Haymarket bus station, Leicester

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Haymarket Bus Station
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The main entrance of the bus station
General information
Location1 Charles Street
Leicester
United Kingdom
Owned by Leicester City Council
Operated byLeicester City Council
Bus routes37
Bus stands23
Bus operators Arriva Midlands
Central Connect
Centrebus
First Leicester
Stagecoach
Other information
Website www.leicesterbuses.co.uk
History
Opened1994 (original) 2016 (redeveloped station)
Closed2015 (original)

Haymarket bus station is the main bus station serving the city of Leicester. Originally built in 1994, it lies next to and operates as a transport hub for Haymarket Shopping Centre.

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History

The bus station was developed at a proposed cost of £2m in mid-1994, coinciding with a major refurbishment of the adjacent Haymarket Shopping Centre complex. [1] From January 2015 the bus station was closed for redevelopment to double the size, the new bus station opened during May 2016. [2]

Services

Haymarket bus station is open seven days a week and is used for mostly local services operated by Arriva Midlands, Central Connect, Centrebus and First Leicester alongside Stagecoach Midlands service X7 to Northampton. [3]

The anticlockwise circular Hop! service calls at a stop outside on Belgrave Gate.

Facilities

The main Leicester Shopmobility offices are located within the station at the Belgrave Gate entrance. [4] a smaller office is located within Highcross Leicester.

The bus station also has public toilets which have been recently refurbished alongside changing places accessible facilities. [5] [6]




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References

  1. "Work to Start on 2m Bus Station". The Mail: 7. 12 May 1994.
  2. "Leicester City Council".
  3. "St Margaret's Bus Station".
  4. "Leicester City Council".
  5. "'Stinky' vandalised bus station toilets re-open after big refurb". 12 April 2022.
  6. https://www.leicester.gov.uk/media/181192/haymarket-bus-station-passenger-guide.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]