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8-696: The Brisbane Transit Centre , at 151–171 Roma Street, Brisbane , Queensland , Australia, was a long-distance bus station. It was closed and demolished in 2020 along with its three office towers. It was commonly regarded as the ugliest building in Brisbane. Opened in 1986, the Brisbane Transit Centre was between the Queensland Police Service headquarters and the Roma Street Parkland . The complex included
16-579: A new corrobboree . It is thought to be the last time Aboriginal groups used the area for major gatherings due to the urban growth of Brisbane. On 12 November 1915 the Queensland Government opened Queensland's first State butcher's shop in Roma Street. In the 1915 Queensland state election , T. J. Ryan's Labor government won office in wartime Queensland on the strength of promises to improve living standards, principally by addressing
24-626: A number of shops, cafes and restaurants, and two office towers. It also included the Travelodge Hotel which was positioned above the station, which opened in 1986. Access to the centre was from the ground floor on Roma Street or from the Roma Street Parkland. In March 2016, GPT sold its half share in the property to co-owner the Australian Prime Property Fund . The coach terminal was located on
32-545: Is the main north-west road connecting the Brisbane central business district to the inner north-western suburbs of Milton , Petrie Terrace and beyond. It is approximately 700 metres (2,300 ft) in length from its junction with Ann Street to its junction with Countess and Saul Streets. Roma Street does not terminate as such at Countess and Saul Streets, but extends further towards the inner north-western suburbs, but becomes named as Upper Roma Street (presumably reflecting
40-498: The problems of high commodity prices, price-fixing and the emergence of monopolies. They believed in public ownership of key economic activities, in competition with private enterprise, but at fair prices. From 1915 to 1929, 90 State butcher's shops operated in Queensland for various periods, but all were eventually closed as being uneconomic to operate. Many Brisbane landmarks are located on Roma Street (as numbered, starting from
48-454: The rising terrain), although the street numbering is contiguous with Roma Street, supporting that it is viewed as part of the same street. Upper Roma Street continues for a further 600 metres (2,000 ft). In the 1840s the Roma Street area was used for a major gathering of Aboriginal groups from south-east Queensland, consisting of several hundred people at which the Ipswich group performed
56-542: The top floor of the Brisbane Transit Centre and used by: Roma Street railway station was accessed from the ground floor level of the Brisbane Transit Centre. Long distance Traveltrain services depart for destinations within Queensland. NSW TrainLink operate an XPT service to Sydney . It is also part of the Queensland Rail City network . Roma Street busway station is served by Transport for Brisbane buses. The Cross River Rail Authority demolished
64-468: The whole of the Brisbane Transit Centre including the East and West Tower and Hotel Jen from March 2018 to make way for Cross River Rail platforms at Roma Street. Roma Street, Brisbane Roma Street is a major street in Brisbane , the capital of Queensland , Australia. It is named after Diamantina Bowen (née di Roma) , the wife of the first Governor of Queensland , George Bowen . Roma Street
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