Albany busway station
| Name | Albany |
|---|---|
| Type | Busway Station |
| Image Caption | Stop B of the station, February 2024 |
| Address | Elliot Rose Ave |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Coordinates | 36.72233° S, 174.71225° E |
| Other | Stops: 4227, 4228 |
| Platform | 2 |
| Parking | Park and ride |
| Bicycle | Yes; locker |
| Accessible | Yes |
| Owned | AT Metro |
| Zone | Upper North Shore |
Albany busway station is a bus station on Auckland's Northern Busway in New Zealand. It is located near Oteha Valley Road in the suburb of Albany.[1] It has shelters, electronic real-time information on each platform, and park and ride parking.[2] The busway lanes have extended to this station from the south since May 2022.
The next station southbound is Constellation busway station. The next station northbound is Hibiscus Coast busway station, to which the busway lanes do not yet extend.
Buses travelling via Albany Station include double-decker buses serving the Northern Express NX1 and NX2 routes.[3]
History
The station, as well as the neighbouring Constellation Station, were the first stations to open as part of the Northern Busway project in November 2005. While the dedicated busway lanes of the Northern Busway themselves did not open until 2008, Albany was originally designed as an 'Offline' station that was not located directly on the busway as the other stations were.[4][5]
Park and ride
The usage of the park and ride facility and the number of carparks has long been a contentious issue. At opening, the station had 350 car parks with another 1,000 planned to be added to meet demand as needed.[6] However, by 2016, the capacity of the park and ride was insufficient to meet demand. The 1100 parking spaces were regularly filled up by 7:30 AM every day and, as a consequence, commuters who wanted to use the facility would try to find alternative locations to park - often places where it was illegal to park such as grass berms, walkways, and the middle of the road.[7][8]
Services
The following bus routes serve Albany station: NX1, NX2, 866, 83, 126, 861, 917, 986, 856, 865 and 889.[9]
References
- ↑ Northern Busway Map
- ↑ SH1 Northern Busway, NZ Transport Agency
- ↑ More Double Deckers on Auckland Roads, Auckland Transport, 22 September 2017
- ↑ Northern Busway, 2006-12-07
- ↑ New Zealand's first Park & Ride bus stations open Sunday 04/10/05, 2008-04-29
- ↑ Northern Busway, 2006-12-07
- ↑ Auckland's Albany bus station reduced to muddy chaos with motorists parking where they like, Stuff, 2016-08-01
- ↑ Illegal parking continues to plague Auckland's popular Albany bus station, Stuff, 2017-12-12
- ↑ North Auckland Network Map, Auckland Transport, 20 April 2023
See also
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