Byron’s Jonson St bus shelter is being removed after the opening of the town’s new bus interchange

Transport for NSW formally decommissioned the old bus stop when its new $8.4 million facility was opened recently.

The bus shelter on Jonson St in Byron Bay is being removed. Picture: Byron Shire Council.

The bus shelter on Jonson Street in Byron Bay has been removed after the town’s new bus interchange was opened.

All bus services which had operated out of the bus stop at the wooden shelter are now stopping at the Butler Street interchange.

Transport for NSW has formally decommissioned the Jonson Street bus stop.

Byron Shire Council confirmed it would remove the shelter on Friday, May 7.

“With the new bus interchange now in operation, we will be dismantling and removing the wooden shelter at the Jonson Street bus stop which was built by Council as a temporary structure in 1995 awaiting construction of a permanent interchange,” the council’s acting manager of major projects Chris Soulsby said.

“We are removing the shelter because the bus stop is no longer operational and we don’t want people turning up there or dropping their kids off thinking a bus service will be arriving.

“By removing the structure we are clearly indicating that the interchange on Butler Street is where you need to go to catch a bus.

“Removal of the shelter structure will also help us reduce the risk of it becoming a hotspot for anti-social behaviour and will open up better pedestrian access in this busy area.”

There are plans to upgrade the site around the visitor information centre; the council expects to complete those works by July, weather permitting.”