Newcastle coach station

Newcastle coach station

Coordinates: 54°58′03″N 1°37′21″W / 54.9675°N 1.6226°W / 54.9675; -1.6226

Newcastle Coach Station
Newcastle Coach Station is located in Tyne and Wear
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Newcastle Coach Station

Red pog.svg Newcastle Coach Station shown within Tyne and Wear
OS grid reference NZ242637
List of places: UK • England • Tyne and Wear

Newcastle Coach Station is the coach station serving Newcastle upon Tyne, England.

It is located on St James' Boulevard[1] in the city centre, a five minute walk from the city's railway station and Central Station on the Tyne and Wear Metro[2].

The station has five coach bays and its facilities include a booking office, waiting room, staff rest rooms and toilets. Above the bays is a translucent curved canopy roof with a glazed block screen wall.[3]

The station is one of three bus stations in the city, the others being Eldon Square bus station and Haymarket bus station. The Megabus does not stop here, stopping outside the railway station instead.[4]

History

A planning application for the new coach station was approved by Newcastle City Council on 27 October 2000 in order to replace the run-down Gallowgate Coach Station. Planning permission for a new modern station was granted in October 2001.[3]

Services

The station is staffed by National Express who operate the following long distance coach services:

Route Destination Via
326 Nottingham Durham, Darlington, Wetherby, Leeds, Meadowhall, Sheffield
380 Bangor Sunderland, Billingham, Stockton on Tees, Middlesbrough, Wetherby, Leeds, Bradford, Manchester, Manchester Airport, Liverpool, Birkenhead, Ellesmere Port, Flint, Prestatyn, Rhyl, Colwyn Bay, Llandudno, Llandudno Junction
381 Chester Durham, Darlington, Catterick, Ripon, Harrogate, Harewood, Leeds, Bradford, Oldham, Manchester, Manchester Airport
383 Wrexham Durham, Darlington, Catterick, Ripon, Harrogate, Harewood, Leeds, Bradford, Oldham, Manchester, Manchester Airport, Warrington, Chester
383 Edinburgh Newcastle Airport, Northumberland, Jedburgh, Galashiels,
425 London Durham, Darlington, (Ripon, Harrogate, Harewood, Leeds,) Milton Keynes
530/531 Paignton/Plymouth Bristol, Birmingham
534 Glasgow Edinburgh
534 Hull Sunderland, Middlesbrough, Thirsk, York, Beverley
591 Edinburgh Morpeth, Alnwick, Berwick upon Tweed
591 London Milton Keynes

References

  1. ^ http://www.upmystreet.com/local/transport/coach-stations/l/Newcastle+upon+Tyne.html
  2. ^ http://www.newcastle.gov.uk/core.nsf/a/coachtransport
  3. ^ a b www.newcastle.gov.uk/cab2002.nsf/allbykey/430DE00461E42BEC80256C72003EFD0E/$FILE/6.2.doc
  4. ^ http://www.ncl.ac.uk/travel/info/coach.php


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