Halifax bus station

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New Halifax bus station, August 2023.jpg
The newly redeveloped bus station (pre-opening)
General information
LocationWade Street, Halifax
Calderdale
England
Operated by West Yorkshire Metro
Bus routes15 (excluding school services)
Bus stands19 (6 currently in use + additional layover stands)
Bus operators First West Yorkshire, Arriva Yorkshire, Team Pennine
Connections Halifax railway station (660 yards (600 m))
Construction
Bicycle facilitiesParking spaces located at the Northgate entrance
AccessibleWheelchair accessible entrances and disabled toilet facilities
Other information
Website wymetro.com/buses/bus-stations/halifax-bus-station
History
Opened1 October 2023
Rebuilt1954 – Cross Fields Bus Station

1989 – Wade Street Bus Station (aisle version)

2023 – Wade Street Bus Station (modern version)

Halifax bus station serves the town of Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. The bus station is owned and managed by West Yorkshire Metro. Formerly consisting of several island platforms, after a period of part-closure and relocation to some temporary stands, the bus station was reopened on 1 October 2023 consisting of 19 reversal bays, a layover and 4 accessible entrances. The bus station is situated in the Halifax Town Centre and could be accessed from Northgate, Winding Road and Wade Street. Several services, such as the majority of services to Illingworth and Mixenden do not serve the bus station and use stops in the town centre. [1]

Contents

Services

The main operators that use the station are First West Yorkshire, Arriva Yorkshire and Team Pennine.

Buses run from the bus station to several destinations in the Calderdale area, such as Barkisland, Bradshaw, Brighouse, Copley, Elland, Greetland, Illingworth, Northowram, Ripponden, Southowram, Sowerby Bridge, Sowerby, Stainland and West Vale. Buses also travel to destinations outside the local area, reaching Bradford, Leeds and Keighley.

Redevelopment

In March 2021, preparatory works began for a replacement bus station. [2] Construction had already started by September 2021 with only a few stands left in service which were: A2, A3, A4, B1, B2 and B3. As well as this stands A5 and B4 were used as a layover bay. Phase 2 construction started in October, where the bus station switched to the left side so that the left side can be demolished. The new temporary lay out consisted of six bus stands using some old D and C bus stands as B1, B2 and B3. Stand E3 became A2 and some bus stops were put in for Stands A3 and A4. Phase 3 construction began on Sunday 27 February 2022, where the bus station had been moved towards the south of the site with a six stand reversal bay temporary bus station. This bus station consisted stand A to F. [3] [4]

The new bus station will consist of 19 stands with stands 1–9 being on the south bays and then Stands 10–19 being on the north. The Bus Station will also be fully enclosed with solar power energy on the roof tops. Coaches will depart from Stand 1 and Stands 2 & 3 will be set down stands.

The bottom stands (1–9) will be designed so that wheel-forward buses can use them.

The cost of the redevelopment is £15.4 million. It will improve connectivity with important places in Halifax like Halifax Sixth Form and the Piece Hall. [5]

As of 1 October, the final construction phase (phase 4) commenced for the redevelopment of the bus station. This allowed the brand new bus station to open officially to the public with all the services from the temporary bus station being allocated to this site. [6] However, most services do terminate/start around the town centre as the carriageway to the bottom stands, A – J is awaiting completion.

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References

  1. "Where to catch your bus in Halifax town centre" (PDF). Metro. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 December 2010. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
  2. "Work is starting today on the new state-of-the-art £15.8m Halifax bus station". Halifax Courier. 2 March 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  3. "Halifax Bus Station Phase 3 Construction Works" . Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  4. "Which routes serve the temporary bus station?" (PDF). Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  5. "First look at £15.4m design for new state-of-the-art Halifax bus station". www.halifaxcourier.co.uk. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  6. "HalifaxBusStationWorks | Metro". www.wymetro.com. Retrieved 15 October 2023.

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