Shrewsbury bus station

Shrewsbury bus station is a bus station and terminus located on Raven Meadows in the centre of Shrewsbury, the county town of Shropshire, England.

Shrewsbury bus station
The bus station in 2009
General information
LocationShrewsbury,
Shropshire,
England
Coordinates52.71°N 2.75°W / 52.71; -2.75
Operated byShropshire Council
Bus routes1, 2, 3A, X5, 11, 12, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 64, 74, 74A, X75, 96, 96A, 409, 435, 436, 501, 511, 540, 544, 546, 552, 553, 558, 576
Bus stands16
Bus operators
ConnectionsShrewsbury railway station (0.1 mi)
Construction
ParkingNo
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes
History
Opened1989
Location
Shrewsbury bus station
Location within Shropshire

Local and inter-city services, predominantly operated by Arriva Midlands North, run from the station. Additional services are operated by Lakeside Coaches, Tanat Valley, Celtic Travel and Minsterley Motors.[1]

The station is connected to the Darwin Shopping Centre by an escalator and is adjacent to a Premier Inn hotel. Facilities include toilets, baby changing, a car park, anewsagent shop and a travel agent. It is also located 0.1 mi from Shrewsbury railway station.[2]

The station is considered to be dated due to its 1980s architecture partially under a 1960s multi-storey car park. There have been plans for the station to be modernised and rebuilt, or even demolished completely, as part of the town's "Big Town Plan". The demolition of the station would mean the town would not have a central bus terminus and would instead use smaller sites on the town's Park and Ride routes.[3][4][5]

Routes

Route Destination Operator Notes
010 Telford Estate Arriva Midlands North
020 Hawthorne Estate Arriva Midlands North
03A0 Monkmoor Circular via Belvidere, Harlescott and Sundorne Arriva Midlands North School days only
0170 Princess Royal Hospital via Wellington Arriva Midlands North Replaced The X4 & 8 services
017A0 Princess Royal Hospital via Wellington Arriva Midlands North Replaced The X4 & 8 services
0X50 Telford Centre fast via A5 and M54 Arriva Midlands North
0X50 Oswestry via Bicton and Nesscliffe Arriva Midlands North
0110 Gains Park via Royal Shrewsbury Hospital Arriva Midlands North
0200 Radbrook Green Arriva Midlands North
0210 Reabrook via Old Potts Way Lakeside Coaches
0230 Monkmoor via Abbey Foregate Arriva Midlands North
0240 Harlescott via Sundorne Arriva Midlands North
0250 Harlescott via Mount Pleasant Arriva Midlands North
0260 Meole Village via Kingsland Arriva Midlands North
0270 Bayston Hill via Meole Brace Arriva Midlands North
0640 Market Drayton via Shawbury and Hodnet Arriva Midlands North Some buses continue to Hanley via Newcastle-under-Lyme
0740 Llanfyllin via Llanymynech Tanat Valley Coaches Some buses terminate at Llanymynech
0X750 Rhayader via Llanidloes Celtic Travel Some buses terminate at Llanidloes
0960 Telford Centre via Ironbridge Select Bus Services
04090 London Victoria via Digbeth National Express
04090 Aberystwyth via Welshpool and Newtown National Express
04350 Ludlow via Leebotwood and Church Stretton Minsterley Motors
04360 Bridgnorth Arriva Midlands North
05010 Ellesmere via Myddle Lakeside Coaches
05110 Whitchurch via Wem Arriva Midlands North Some buses terminate at Wem
05400 Cardington via Acton Burnell and Church Stretton Lakeside Coaches
05440 Little Lyth Arriva Midlands North
05460 Pulverbatch via Hook-a-Gate Arriva Midlands North
05520 Stiperstones via Pontesbury and Minsterley Minsterley Motors
05530 Bishop's Castle via Pontesbury and Minsterley Minsterley Motors
05580 Montgomery via Worthen Tanat Valley Coaches
05760 Oswestry via Baschurch Tanat Valley Coaches Some buses terminate at Baschurch

References

  1. "Bus Travel in Shrewsbury". Arriva Bus.
  2. "Shrewsbury Bus Station". Visit Mid Wales.
  3. Humphreys, Nick (2 September 2020). "Plea for rethink on future of Shrewsbury bus station". Shropshire Star.
  4. Humphreys, Nick (31 July 2020). "Transport boss defends 'aspiration' of getting rid of Shrewsbury bus station". Shropshire Star.
  5. Trigg, Keri. "Campaigners urge council to commit to keeping Shrewsbury bus station". www.shropshirestar.com. Retrieved 26 February 2023.


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