Meaning of public transport station
39B Meaning of public transport station
A public transport station—
is a station, platform or other structure for the taking on and letting off of passengers of a public transport vehicle; andExamples—The following stations, platforms or other structures within the meaning of the Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) Act 1994—
• a railway station or platform
• a light rail station or platform
• facilities for passengers to interchange between the same or different modes of transport, for example, the Cannon Hill bus interchange and the Roma Street busway/railway interchange
• a bus station
• a bus stop, including the area in the immediate vicinity of the bus stop
• a jetty or other structure at which a ferry makes a scheduled stop for a ferry service, and any associated structure.
includes—
car parks and set-down facilities for passengers of a public transport vehicle that makes scheduled stops at the station, platform or structure; and
another structure or facility for the use or convenience of passengers of a public transport vehicle that makes scheduled stops at the station, platform or structure; andExamples of other structures or facilities—overhead or underground walkways between platforms, footpaths, seating
landscaping associated with the station, platform or structure.
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