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Trivia: Minimalist Bus Stations
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peterblue
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Wetherby's fairly barren and minimalistic. Officially it is classed as a 'bus station'.
TheGrandWazoo
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All the following are officially given the title “bus station”
Cinderford - two stands one shelter
Pocklington - the yard in front of the depot with a single raised kerb
St Just - lay-by in a carpark with shelter (toilets nearby?) https://flic.kr/p/YaUv7G
Rhayader - same as St Just
Nailsworth - two stands with some toilets
St Ives (Cornwall) - a waiting room but also the best view of any bus station
Royston - a single bus shelter
Whistler40145
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Some towns such as Blackpool no longer have a Bus Station and stops are scattered about the town centre.
Weird! Wonder why a couple of bus stops on an open road have been given the name "Bus Station"? It seems unlikely there's ever been anything there.
On the other hand, Shanklin "Bus Station" is a collection of stops on Carter Avenue & Landguard Road. Here, though, the Co-op store adjacent has replaced the old bus station.
Wellow is an out-station in the sense of sub depot. Southern Vectis base some of their buses (mainly Vectis Blue) for school runs. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Southern_Vectis_Wellow_outstation.JPG
Edited to add : Maybe replaced https://www.flickr.com/photos/richard_rka/30061076506
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Scunthorpe, shelters and a tiny waiting room that's only open 9-5 Monday to Saturday and never on a Sunday.
TheGrandWazoo
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That’s a great call!
I don’t think you can class Scunthorpe as a minimalist bus station. It’s quite large, has a waiting room, shelters etc. Louth is much more on the minimalist scale.
Two for Norfolk - Cromer and sunny Hunny!
TheGrandWazoo
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I guess it’s because there was a very large National Welsh site that had a depot, bus station, plus an area for redundant vehicles. Photo from Flickr
When they sold the site, was surprised that they even included a bus terminal.
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Holmfirth bus station is just four bus stops that are located in what could be regarded as a turning circle beside a stream, which is in fact the River Holme. Heckmondwike Hub is just a series of bus stops around some square, it replaced the row of stops by the town / village green. Otley bus station is located on some spare land outside of some stopping precint and formed of four DIRO (drive in, reverse out) bays which has a bog standard bus stop located just outside which acts as its fifth stand. When I went to Westbury for the first time I had a local call the shelter ajacent to what was Barclays, a bus station. An interesting one to me is the Newton Abbot "bus station" which is a smattering of stops that adorn Sherborne Road and is located to the rear of the local indoor market.
david737
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The bus interchange at Orpington station is classed as a 'bus station' just 3 bays with minimal shelters & some parking bays for buses to wait between trips. There isn't anything for the drivers they have to use the station facilities if required.
EnviroExplorer
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Whittlesey another prime example. It is the main stop for the town/village etc but only has two stops and one shelter. My pics ...
https://flic.kr/p/27nYkXC
https://flic.kr/p/23zCeHe
https://flic.kr/p/27nYkXC
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MrTurbostar170
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The "Bus Station" in Diss is basically just what could be a car park with a shelter next to it.
madannie77
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Keswick is three stops with no shelter and horrendous over-crowding at busy times. At least there is some shelter to be had on Booths next door!
Monmouth still 'feels' like a bus station, it even has a grand exit! It's still the place that all the buses go to, something that Cardiff could look into as an idea!
ian1944
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Services in Nairn call at the "bus station" which is one shelter in a layby/carpark on the NW side of the A96, so buses going SW do a loop across the traffic to call at it. It used to be the forecourt of the long-closed Highland Omnibuses garage. The timetables use the term, and the OS map uses the symbol/description, depending on scale.
You've beaten me to it - I was going to mention Nairn
The garage is long-closed and demolished - there are flats on the site now, and a takeaway occupies the building on the north side.
The 5th stop does have a huge bus shelter (standard but very long) - I was waiting in it on Wednesday.
https://goo.gl/maps/rUDSTL5rv66Rgt7v6
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Farnworth Bus station maybe? 5 stands and 1 layover stand... The 501 stand isn't even on the land where the bus station is, it's further up
TheGrandWazoo
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Holmfirth bus station does have public toilets right by it though, and has been smartened up from its earlier grottiness.
Newton Abbot is referred to officially as Sherborne Road in timetables etc. However, it is on the site of the former DG bus station/depot that was redeveloped in the early 90s
A couple of faves from Lancashire... Earby is one bus shelter with a horseshoe turning circle (and public toilets) but Whalley has 3 stands with shelters - lord knows why in a village. It was apparently a Ribble bus station “back in the day” but why it existed.....??
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I won't say I remember it well, but I certainly remember Newton Abbot bus station and the no. 12s waiting in line for departure!
TheGrandWazoo
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One which is both minimalist yet oversized is Ystradgynlais - three stands and a toilet block but a massive parking area
mm333
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Mablethorpe has a bus station, but if bustimes.org is to be believed, only 1 bus a day uses it. 14 different routes use the bus shelter opposite though.
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