Christchurch transport interchange

Where will the new Transport Interchange be located?

The Transport Interchange – a place where people transfer between modes of transport or between two services - will be built on a 11,190 square metres site bounded by Colombo, Tuam, Lichfield and Durham Streets.

Subject to obtaining planning consents and permissions, it will be open late 2014. The organisations involved are Christchurch City Council, Environment Canterbury (ECan) and the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA).

Why does Christchurch need a new Transport Interchange?

Since the Christchurch Bus Exchange opened in 2000, the number of people using the bus service has doubled and numbers are still increasing. There is now a need to provide a larger Transport Interchange.

The new facility will be able to accommodate more buses. It is expected to have 26 bus stands rather than the nine in the current exchange.

It will be safer because people will not need to walk across where buses enter and exit. Manoeuvring of buses will take place underground and there will be a below ground central waiting lounge for travellers.

The interchange will integrate with other modes of transport such as cycling, taxis, long distance coaches and shuttles, car parking and in the future, light rail.

It will be a point of convergence with bus priority routes across the city, making for a fast and efficient bus system across the city.

What will the new Transport Interchange look like?

See draft concept plans of the new Interchange. We are at the earliest stages of planning and design, so these plans give an indication only of what the new Interchange will look like and should not be taken as an actual impression.