Liverpool-Parramatta Rapid Bus Transitway

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The Liverpool-Parramatta Transitway (or T-Way) is a bus rapid transit route in Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, running between Liverpool railway station and Parramatta railway station.

Contents 1 History 2 Facilities 3 Route 4 Service Information 5 Stations 6 Stopping Patterns 7 References

[edit] History

The T-way was conceived as part of the New South Wales State Government initiative called Action for Transport 2010, which conceived a timetable of new infrastructure projects, including new roads and rail links. The project had a special focus on Western Sydney, due to the rapid growth in population and commercial activity. This demanded new and improved public transport infrastructure.

Included as part of this plan was a network of 90 km of rapid bus transitways, which would link major centres in Western Sydney through suburbs where there was little or no public transport. These would stretch from Penrith in Sydney's west to Strathfield in the Inner Western suburbs.

Construction of the Liverpool-Parramatta T-way began in 1999, and involved 20 km of bus-only roads, and 10 km of new bus-only lanes on existing roads. Some 35 stations were planned, including six key stations, and major bus interchanges at Prairiewood and Bonnyrigg stations. The T-way was completed in early 2003 and services commenced in February of that year.

[edit] Facilities

Stations on the T-way were architecturally designed. They feature real-time information displays, showing the actual arrival times of the next bus, including their route numbers, destinations and connecting services. The roads on the T-way feature special technology, allowing buses the right of way over various intersections, to avoid them having to stop at traffic lights. Video cameras and "Help Points" are available for customers' security.

A cycleway, completed in early 2006, runs along part of the T-way.

[edit] Route

The T-way runs through the central business district of Parramatta, before heading onto the Great Western Highway to South Wentworthville, after which it heads onto its own alignment next to the Sydney Water pipeline that runs from Prospect Reservoir. It then proceeds on its own alignment in an old freeway reservation through to Hoxton Park. At Brickmakers' Creek in Liverpool it heads onto its own alignment to access the main centre of Liverpool and the railway station bus interchange.

[edit] Service Information

The trunk buses that serve the whole route are run by Western Sydney Buses, a subsidiary of the State Government-owned Sydney Buses. The T-way route is shown as T80 in timetables.

Services Frequency:
Peak Hours	Every 10 minutes
Daytime Off-Peak	Every 15-30 minutes
Late Night	Every 60 minutes

Some feeder and local buses also use the T-way as part of their bus route.

[edit] Stations

Stations in italics are major stations.

Name of station	Fare Section	Stopping Patterns		Suburbs Served	Connections
Liverpool-Parramatta T-way
Liverpool	19			Liverpool	Inner West Line, South Line, Cumberland Line, Bankstown Line (CityRail)
Macquarie	18			Liverpool
Memorial	18			Liverpool
Brickmakers	17			Liverpool
Maxwells	16			Cartwright, Lurnea
Ash	15			Miller, Prestons	Bus routes 853,854, 855
Miller	14			Miller, Hinchinbrook, Hoxton Park
Hinchinbrook	14			Hinchinbrook, Miller
Cartwright	14			Hinchinbrook, Miller, Miller, Busby
Busby	13			Busby, Green Valley
Green Valley	12			Green Valley, Bonnyrigg
Bonnyrigg	12			Bonnyrigg	Bus routes 826, 827, 831
St Johns	11			St Johns Park, Wakeley, Prairiewood
Orphan School	10			Prairiewood, Bossley Park
Prariewood	10			Prairiewood, Bossley Park	Bus Routes 800, 826, 827
Horsley	9			Bossley Park, Wetherill Park
Victoria	9			Wetherill Park	Bus Route 829
Elizabeth	8			Wetherill Park
Wetherill	8			Wetherill Park
Hassall	7			Wetherill Park, Prospect
Gipps	6			Smithfield, Greystanes, Prospect
Cooper	6			Smithfield	Bus Route 808
Smithfield	5			Smithfield
Warren	4			Smithfield, Woodpark
Woodpark	4			Woodpark, Guildford West
Canal	3			Merrylands West
Sherwood	3			Wetherill Park	Bus Routes 811, 813, 815
Centenary	2			South Wentworthville
Finlayson	2			Wentworthville, South Wentworthville
Coleman	1			Westmead, Wentworthville, South Wentworthville
Mays Hill	1			Westmead, Mays Hill
Pitt	0			Parramatta
Argyle	0			Parramatta
Parramatta	0			Parramatta	Blue Mountains Line, Cumberland Line, Western Line (CityRail), Bus Routes at Parramatta Interchange

[edit] Stopping Patterns

• Pattern 1: All stations between Liverpool and Parramatta and vice-versa (off-peak and peak hour)
• Pattern 2: All stations between Bonnyrigg and Parramatta and vice-versa (very early morning only)

[edit] References

• New South Wales State Government, "Liverpool-Parramatta Rapid Bus Transitway: Environmental Impact Statement", August 2000
• Adrian Dessanti, "Bus Services in Sydney", October 2005, Accessed May 2006.