BaT Tunnel

BaT Tunnel
Overview
StatusCancelled
OwnerQueensland Rail
LocaleBrisbane
Termini
Stations3
WebsiteQueensland Government
Service
TypeCommuter Rail / Bus Rapid Transit
SystemCity network
ServicesBrisbane Airport line
Gold Coast line
Operator(s)City network
Technical
Line length4 km (2.5 mi)
Track gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Route map

km
Zone
Northern lines
(Airport Line)
4.5
Albion
2
2.7
Bowen Hills
1
Exhibition
1
0.8
Roma Street
**1
0.0
George Street
1
0.0
Woolloongabba
1
to Park Road
and City stations
5.9
Dutton Park
2
Southern Lines
(Gold Coast line)

The BaT (Bus and Train) project was a proposed north–south tunnel that would provide bus and rail modes of transportation by combining a new underground rail line and busway in a single, double-decked, 15m-wide tunnel beneath the Brisbane River and Brisbane central business district. The tunnel was to have three underground stations at Woolloongabba, George Street and Roma Street with Dutton Park upgraded.

The BaT project was planned to be a critical new link in South East Queensland’s public transport network by creating new major transport hubs across the city and inner city suburbs, and facilitating existing locations such as The Gabba, and the new Queen's Wharf development on George Street.[1]

Following a change in State Government, the project was cancelled in March 2015 and replaced by a new Cross River Rail proposal.

  1. ^ "Overview, BaT Tunnel, TMR". Department of Transport & Main Roads. 1 December 2014. Archived from the original on 4 January 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2015.