Bus upgrade zone

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Stops serviced by BUZ routes are often identified with the above sign

Bus upgrade zones, commonly abbreviated to BUZ, are a feature of Brisbane's public transport system. The name is given to high-frequency bus routes operated by Transport for Brisbane, the Brisbane City Council agency that operates the city's public bus services for Translink. All BUZ services run at least every fifteen minutes from around 6:00am to 11:30pm seven days a week and at least every ten minutes during peak hours from Monday to Friday.

Nearly all BUZ routes are express services which provide quick and frequent access to places along major trunk roads, with the exception of routes 196 and 199, which are the only all-stops BUZ service with bus stops within short walking distances of each other between the inner suburbs of Fairfield, West End, New Farm and Teneriffe. Most BUZ routes are radial, and commence in or near the Brisbane CBD. However, routes 196 and 199 are again an exception, in that they are cross-town routes that passes through the CBD.

History

Route 111 was upgraded to become the first BUZ service in December 2003. Other BUZ services have been progressively added since then. The Cultural Centre busway station on the South East Busway is the common interchange point for all BUZ services, with the exception of routes 340 and 412.

In 2007, BUZ services carried over 346,000 passengers a week, accounting for around 30% of all Brisbane Transport patronage. Route 199 being the busiest BUZ service, carrying over 53,000 passengers per week.

Routes

All BUZ services run at least every fifteen minutes from around 6:00am to 11:30pm seven days a week and at least every ten minutes during peak hours from Monday to Friday. Nearly all BUZ routes are express services which provide quick and frequent access to places along major trunk roads, with the exception of routes 196 and 199, which are the only all-stops BUZ services with bus stops within short walking distances of each other between the inner suburbs of West End and Teneriffe (199) and New Farm and Fairfield (196). All BUZ routes are radial, and commence in or near the Brisbane CBD. However, routes 196 and 199 are again an exception, in that they are cross-town routes that pass through the CBD.

Route	Destinations	Type	Upgrade Date
100	Forest Lake via Woolloongabba busway station, PA Hospital, Ipswich Road, Oxley and Inala	Cityxpress
111	Eight Mile Plains busway station via South East Busway	Busway service
120	Garden City bus station via Tarragindi, QEII Hospital and Griffith University Nathan Campus	Cityxpress
130	Parkinson via Mains Rd, Sunnybank and Algester	Cityxpress
140	Browns Plains bus station via Mains Rd, Sunnybank and Beaudesert Rd	Cityxpress
150	Browns Plains bus station via Runcorn and Stretton (Gowan Rd and Warrigal Rd)	Cityxpress
180	Garden City bus station via Greenslopes and Mansfield	Cityxpress
196	Fairfield, Highgate Hill, South Brisbane, Fortitude Valley, Merthyr	All Stops
199	West End ferry wharf, South Brisbane, Fortitude Valley, New Farm, Teneriffe ferry wharf	All Stops
200	Carindale Heights via Woolloongabba busway station, Old Cleveland Road (stopping only at Coorparoo, Carina and Camp Hill) and Carindale Interchange	Cityxpress
222	Carindale via Eastern Busway and Old Cleveland Road (stopping only at Coorparoo, Kismet Street, Carina and Camp Hill)	Busway service
330	Bracken Ridge via Roma Street, RBWH, Northern Busway, Chermside, Zillmere and Taigum (no stops between RBWH and Chermside, Airport Link Tunnel Express)	Cityxpress
333	Chermside bus station via Roma Street, RBWH, Northern Busway, Lutwyche and Kedron	Busway service
340	Carseldine via Roma Street, RBWH, Northern Busway, Lutwyche, Kedron, Chermside and Aspley	Cityxpress
345	Aspley via Roma Street, Kelvin Grove, Newmarket, Stafford and Maundrell Tce	Cityxpress
385	The Gap via Waterworks Rd, Bardon, Paddington and Roma Street	Cityxpress
412	University of Queensland bus station via Toowong	Cityxpress
444	Moggill via Toowong, Indooroopilly and Kenmore	Cityxpress	23 October 2006
Blue CityGlider (60)	West End ferry wharf, South Brisbane, Fortitude Valley, Newstead, Teneriffe ferry wharf (Same terminus as BUZ Route 199 but only observes Limited Stops)	Special
Maroon CityGlider (61)	Ashgrove, Bardon, Paddington, City, Woolloongabba busway station, Langlands Park busway station (Similar routing to BUZ Routes 200 and 385 between Coorparoo and Bardon)	Special

• Brisbane Bus G1601, doing the 111 BUZ route from Eight Mile Plains to Roma Street.
  Brisbane Bus G1601, doing the 111 BUZ route from Eight Mile Plains to Roma Street.
• Brisbane Bus C2048, seen at the Woolloongabba Interchange, doing the 200 route heading towards Carindale.
  Brisbane Bus C2048, seen at the Woolloongabba Interchange, doing the 200 route heading towards Carindale.
• A Transport for Brisbane Scania K310UB6x2, G5007, doing the 150 BUZ service to Browns Plains.
  A Transport for Brisbane Scania K310UB6x2, G5007, doing the 150 BUZ service to Browns Plains.
• Brisbane Bus G650, seen doing the 180 BUZ route at the Culture Centre. This bus was retired in 2020.
  Brisbane Bus G650, seen doing the 180 BUZ route at the Culture Centre. This bus was retired in 2020.
• Bus G1278 at the Culture Centre doing the 200 BUZ route. The 200 route is one of the most popular BUZ services in Brisbane.
  Bus G1278 at the Culture Centre doing the 200 BUZ route. The 200 route is one of the most popular BUZ services in Brisbane.
• Brisbane Bus S1670, at the Upper Mount Gravatt Station. doing the 111 BUZ service to Roma Street.
  Brisbane Bus S1670, at the Upper Mount Gravatt Station. doing the 111 BUZ service to Roma Street.

See also

• Transport for Brisbane
• Busways in Brisbane
• CityGlider
• Brisbane Metro
• Translink