Bus Exchange
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The Bus Exchange was the main public transport facility in the central city of Christchurch, New Zealand. Part of it was indoor and featured airport-style lounges. The Bus Exchange opened in November 2000 and closed due to the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake, which damaged the building beyond repair. The replacement facility, the Bus Interchange, opened across the other side of Lichfield Street in May 2015.
The Lichfield Street frontage of the Bus Exchange
Colombo Street
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Colombo Street is a main road of the city of Christchurch, New Zealand. It runs south-north through the centre of Christchurch with a break at Cathedral Square. As with many other central Christchurch streets, it is named for a colonial Anglican bishopric, Colombo, Sri Lanka in what at the time was known as Ceylon. Parts of the street which run through Sydenham were known as Addison Street during the 1880s, and some parts were known as Colombo Road.
Colombo Street (left to right) at Hereford Street
Former shops in Colombo Street, Sydenham; all demolished since the earthquakes
Colombo Street in 1960 looking south, with the tower of ChristChurch Cathedral visible in Cathedral Square
Aerial view of Cathedral Square showing the curved alignment of Colombo Street (pre-1954)