Bedford bus station serves the town of

Bedford Bedford is a market town in Bedfordshire, England. At the 2011 Census, the population of the Bedford built-up area (including Biddenham and Kempston) was 106,940, making it the second-largest settlement in Bedfordshire, behind Luton, whilst ...

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. The bus station is part owned by the

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and

Bedford Borough Council Bedford Borough Council is the local authority of the Borough of Bedford in Bedfordshire, England. It is a unitary authority, having the powers of a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. The executive of the council is the direct ...

and is situated in the town centre on All Hallows just off Greyfriars. The main operator at Bedford bus station is

. Other operators include

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, Grant Palmer, Cedar Coaches, Flittabus and Ivel Sprinter.

History

There are plans to redevelop the Bedford bus station as part of the Town Centre's renovation plan. In June 2013, plans to rebuild the bus station were approved by the local council. The rebuilt bus station opened in March 2015.

Services

Bus services run from the bus station around the town. Services go as far afield as

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Biggleswade Biggleswade ( ) is a market town and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire in Bedfordshire, England. It lies on the River Ivel, 11 miles (18 km) south-east of Bedford. Its population was 16,551 in the 2011 United Kingdom census, and its es ...

and

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services also call at the bus station. (Services 305 Southend-Liverpool, 314 Cambridge-Birmingham/Southport and 326

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-Cambridge)

Stagecoach X5 Stagecoach X5 is an inter-urban bus service linking Oxford and Bedford via Bicester, Buckingham and Milton Keynes The route started in 1992 with an hourly service which was increased to half-hourly in 2005; new vehicles were introduced in 20 ...

Gallery

File:Stagecoach coach X5 branding in Bedford bus station, Bedfordshire 15 July 2007.jpg, Service X5 laying over at the bus station File:Bedford Bus Station (2) - geograph.org.uk - 437314.jpg, Bus waiting at a bay at the bus station File:Bedford bus station - geograph.org.uk - 496438.jpg, A view of Bedford bus station Bedford Bus Station - geograph.org.uk - 437309.jpg, Interior

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External links

Bus approaching Bedford bus station in 2009 - YouTube
Bus stations in England Transport in Bedford Buildings and structures in Bedford