Halifax bus station

Halifax
The newly redeveloped bus station (pre-opening)
General information
Location	Wade Street, Halifax Calderdale England
Operated by	West Yorkshire Metro
Bus routes	47
Bus stands	19 (2 set down stands)
Bus operators	First West Yorkshire, Arriva Yorkshire, Team Pennine
Connections	Halifax railway station (660 yards (600 m))
Construction
Bicycle facilities	Parking spaces located at the Northgate entrance
Accessible	Wheelchair accessible entrances and disabled toilet facilities
Other information
Website	wymetro.com/buses/bus-stations/halifax-bus-station
History
Opened	1 October 2023
Rebuilt	1954 – 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.

Redevelopment

In March 2021, preparatory works began for a replacement bus station. ^[1] 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. ^{[2] [3]}

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. All stands 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. ^[4]

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. ^[5] However, most services do terminate/start around the town centre as the carriageway to the bottom stands, A – J is awaiting completion.

Completion

As of July 2024, the final phase of construction came to a close with all 19 bus stands in use. ^[6] This saw the return of several bus services to the site, including national express coach services. ^{[7] [8]} The site consists of numerous facilities such as cash ATMs, defibrillators, newsagents shop, public toilets and a Travel shop. ^[9]

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.

Several services, such as the majority of services to Illingworth and Mixenden used to serve bus stops in the town centre instead of serving the site however this is no longer the case. ^[10]

A full list of services shown below: ^{[11] [12]}

Bus Route	From	To	Via
20	Halifax	Rye Lane	Pellon Lane
21		Highroad Well	Hanson Lane and Highroad Well Asda
22		Claremount	Boothtown
255		Leeds	Hipperholme, Scholes, Cleckheaton, Gomersal, Birkenshaw, and Drighlington
343		Huddersfield	Calderdale Hospital, Greetland, Elland, Ainley Top and Huddersfield Infirmary
501		Huddersfield	Calderdale Hospital, Elland, Ainley Top and Huddersfield Infirmary
502		Keighley	Ovenden, Illingworth, Denholme, Cullingworth and Ingrow
508		Leeds	Northowram, Shelf, Odsal Top, Thornbury and Armley
509		Mixenden	Hebble Lane and Wheatley
510
511			Pellon Lane, Mount Tabor, Wheatley and Lee Mount
512
513		Wainstalls	Pellon Lane, Mount Tabor, Mixenden, Wheatley and Lee Mount
521		Illingworth	Ovenden
522
523
524		Mixenden
526		Shelf	Ovenden, Illingworth, Bradshaw and Queensbury
530		Fountainhead Village	Pellon Lane
532		Skircoat Green	Highroad Well, King Cross and Scar Bottom
534		Northowram	Stump Cross and Shibden
536		Huddersfield	Calderdale Hospital, Stainland, Outlane, Oakes and Marsh
537			Calderdale Hospital, Elland, Stainland, Outlane and Marsh
539		Holmfirth	Calderdale Hospital, West Vale, Stainland, Slaithwaite and Meltham
541		Norton Tower	Highroad Well
542
543		Siddal	Bailey Hall Road
546		Warley Town	Savile Park, King Cross, Highroad Well and Newlands
547		Norwood Green	Hipperholme
548		Rastrick	Hipperholme and Brighouse
549		Huddersfield	Hipperholme, Brighouse, Rastrick, Fixby and Birkby
561		Ripponden	Calderdale Hospital, Copley, Sowerby Bridge, Soyland and Barkisland
562
563		Brighouse	Calderdale Hospital, Copley, Elland and Rastrick
563A
571		Shelf	Southowram, Brighouse, Lightcliffe and Hipperholme
574		Midgley	Savile Park, King Cross, Sowerby Bridge, Luddendenfoot and Luddenden
576		Bradford	Boothtown, Queensbury and Great Horton
577		Boulderclough	Savile Park, Sowerby Bridge and Sowerby
579		Sowerby	King Cross and Sowerby Bridge
586		Rishworth	King Cross, Sowerby Bridge, Triangle and Ripponden
587		Rochdale	King Cross, Sowerby Bridge, Triangle, Ripponden and Littleborough
590			Mytholmroyd, Hebden Bridge, Todmorden, Walsden and Littleborough
591		Burnley	Mytholmroyd, Hebden Bridge, Todmorden, Cornholme and Cliviger
592		Todmorden	King Cross, Luddendenfoot, Mytholmroyd and Hebden Bridge
681		Bradford	Northowram, Shelf and Odsal Top
682
X1		Huddersfield	Calderdale Hospital, Elland and Ainley Top

References

1. "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.
2. "Halifax Bus Station Phase 3 Construction Works" . Retrieved 9 August 2022.
3. "Which routes serve the temporary bus station?" (PDF). Retrieved 9 August 2022.
4. "First look at £15.4m design for new state-of-the-art Halifax bus station". www.halifaxcourier.co.uk. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
5. "HalifaxBusStationWorks | Metro". www.wymetro.com. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
6. "Halifax Bus Station - Calderdale Next Chapter".
7. "National Express - 465 timetable (London to Huddersfield)".
8. "National Express - 564 London to Halifax".
9. "Halifax Bus Station - WY Metro".
10. "Where to catch your bus in Halifax town centre" (PDF). Metro. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 December 2010. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
11. "Where to catch your bus in Halifax Town Centre - July 2025" (PDF). 20 July 2025.
12. "Alphabetical list of places in Calderdale by bus" (PDF).

External links

• Metro's Halifax Bus Station page
• Pictures of Halifax Bus Station – Geograph

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