Todmorden bus station

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Todmorden
Buses of Rossendale Transport and FirstGroup in Todmorden Bus Station, West Yorkshire 30 March 2009.jpg
General information
LocationBurnley Road, Todmorden
Calderdale
Coordinates 53°42′54″N2°05′49″W / 53.715°N 2.097°W / 53.715; -2.097
Operated by West Yorkshire Metro
Bus routes10 (Autumn 2023)
Bus stands5
Bus operators
Connections Todmorden railway station (330 yards [300 m])
Construction
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zoneZone 5 of METRO rail zone.
History
Opened1997

Todmorden bus station serves the town of Todmorden, West Yorkshire, England. The bus station is owned and managed by West Yorkshire Metro and was opened during 1997. [1] The bus situated in the town centre, next to the Todmorden Market. The bus station can be accessed from Burnley Road below the rail viaduct.

The station consists of five stands, and is used by First West Yorkshire, TLC Travel and Rosso who operate services to areas around Todmorden and to the towns of Bacup, Burnley, Halifax, Hebden Bridge, Littleborough, Rawtenstall, Rochdale and Walsden. TLC Travel operate the local minibuses as of 26 January 2014. [2]

The former Borough of Todmorden was only the second municipality in the British Isles to run motor buses, the service having commenced on 1 January 1907. [3]

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References

  1. "Todmorden Bus Station year opened" (PDF).
  2. "Firm loses 13 more bus routes". Halifax Courier. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
  3. Wilkinson, R. Todmorden Buses: A Century of Service, Nostalgia Road Publications, 2006