Bus upgrade zone

"BUZ" redirects here. For other uses, see Buz.

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.^[1][2][3] 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.^[2]

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

Nearly all BUZ routes are express which provide quick and frequent access to places along major trunk roads. However, routes 196 and 199 are an exception, in that they are all-stop services between the inner suburbs of Fairfield, West End, New Farm and Teneriffe. Nearly all BUZ routes are radial travelling to or from Brisbane CBD. However, routes 196 and 199 are again an exception, in that they are cross-town services that pass the CBD.

History

In 2003, route 111 was upgraded to become the first BUZ service.^[4] Other BUZ services have been progressively added since.^[5][6]

In 2007, BUZ services carried over 346,000 passengers a week, accounting for around 30% of all Brisbane Transport patronage. Route 199 was the busiest BUZ service, carrying over 53,000 passengers per week.^[7]

In 2025, route 111 was replaced by Brisbane Metro route M1.^[8] The route remained the same.

Routes

BUZ:

Route	Destinations	Type	Upgrade Date
100	Forest Lake via Woolloongabba busway station, PA Hospital, Ipswich Road, Oxley and Inala	Cityxpress	31 October 2011 (2011-10-31)[9]
120	Garden City bus station via Tarragindi, QEII Hospital and Griffith University Nathan Campus	Cityxpress	6 June 2011 (2011-06-06)[10]
130	Parkinson via Mains Rd, Sunnybank and Algester	Cityxpress	27 January 2004 (2004-01-27)[11]
140	Browns Plains bus station via Mains Rd, Sunnybank and Beaudesert Rd	Cityxpress	23 February 2009 (2009-02-23)[5]
150	Browns Plains bus station via Runcorn and Stretton (Gowan Rd and Warrigal Rd)	Cityxpress	8 November 2004 (2004-11-08)[12]
180	Garden City bus station via Greenslopes and Mansfield	Cityxpress	31 October 2011 (2011-10-31)[9]
196	Fairfield, Highgate Hill, South Brisbane, Fortitude Valley, Merthyr	All stops	6 June 2011 (2011-06-06)[10]
199	West End ferry wharf, South Brisbane, Fortitude Valley, New Farm, Teneriffe ferry wharf	All stops	20 February 2006 (2006-02-20)[13]
200	Carindale Heights via Woolloongabba busway station, Old Cleveland Road (stopping only at Coorparoo, Carina and Camp Hill) and Carindale Interchange	Cityxpress	18 February 2006 (2006-02-18)[14]
222	Carindale via Eastern Busway and Old Cleveland Road (stopping only at Coorparoo, Kismet Street, Carina and Camp Hill)	Busway service	27 August 2011 (2011-08-27)
330	Bracken Ridge via Roma Street, RBWH, Northern Busway, Chermside, Zillmere and Taigum (no stops between RBWH and Chermside, Airport Link Tunnel Express)	Cityxpress	18 June 2012 (2012-06-18)[15]
333	Chermside bus station via Roma Street, RBWH, Northern Busway, Lutwyche and Kedron	Busway service	27 August 2011 (2011-08-27)
340	Carseldine via Roma Street, RBWH, Northern Busway, Lutwyche, Kedron, Chermside and Aspley	Cityxpress	18 June 2012 (2012-06-18)[15]
345	Aspley via Roma Street, Kelvin Grove, Newmarket, Stafford and Maundrell Tce	Cityxpress	20 February 2006 (2006-02-20)
385	The Gap via Waterworks Rd, Bardon, Paddington and Roma Street	Cityxpress	20 February 2006 (2006-02-20)
412	University of Queensland bus station via Toowong	Cityxpress	23 October 2006[16]
444	Moggill via Toowong, Indooroopilly and Kenmore	Cityxpress	23 October 2006[16]

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  Brisbane bus C2048 working BUZ route 200 to Carindale Heights
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  Brisbane bus G5007 working BUZ route 150 to Browns Plains
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  Brisbane bus G650 working BUZ route 180 to Garden City
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  Brisbane bus G1278 working BUZ route 200 to Carindale Heights

See also

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