Middlesbrough bus station

Middlesbrough Bus Station serves the town of Middlesbrough in North Yorkshire, England. It is located around 14 mi (400 m) from the town's railway station.

Middlesbrough Bus Station
General information
LocationMiddlesbrough, North Yorkshire
England
Coordinates54°34′34″N 1°14′22″W / 54.5761°N 1.2395°W / 54.5761; -1.2395
Owned byMiddlesbrough Borough Council
Operated byMiddlesbrough Borough Council
Bus stands21
ConnectionsMiddlesbrough National Rail
History
Opened1982
Location
Middlesbrough Bus Station is located in North Yorkshire
Middlesbrough Bus Station
Middlesbrough Bus Station
Location in North Yorkshire, England

History

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It was opened in 1982, at a cost of £5.3 million, by the actress Pat Phoenix.[1] It stands partly on the site of the previous bus station, which belonged to United Automobile Services.[citation needed]

From mid-July 2012, the bus station was partially closed for around six weeks, to allow for improvement work to take place – at a cost of around £1.5 million. Work was carried out in order to improve accessibility for disabled people, by creating low floor access at the majority of stops. As well as this, work was undertaken to reconstruct the main concourse, and a partial reconstruction of the ramps.[2][3]

In January 2024, Tees Valley Combined Authority announced a £15 million investment to refurbish the bus station.[citation needed]

Accidents and incidents

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On 2 February 2015, an Arriva North East vehicle, which was operating service 28, collided with the one of the bus station's south stands. There were no injuries, but significant damage was sustained to the bus station building, included damage to the roof and windows.[citation needed]

On 23 December 2021, an Arriva North East vehicle, which was out of service at the time, was shunted into the bus station's north stands by a Go North East coach. As above, there were no injuries, but damage was sustained to the bus station building, as well as damage to the railings, roof and windows.[citation needed]

Operators

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Most local bus services are operated by Arriva North East and Stagecoach North East, with Go North East also serving the bus station.

Stagecoach services 36, 37 and 38 combine to provide up to six buses per hour, serving Middlesbrough, Teesside Park, Thornaby, Stockton-on-Tees and Norton, with an hourly extension to University Hospital of North Tees, and three buses per hour continuing to Billingham, Greatham and Hartlepool. The company also operates frequent services to Acklam, Coulby Newham, James Cook University Hospital, Hemlington and Park End.

Arriva operate a number of local services, with detinations including Darlington, Guisborough, Ingleby Barwick, Redcar, Nunthorpe, Saltburn and Stokesley. The company also operates regional services X12 to Durham and Newcastle, and X93 to Guisborough, Whitby and Scarborough.

Go North East operate the X10 express service toPeterlee, Dalton Park and Newcastle, using a fleet of four high-specification double-deck Alexander Dennis Enviro 400 MMC vehicles, branded in a gold and purple livery.

Services

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The bus station has a total of 21 stands used for local bus services, with additional stands located on the upper floor for long-distance coach services operated by FlixBus, Megabus and National Express.[4][failed verification]

As of September 2024, the stand allocation is:

