Halifax bus station
Halifax | |
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| Location | Wade Street, Halifax Calderdale England |
| Operated by | West Yorkshire Metro |
| Bus stands | 20 |
| Bus operators | First West Yorkshire, Arriva Yorkshire, Team Pennine, Community Transport |
| Connections | Halifax railway station (600 metres) |
| History | |
| Opened | 1989 |
Halifax bus station serves the town of Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. The bus station is owned and managed by West Yorkshire Metro. The bus station was opened in 1989 and is made of up 4 large islands (A, B, C and D) with 20 stands in total. The bus station is situated in the Halifax Town Centre and could be accessed from Northgate and Wade Street. Several services, such as the majority of services to Illingworth and Mixenden plus some TJ Walsh services do not serve the bus station and use stops in the town centre.[1]
Services[]
The main operators that use the station are First West Yorkshire, Arriva Yorkshire, TJ Walsh and Yorkshire Tiger.
Buses run from the bus station to several destinations in the Calderdale area, such as Barkisland, Bradshaw, Brighouse, Copley, Elland, Greetland, Hebden Bridge, Illingworth, Mixenden, Northowram, Ripponden, Rishworth, Southowram, Sowerby Bridge, Sowerby, Stainland, Todmorden and West Vale. Buses also travel to destinations outside the local area, reaching Bradford, Burnley, Huddersfield, Leeds and Rochdale.
Redevelopment[]
In March 2021, preparatory works began for a replacement bus station.[2] Construction had already started by September 2021 with only a few stands left in service which were: A2, A3, A4, B1, B2 and B3. As well as this stands A5 and B4 were used as a layover bay. Phase 2 construction started in October, where the bus station switched to the left side so that the left side can be demolished. The new temporary lay out consisted of six bus stands using some old D and C bus stands as B1, B2 and B3. Stand E3 became A2 and some bus stops were put in for Stands A3 and A4. Phase 3 has yet to start for February 2022 where no buses will operate from the bus station as the bus station will be fully closed so that they can start to construct the building. From current information,the bus station is due to open in Summer 2023, however, due to how fast the construction work is currently going, it may open for Spring 2022.
The new bus station will consist of 19 stands with stands 1-9 being on the south bays and then Stands 10-19 being on the North Side. The Bus Station will also be fully enclosed with solar power energy on the roof tops. As far as we know, we have a bit of stand knowledge. Coaches will depart from Stand 1 and then Stands 2 & 3 will be set down stands so no buses will depart from there.
References[]
- ^ "Where to catch your bus in Halifax town centre" (PDF). Metro. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 December 2010. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
- ^ "Work is starting today on the new state-of-the-art £15.8m Halifax bus station". Halifax Courier. 2 March 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
External links[]
- Buildings and structures in Halifax, West Yorkshire
- Bus stations in West Yorkshire
- Transport in Calderdale