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O-Bahn

O-Bahn Busway
A bus on the busway
Mercedes-Benz O305 bus on the O-Bahn guide-way
Overview
Other name(s) Adelaide O-Bahn
Type guided busway
Status Operating
Coordinates 34°54′20″S 138°36′46″E / 34.90556°S 138.61278°E / -34.90556; 138.61278Coordinates: 34°54′20″S 138°36′46″E / 34.90556°S 138.61278°E / -34.90556; 138.61278
Termini Hackney Road
Tea Tree Plaza Interchange
Stations
Daily ridership 31,000 people each weekday
Operation
Opened
  • 9 March 1986 (1986-03-09) (stage 1)
  • 20 August 1989 (1989-08-20) (stage 2)
Operator(s) Adelaide Metro - Light-City Buses
Technical
Line length 12 km (7.5 mi)
Operating speed 80 km/h (50 mph)
Route map
To Hackney Road
Footbridge
Gilbert Street
River Torrens
Player Avenue
River Torrens
Stephen Terrace
River Torrens
Holton Court
River Torrens
River Torrens
River Torrens
River Torrens
Lower Portrush Road Portrush Road
River Torrens
OG Road
Klemzig Interchange
River Torrens
Footbridge
Hill Street
Church Road
Footbridge
Paradise Interchange
Darley Road
River Torrens
Parsons Road
Lyons Road
Pedestrian Subway
Grand Junction Road Grand Junction Road
Pedestrian Subway
Dry Creek
Pedestrian Subway
Reservoir Road
Smart Road
Tea Tree Plaza Interchange

The O-Bahn Busway is a guided busway that is part of the bus rapid transit system servicing the northeastern suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia. The O-Bahn system was conceived by Daimler-Benz to enable buses to avoid traffic congestion by sharing tram tunnels in the German city of Essen.

Adelaide's O-Bahn was introduced in 1986 to service the city's rapidly expanding north-eastern suburbs, replacing an earlier plan for a tramway extension. The O-Bahn busway provides specially built track, combining elements of both bus and rail systems. Adelaide's track is 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) long and includes three interchanges: Klemzig, Paradise and Tea Tree Plaza Interchange in Modbury. Interchanges allow buses to enter and exit the busway and to continue on suburban routes, avoiding the need for passengers to transfer to another bus to continue their journey. Buses travel at a maximum speed of 100 km/h (60 mph), and the busway is capable of carrying 18,000 passengers an hour from Adelaide city centre to Tea Tree Plaza in 15 minutes. As of 2015, the busway carries approximately 31,000 people per weekday.

An additional section is being constructed at the city end that will reduce the number of congested intersections buses must traverse to enter the Adelaide city centre; this is due to open in late 2017. The development of the O-Bahn busway led to the development of the Torrens Linear Park from a run-down urban drain into an attractive public open space. It has also triggered urban development around the north-eastern terminus at Modbury.


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