Worlds Most Bizarre and Intriguing Bus Stops

Check out this large collection of interesting bus stops all over the world, Some have whimsical touches, some are covered with art, some are designed to surprise you, and some are interesting in their decline. The bus stop shown is in Curitiba, Brazil. Passengers pay when entering the bus stop, then go directly from the tube into the bus!

Bus stop and shelter installations can range from a simple pole and sign or rudimentary shelter, to full-blown buildings. A wide array of bus stops have been creatively constructed in elaborate modern design of steel and glass in urban settings, sublime creations built to suit the natural surroundings in rural areas, and even outright ridiculous and bizarre contraptions.
Design and construction may be uniform to reflect a large corporate or local authority provider, or installations may be more personal and distinctive where a small local authority or groups of individuals are responsible for the stop.

Some German nursing homes are using a novel strategy to stop Alzheimer’s patients and those suffering with dementia from wandering off — fake bus stops. Errant patients will wait for their trip to their imagined destination at the bus stop, and then quickly forget why they were there in the first place.

Staff will approach to tell them that the bus is coming later and invite them in for a coffee. Five minutes later they’ve completely forgotten they ever wanted to leave.

Bizarre Bus Stops and Shelters



Loneliest Bus Stop in all of Santiago. With prospect of the new public transportation called Transantiago, city planners neglected to realize that not a single bus runs by this stop.
Once a popular bus stop in Bowie, Geronimo’s Castle (now called the Teepee)
still stands and is sometimes used as a cafe. Photo Evanosherow

The Arts
Even artists and their creations have been celebrated, emblazoning the structures and benches with artworks resembling street art and graffiti.