Kingston has two bus stations, I stand to be corrected but the Cromwell Road bus station (by the train station) is of the drive in/reverse out type which I think is unique in London. I can't think of any other London bus station with that layout.
Always amused that Kingston has that drive in/reverse out bus station. Much like the rest of the UK of course but it must have been very traumatic for the bosses at TfL
October 1987 - sold for £4.1m having bought all of Hampshire Bus for £2m
There was a very famous London bus terminal outside the Royal Forest Hotel in Chingford, served by many routes including the 38 from Victoria Bus Station in the days of crew operation, where buses lined up next to each other, having been reversed into position, but this was in the pre-opo age ( it closed on the day that the new routes created in association with the Victoria Line reaching Walthamstow started.) It was opo, and a strongish Trade Union, that scuppered reversing in service, only one instance survived one manning, and that was on an RF route (see the forum header if you don't know what an RF was!)Always amused that Kingston has that drive in/reverse out bus station. Much like the rest of the UK of course but it must have been very traumatic for the bosses at TfL
Surprised that drivers haven't rebelled.
As mentioned in this post:
Heathrow Central bus station has this layout for coaches and also for stands for TfL buses. Actual TfL stops are conventional, although the stands were previously used in service.
Eccles is within the Salford city boundary and retains a modest bus station.
Yes, and the routes from Rochdale, Bury and Langley to Manchester all call in there, adding several minutes to a through journey. This applies at most Greater Manchester bus stations, the main exception being the very frequent 192 Manchester - Hazel Grove, which uses on-street stops in Stockport.
Taunton only closed last year - waiting to become a car park!
That's the issue with TfGM - they do love a massive, over-specified facility.
Weymouth bus station was actually the depot yard opposite the rail station. Think they stopped using it as such before deregulation. TBF, the stops on the Esplanade/Kings Statue are actually the most sensible and logical place
It is a complete mess, the ‘new’ bus station is ideally located adjacent to the railway station, but because of the ridiculous one way system, southbound or Chesterfield bound buses cannot access it without a mile long detour, so needless to say they don’t!
Also Brent Cross
Salford is strange in that the placename is very old but it has been much overshadowed by its larger neighbour Manchester since that grew with the industrial revolution, and whose city centre is close to the joint boundary. Salford's historical centre was at Greengate, the site of Victoria BS, but the only shopping centre in the ex-city area (i.e. excluding the recent addons of Eccles, Irlam, Swinton, Worsley, etc) worth the name is miles to the west at Pendleton, where according to TfGM there is a bus station (it's called such and is included in the list, with stand-maps, with such as Middleton).
Reminds me of that 80s Kinks song "Come Dancing" in which he bemoans the loss of an old club/live music venue to eventually become a car park (via a bowling alley)
I did consider including Pendleton alongside Eccles in my earlier post, but rejected it on the grounds that the stops are located on public roads, although around the three sides of the shopping centre perimeter. Certainly it has played a pivotal role in the local network for many decades and has most of the attributes of a bus station. It used to be a relief point for drivers from GMT's Frederick Road garage, but I don't know if any reliefs occur there now (obviously not from the long-closed FK garage!).