and Hamilton North Shore.

Location:

South east – Brisbane inner city

Benefits:

What is metro?

A metro system is an electric passenger railway in an urban area with high capacity and high frequency services. It is usually separated from other traffic and is unchallenged in its ability to transport large amounts of people quickly over short distances — making it perfect for urban areas like Brisbane.

The first metro was the London underground, which opened in 1863. Now more than 160 cities have metro systems and 25 cities currently have metro systems under construction.

Regions:
Metropolitan Region
Map of possible Brisbane inner city metro routes and station locationsView larger image

Project info

Over the next 25 years, the population in the inner five kilometre ring surrounding Brisbane’s CBD will grow by about 50 per cent, or an extra 90 000 residents. At the same time, the number of workers needing to enter the city each day will double from 200 000 to 400 000.

The Queensland Government has released a proposal for an underground metro system, linking Toowong, West End, the City, Newstead and Bowen Hills; with possible extensions to Bulimba and Hamilton North Shore. The plans include an international-standard, underground metro rail system — similar to the London Tube and the Paris Metro.

The proposal to build underground rail under Brisbane city over the next two decades would help south east Queensland cope with unprecedented inner-city population growth.

The first step is delivery of the Cross River Rail project, which will open up the bottleneck restricting train services in the inner city through Central and Roma Street stations. Cross River Rail includes a new rail line, a new river crossing and new inner city rail stations.

The next step after Cross River Rail would be the metro project, which can bring in high capacity and high frequency services.

Publications

Map of possible inner city metro routes and station locations (PDF, 1.81 MB)

Contact details

Email: planning.projects@tmr.qld.gov.au

Last updated
15 February 2013