{"id":33345,"date":"2024-05-03T15:15:56","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T05:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infrastructuremagazine.com.au\/?p=52092"},"modified":"2024-05-03T15:15:56","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T05:15:56","slug":"consultation-for-new-bus-services-connecting-wsi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=33345","title":{"rendered":"Consultation for new bus services connecting WSI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Transport NSW is set to begin stakeholder consultations for a new interchange and bus layover in Bradfield, which will connect the Western Sydney International Airport with surrounding communities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This will be followed by broader engagement with communities about the new services, which are due to start operating before the new airport opens in 2026.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The new interchanges to be built around the future Bradfield city centre and the airport will allow passengers to easily transfer between airport, bus and metro services.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Input from the community and stakeholders will be considered to help improve passenger experience as the project progresses towards first services before the airport opens.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Along with the coming Sydney Metro \u2013 Western Sydney Airport and the toll-free M12 Motorway, the new bus services will help ensure Western Sydney residents have a wide range of transport options in and around the precinct.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To ensure they are operating as soon as possible, the new services will make use of existing infrastructure including existing dedicated bus lanes on the newly upgraded Northern Road.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The new services will be a first step towards a Western Sydney Rapid Bus network with additional services expected to be introduced as demand develops following the airport opening in 2026.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Image credit: SteveTritton\/shutterstock.com<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transport NSW is set to begin stakeholder consultations for a new interchange and bus layover in Bradfield, which will connect [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1054,471,2251,8214,1291,163,8203,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-airport","category-news","category-nsw","category-planning","category-projects","category-rail-industry-news-australia-new-zealand","category-spotlight","category-transport"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33345"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33345\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37866,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33345\/revisions\/37866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}