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Leeds City bus station serves the city of
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, England. Owned and managed by
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, it is situated between the Quarry Hill and
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s areas of
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. The
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Dyer Street Coach Station adjoins the bus station.


History

The bus station was opened on 31 August 1938 as Leeds Central bus station. It was built at the same time and in the same style as the Quarry Hill flats. The original bus station was used as the back-drop for the opening credits of
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'' Queenie's Castle''. The station was rebuilt reopening on 30 September 1963 with four curved platforms. In 1990, Vicar Lane bus station closed and West Yorkshire Road Car Company buses began using the main bus station. It was again rebuilt, being officially reopened on 25 March 1996 when
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relocated to the site. Wellington Street coach station was closed when the new station opened. The bus station is 800 metres away from
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meaning there is no central transport hub in Leeds. To answer this a small bus interchange was constructed at the railway station in 2005 and linked to the bus station by a FreeCityBus service, which was replaced by the LeedsCityBus service in April 2011.


Architecture

The building replaced a series of steel and concrete bus shelters. In line with most new bus stations in
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, Leeds City is fully enclosed. The building is a single-storey brick-built structure with a glass roof that runs the full length of the bus station, allowing the maximum use of natural light. There are two concourses within the station, the bus concourse is situated on the eastern side of the building with 25 bays, while the National Express concourse is situated on the western side with nine bays.


Services

Arriva Yorkshire is the main service user of the bus station with services 110, 140, 140A, 141, 164, 200, 201, 202, 203, 229, 254, 255. These services cover areas including
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,
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and
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is the secondary user with services from First Leeds 6, 8, 27, 28, 33, 34, 62 and X84 covering areas including
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and
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Along with this First Bradford have their intercity services 72 and X6 in the bus station these services cover Armley, Bramley,
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and Thornbury First Halifax terminate their 508 service here which covers
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, Thornbury and
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and Keighley Bus Company, which are both subsidiaries of
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also use the bus station for their intercity services this being
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to
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60 (Aireline) for Keighley Bus Company which covers Kirkstall, Shipley and Saltaire For The
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these are the 7 which covers
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,
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and 36 which covers
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, Harewood and Moortown Along with this there are other smaller operators who use the station
Station Coaches
Connexions Buses an
Yorkshire Buses
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also run long distance coastal services to
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,
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and Malton from the bus station The Flyer service A1 runs to
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. Megabus also run services with a variety of national destinations from Stand 1
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operates services from the western concourse to destinations across the country including London, Birmingham, Sheffield, Manchester and more


References


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