Features of architectural and spatial reconstruction and construction of bus stations as modern transport interchange complexes

Abstract

Features of architectural and spatial reconstruction and construction of bus stations as modern transport interchange complexes

Prolyaka T.A., Radionov T.A.

Incoming article date: 18.11.2025

The ongoing and planned comprehensive modernization of the bus station network within a city or region confirms the relevance of this study. Using examples of advanced domestic practices, the specifics of creating and developing transport hubs based on old and new bus stations are examined, criticism from direct users of the environment is analyzed, and domestic approaches are compared with international trends. Two main approaches to the reconstruction or construction of bus stations and the creation of transport hubs at them are identified: municipal facilities with a predominantly transport function, and investment facilities with a predominantly retail and entertainment function. A planar (horizontally developed spatial) organization of transport hubs is established as superior to a compact volume and/or the "dry feet" transfer principle.

Keywords: transport structure architecture, passenger facilities, reconstruction, bus stations, bus terminals,transport interchange complexe, transport hub, multifunctional complex