Pyewipecarshed
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Talbot Road in Blackpool was under cover, and firmly in the fume-filled hell hole category!
Chelmsford had some buses on the front, which wasn't coveredMarket Gates in Great Yarmouth has a number of stands that are fully undercover, as does Worcester Crowngate, though both have some outside too. Think Rotherham is also in that category. However, Belper is fully undercover, as is Aylesbury! Possibly Maidstone?
Fully undercover ones are, thankfully, now very rare as they tended to be fume filled hellholes. Ones that are no longer around but were undercover...
There are some old Glasgow ones but before my time
- Darlington
- Sunderland Central
- Newcastle Worswick Street
- Blackpool Talbot Road
- Kendal
- Chelmsford
- Wetherby
- Northampton x 2
- Bristol
- Weston super Mare
- Bradford Interchange
- Chatham Pentagon
- Colchester
- Swansea Singleton Street
- Eastbourne
- Whitehaven
Ahem!Market Gates in Great Yarmouth has a number of stands that are fully undercover, as does Worcester Crowngate, though both have some outside too. Think Rotherham is also in that category. However, Belper is fully undercover, as is Aylesbury! Possibly Maidstone?
Fully undercover ones are, thankfully, now very rare as they tended to be fume filled hellholes. Ones that are no longer around but were undercover...
There are some old Glasgow ones but before my time
- Darlington
- Sunderland Central
- Newcastle Worswick Street
- Blackpool Talbot Road
- Kendal
- Chelmsford
- Wetherby
- Northampton x 2
- Bristol
- Weston super Mare
- Bradford Interchange
- Chatham Pentagon
- Colchester
- Swansea Singleton Street
- Eastbourne
- Whitehaven
Northampton was fully under cover but was demolished around 10 years ago.
Part of the previous Warrington Golden Square Bus Station was under cover as well, and then there was a couple in Newcastle-on-Tyne, which I cant remember the names of sadly.
Talbot Road in Blackpool was under cover, and firmly in the fume-filled hell hole category!
I seem to remember in the 1970s when I lived near Rotherham it had a town centre bus station in the undercroft of a town centre car park. Pretty grim tbh.
The original Bradford Interchange bus station had a full roof.
There’s only been one called that-and it’s still there today. You either mean Killermont Street Bus Station or Waterloo Street Bus Station, both stand alone buildings with an upper floor and the buses in platforms at ground level, driving in from the rear and driving out the front like a Fire Station once passengers boarded.I believe Buchanan Street was under cover
It's a trivia thread. No matter what rules are set in the opening post, people will do their utmost to interpret it in their own wayI was of the impression we were covering bus stations where the buses were undercover. Not the passenger area.
It was a combined depot and bus station under one roof but since your visit the maintenance work has been relocated to other depots and the site redeveloped with only the passenger area under cover.Is Bristol not undercover? It was when I passed through about 25 years ago while taking advantage(?) of a NatEx £10 anywhere to do Edinburgh/Penzance return.
Lots of happy memories of trips through Longton bus station as a kid in the 80s as my grandparents lived that end of the city and they’d often take me to Longton for a day out (no, I was a good kid, honest!).Longton (PMT)
Not wishing to be pedantic (or indeed drift slightly O/T) but it's complete myth that the bomb damaged the bus station and caused its closure. Under the bus station was the delivery bay for all the shops. The ceiling of which was the floor of the bus station and rather large (albeit thin) bits of concrete were starting to come away and drop off. It was reckoned at the time that that happened because the floor had to be skimmed when it was built as there wasn't enough clearance to lift a bus in the need to replace a tyre etc. The PTE was faced with either closure or having to replace the floor and the bomb was a convenient excuse. In the end, that whole side of the Arndale was found to be sinking due to subsidence and was eventually demolished anyway...Manchester Arndale was a weird one, i think only open for 15 years, but it was very grim even on a baking hot day, the 1996 IRA bomb damaged it beyond repair, i do remember the greasy spoon cafe at the Arndale Bus Station.
See post #4Is Bristol not undercover? It was when I passed through about 25 years ago while taking advantage(?) of a NatEx £10 anywhere to do Edinburgh/Penzance return.
Literally one of the first examples cited by @Andyh82Workington bus station
See post #4Worcester. It’s under a shopping centre. Some stops outside with bus shelters, but mostly under cover.
Is that something for another thread?Is Longton the only one in this list that can claim to be underneath a nightclub?
1) See post #441) Regarding Manchester Arndale Bus Station from what I remember at the time all PTE Bus Stations were under refurbishment and I'm not to sure how true this is but I do believe and was told at the time that if the Bomb hadn't have happened Manchester Arndale Bus Station was going to be refurbished.
2) Was the whole of that side of Arndale demolished only from what I'm led to believe the part of the current loading bay is all what's left of that side of the original Arndale from what I can gather?
I should also have remembered Birmingham Bull Ring which was absolutely appalling
Most of us are guilty of that lol, as I believe the OP's original question was about bus stations that are still in use!It's a trivia thread. No matter what rules are set in the opening post, people will do their utmost to interpret it in their own way![]()
Thank goodness, the fumes in there were dreadful…!Northampton was fully under cover but was demolished around 10 years ago.
That's the one. If you know where to look, you can still see the entrance. It was mainly Midland Red - I recall using in during the summer of 1996 for services out to Kidderminster and Worcester.Was that the really weirdly designed one with entrance and exit on a shallow angle from the road, that was used predominantly by Midland Red rather than the corporation / WMPTE?
Worswick Street tooThe old Eldon Square bus concourse
That's the one. If you know where to look, you can still see the entrance
Bootle New Strand is a weird one, were all the stands & roadway are undercover, but the layover is in a separate area that isn't covered.Bootle
Last time I went there, CMT were running Leyland Nationals.Bootle New Strand is a weird one, were all the stands & roadway are undercover, but the layover is in a separate area that isn't covered.