Broadmarsh bus station is a
bus station
A bus station or a bus interchange is a structure where city or intercity buses stop to pick up and drop off passengers. While the term bus depot can also be used to refer to a bus station, it generally refers to a bus garage. A bus station is l ...
serving the city of
Nottingham
Nottingham ( , East Midlands English, locally ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city and Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located north-west of London, south-east ...
, England.
The new bus station is situated in Nottingham City Centre adjacent to the former
Broadmarsh Shopping Centre
Broadmarsh is a historic area of Nottingham, England. The area was subjected to large scale slum clearance, creating large spaces used for regeneration. A shopping centre, car park, bus station and road complex created in the early 1970s cut-t ...
, underneath its
multi-storey car park
A multistorey car park (British and Singapore English) or parking garage (American English), also called a multistory, parking building, parking structure, parkade (mainly Canadian), parking ramp, parking deck or indoor parking, is a build ...
. It is bordered by Canal Street (A6008 road) and The bus station is away from
Nottingham railway and tram stations.
Services
National Express
National Express Group is a British multinational public transport company headquartered in Birmingham, England. It operates bus, coach, train and tram services in the United Kingdom, Ireland (National Express operates Eurolines in conjunction ...
services moved from their temporary terminus outside Nottingham Railway Station to Bays 10 and 11 at the new bus station on 14 June 2022, and their new facilities within the bus station were opened on the same date.
The new bus station has been allocated a 10-year lease by
Nottingham City Council
Nottingham City Council is the local authority for the unitary authority of Nottingham in Nottinghamshire, England. It consists of 55 councillors, representing a total of 20 wards, elected every four years. The council is led by David Mellen, of ...
, with bus services planned to resume from October 2022.
Kinchbus
Kinchbus is a bus operator in Loughborough, England. Since 1998 it has been a subsidiary of the Wellglade Group.
History
Kinchbus was founded in 1987 by former Leicester City Football Club director Gilbert Kinch trading as GK Kinch and base ...
service 9 to Loughborough and a number of
Trent Barton
Trentbarton operates both local and regional bus services in Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Staffordshire, England. It is a subsidiary of the Wellglade Group.
History
In October 1913, Trent Motor Traction Company was found ...
services are due to use the new station from 2 October
Redevelopment
The previous bus station closed on 9 July 2017 as part of a redevelopment of the area.
A replacement car park and bus station with retail units has been constructed with the new car park opening in November 2021 and is a part of the wider redevelopment of the demolished shopping centre area, including a new central library, named as ''Southern Gateway''. The bus station was intended to open at the same time, but was delayed.
Gallery
Image:Broadmarsh 909.JPG, Entrance to the old bus station
Image:Broadmarsh bus station 24.06.2017.jpg, Old departure hall in June 2017
See also
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Victoria bus station, Nottingham
References
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External links
Broadmarsh Bus Station picture - Flickr
Bus stations in Nottinghamshire
Buildings and structures in Nottingham
Transport in Nottingham
2017 disestablishments in England