Stand Route Destination
2 39 Park End
via North Ormesby & Berwick Hills
3 62 Redcar    
via North Ormesby, Eston, Grangetown & Dormanstown
64 Grangetown
via South Bank   & Eston
64A Normanby
via South Bank   & Eston
64B Grangetown
via South Bank  , Normanby & Eston
101 Teesport
via Berwick Hills, Ormesby, Normanby, Eston, South Bank   & Grangetown
4 X2 New Marske
express via Dormanstown, Redcar     & Marske  
X3 Lingdale
express via Dormanstown, Redcar    , Marske  , Saltburn  , Skelton & Boosbeck
X4 Whitby    
express via Dormanstown, Redcar    , Marske  , Saltburn  , Brotton, Carlin How, Loftus, Easington, Staithes, Hinderwell, Runswick Bay & Sandsend
X4A
6 28 Guisborough
via James Cook University Hospital  , Easterside, Marton Manor, Marton   & Nunthorpe  
28A Stokesley
via James Cook University Hospital  , Easterside, Marton Manor, Marton  , Nunthorpe   & Great Ayton  
28B
29 Marton[a]  
via Linthorpe, Saltersgill, James Cook University Hospital  , Easterside & Marton Manor
7 63 Redcar    
via Linthorpe, James Cook University Hospital  , Marton  , Ormesby, Normanby & Eston
8 5 Easington
via North Ormesby, Ormesby, Nunthorpe  , Guisborough, Skelton, New Skelton, North Skelton, Brotton, Carlin How, Liverton Mines[b] & Loftus
5A Guisborough
via North Ormesby, Ormesby, Nunthorpe  , Guisborough & Boosbeck
9 9 Ormesby
via North Ormesby, Berwick Hills & Park End
X93 Scarborough    
express via Ormesby, Guisborough, Scaling Dam, Aislaby, Whitby    , High Hawsker, Robin Hood's Bay, Fylingthorpe & Cloughton
X94
10 8 Netherfields
via North Ormesby & Berwick Hills
12 16 Ingleby Barwick
via Teesside Park & Thornaby  
17 Ingleby Barwick
via Linthorpe, Acklam & Thornaby  
17A Stockton-on-Tees  
via Linthorpe, Acklam & Thornaby  
17B
13 10 Coulby Newham
via James Cook University Hospital  , Easterside & Marton Manor
13 Coulby Newham
via Linthorpe, Acklam, Stainton & Hemlington
13B Acklam
14
14 12 Coulby Newham
via Linthorpe, Acklam & Hemlington
15 RP1 Middlesbrough College
16 36 Hartlepool    
via Teesside Park, Thornaby  , Stockton-on-Tees  , Norton, Billingham   & Greatham
36A Hartlepool    
via Teesside Park[c], Thornaby  , Stockton-on-Tees  , Norton, Billingham  , Wynyard & Greatham
37 University Hospital of North Tees
via Teesside Park, Thornaby  , Stockton-on-Tees  , Norton & Hardwick
38 Norton
via Teesside Park, Thornaby   & Stockton-on-Tees  
17 831 Hawes
DalesBus via Stockton-on-Tees  , Darlington    , Blackwell, Middleton Tyas, Skeeby, Richmond, Hudswell, Grinton, Reeth, Low Row, Gunnerside & Muker
X66 Darlington    
express via Stockton-on-Tees  
X67
18 X12 Newcastle      
express via Teesside Park, Stockton-on-Tees  , Hardwick, Sedgefield, Coxhoe, Bowburn, Shincliffe, Durham    , Framwellgate Moor, Plawsworth, Chester-le-Street    , Birtley, Low Fell & Gateshead    
X22 Peterlee  
express via Stockton-on-Tees  , Hardwick, Segdefield, Fishburn, Trimdon, Deaf Hill, Station Town & Wingate
19 59 University Hospital of North Tees
via Thornaby, Stockton-on-Tees   & Hardwick
X10 Newcastle      
express via Stockton-on-Tees  , Norton, Billingham  , Peterlee  , Dalton Park, Heworth       & Gateshead    
20 1 High Throston
via Haverton Hill, The Clarences, Seaton Carew   & Hartlepool    
13 Newham Grange
via Stockton-on-Tees   & Fairfield
21 34 Low Grange
via Billingham  

Notes

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  1. ^ Evening & Sunday journeys continue to Nunthorpe.
  2. ^ Alternate journeys operate via Liverton Mines.
  3. ^ Some journeys omit Teesside Park.

References

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  1. ^ McNeal, Ian (16 November 2015). "Middlesbrough bus station: Take a ride back to the past with our archive pictures". Teesside Gazette. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Bus station to get £1.5m revamp". BBC News. 15 July 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  3. ^ McKenzie, Sandy (17 April 2012). "Middlesbrough bus station for £1.5m revamp". Teesside Gazette. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  4. ^ "Middlesbrough Bus Station Stand Information" (PDF). Connect Tees Valley. 4 December 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
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