Frenchgate Interchange

Frenchgate Interchange
Transport interchange
Northern bus access to the Frenchgate Interchange beneath the North Bridge
General information
Other names	Doncaster Interchange
Location	Frenchgate Shopping Centre, St Sepulchre Gate, Doncaster South Yorkshire United Kingdom
Coordinates	53°31′26″N1°08′20″W / 53.5240°N 1.1388°W / 53.5240; -1.1388
Owned by	South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive
Operated by	Travel South Yorkshire
Bus stands	30
Bus operators	David Goodfellows Travel Yorkshire, First South Yorkshire, Isle Coaches, National Express, Powell's Bus, Stagecoach Yorkshire & East Midlands, Stagecoach Yorkshire, David Goodfellow Coaches
Connections	Doncaster railway station
Construction
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	June 2006
Location

The Frenchgate Interchange (also known as Doncaster Interchange) is a rail and bus transport interchange located within the Frenchgate Shopping Centre in the city centre of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. It has 30 bus stands, ^[1] with a large number of destinations accessible from Doncaster railway station.

History

Frenchgate Interchange was designed by local transport executive South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (SYPTE) ^[2] and shopping centre owners Teesland. It had received planning permission by 2001, and was intended to open in 2004 at a cost of £70 million. ^[3]

Work began in 2003. It opened in June 2006 and became the city's main transport hub, with SYPTE predicting that it would receive around 12 million passengers per year. The previous Doncaster North and Doncaster South bus stations, which dated from the 1960s and were located underneath multi-storey car parks, were closed. However, the South Bus Station remained a multi storey car park and has recently become the main car park for the developing civic area. ^[2]

Services

As of February 2021 ^[update] , the stand allocation is:

Stand	Route	Destination
A1	55, 56	Rossington      via Belle Vue, Bessacarr and Lakeside (First)
A2	22	Worksop      via Balby, Wadworth, Tickhill, Oldcotes, Langold, Costhorpe and Carlton-in-Lindrick (Stagecoach EM)
	205	Tickhill      via Balby, Rossington and Harworth (First)
	i4	iPort      via Lakeside (First)
A3	57a, 58a	Doncaster Sheffield Airport      via Bessacarr, Parrots Corner, Auckley, Cantley, Blaxton and Finningley (First)
A4	57c, 57f, 58c, 58f	Doncaster Sheffield Airport      via Finningley, Blaxton, Cantley, Auckley, Parrots Corner and Bessacarr (First)
A5	65, 66	Wheatley Hills      via Town Moor and Intake (First)
A6	52	South Elmsall      via Scawthorpe, Highfields, Woodlands and North Elmsall (First)
	405	Selby      via Bentley , Askern, Campsall, Norton, Whitley, Hut Green and Eggborough (Arriva)
	408, 409, 412	Pontefract      via Bentley , Toll Bar, Sutton, Askern, Campsall, Carcroft, Norton and Darrington (Arriva & First)
A7	66	Bentley via Scawthorpe (First)
A8	15, 215	Edlington      via Balby, Warmsworth and Wadworth (First)
	64, 64a	Arksey      via Bentley (First)
A9	50, 50a, 50b, 51, 51a	Askern      via Highfields, Woodlands, Adwick-le-Street , Carcroft, Skellow, Burghwallis and Instoneville (First)
A10	54	Woodlands      via Scawthorpe, Highfields and Adwick-le-Street (First)
A11	41, 41a	Scawsby      via Cusworth (First)
	X19	Barnsley      via Goldthorpe and Darfield (Stagecoach)
A12	49	Sprotbrough      via Cusworth (Powell's Bus])
	219, 219a	Barnsley via Sprotbrough, Harlington, Barnburgh, Goldthorpe , Thurnscoe , Great Houghton, Darfield and Ardsley (Stagecoach)
B1	–	rail replacement bus services from Doncaster railway station
B2	–
B3	21, 25	Worksop      via Bawtry, Bircotes, Harworth, Blyth, Oldcotes, Langold and Carlton-in-Lindrick (Stagecoach EM)
	29, 99	Retford      via Bawtry, Bircotes, Harworth, Blyth, Ranskill and Barnby Moor (Stagecoach EM)
	98	Gainsborough      via Bawtry, Everton, Misterton and Walkeringham (Stagecoach EM)
B4	10	Rotherham      via Balby, Edlington, Braithwell, Maltby, Bramley, Wickersley, Rotherham General Hospital and Broom Valley (First)
	14	Edlington      via Balby and Warmsworth (First)
	16	Balby      via Hexthorpe (First)
B5	18	Hellaby      via Edlington and Maltby (Powell's Bus)
	X20	Barnsley      via Warmsworth, Conisbrough , Mexborough , Manvers, Old Moor and Wombwell (Powell's Bus)
B6	221	Rotherham      via Conisbrough , Denaby Main, Mexborough , Swinton and Rawmarsh (Stagecoach)
B7	X3	Sheffield      via Balby, Conisbrough, Thrybergh, Rotherham , Templeborough, Meadowhall and Attercliffe (First)
B8	73	Balby      via Lakeside and Hexthorpe (First)
B9	71, 72	Lakeside      via Balby and Hexthorpe (First)
B10	19	Balby      via Hexthorpe (First)
B11	15, 15a, 215	Long Sandall      via Wheatley (First)
C1	–	National Express intercity coach services
C2	81, 82	Armthorpe      via Wheatley, Doncaster Royal Infirmary and Intake (First)
C3	84, 84a, 84b	Sykehouse      via Doncaster Royal Infirmary, Kirk Sandall , Barnby Dun, Kirk Bramwith, Fishlake, Hatfield & Stainforth and Lindholme (First)
C4	87, 87a, 87b	Moorends      via Doncaster Royal Infirmary, Edenthorpe, Dunscroft, Hatfield & Stainforth , Hatfield Woodhouse and Thorne (First)
C5	291, 399	Scunthorpe      via Cantley, Auckley, Haxey, Owston Ferry and Epworth (Isle Coaches)
C6	–	National Express intercity coach services
C7	203	Wombwell      via Scawthorpe, Highfields, Pickburn, Hooton Pagnell, Clayton, Thurnscoe and Middlecliffe (Watersons)

References

1. "Worker injured in tunnel collapse". BBC News. 28 April 2005. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
2. Millar, Alan (July 2006). "All change as Doncaster becomes new interchange". Buses (616). Ian Allan Publishing: 10.
3. Debenhams to open in Doncaster Property Week 6 April 2001

External links

• Real time departures at Frenchgate Interchange
• Doncaster Interchange Spider Map (August 2010) Travel South Yorkshire
• Doncaster Interchange Fabsec.co.uk