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Shrewsbury bus station

Coordinates: 52°43′N 2°45′W / 52.71°N 2.75°W / 52.71; -2.75
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Shrewsbury bus station
The bus station in 2009
General information
LocationShrewsbury,
Shropshire,
England
Coordinates52°43′N 2°45′W / 52.71°N 2.75°W / 52.71; -2.75
Operated byShropshire Council
Bus routes1, 2, 3A, X5, X7, X10, X10A 11, 12, 17, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 64, 74, 74A, X75, 96, 96A, 409, 435, 436, 501, 511, 540, 552, 553, 558, 576
Bus stands16
Bus operators
ConnectionsShrewsbury railway station (0.1 mi)
Construction
ParkingNo
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes
History
Opened1989
Location
Shrewsbury bus station is located in Shropshire
Shrewsbury bus station
Shrewsbury bus station
Location within Shropshire

Shrewsbury bus station is a bus station and terminus located on Raven Meadows in the centre of Shrewsbury, the county town of Shropshire, England.

Local and inter-city services, predominantly operated by Arriva Midlands North, run from the station. Additional services are operated by Lakeside Coaches, Tanat Valley, Celtic Travel and Minsterley Motors.[1]

The station is connected to the Darwin Shopping Centre by an escalator and is adjacent to a Premier Inn hotel. Facilities include toilets, baby changing, a car park, anewsagent shop and a travel agent. It is also located 0.1 mi from Shrewsbury railway station.[2]

The station is considered to be dated due to its 1980s architecture partially under a 1960s multi-storey car park. There have been plans for the station to be modernised and rebuilt, or even demolished completely, as part of the town's "Big Town Plan". The demolition of the station would mean the town would not have a central bus terminus and would instead use smaller sites on the town's Park and Ride routes.[3][4][5]

Routes

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Route Destination Operator Stand Notes
010 Telford Estate Arriva Midlands North D
020 Hawthorne Estate Arriva Midlands North B
03A0 Monkmoor Circular via Belvidere, Harlescott and Sundorne Arriva Midlands North C School days only
0X50 Oswestry via Bicton and Nesscliffe Arriva Midlands North G
0X70 Newport via Wellington Arriva Midlands North S Term Time only
0x100 Telford Centre fast via A5 and M54 Arriva Midlands North H
0x10A0 Telford Centre via Wellington & A5 Arriva Midlands North H
0110 Gains Park via Royal Shrewsbury Hospital Arriva Midlands North F
0120 Shelton via Radbrook Arriva Midlands North B
0170 Sutton Farm Circular Arriva Midlands North H
0200 Radbrook Green Lakeside Coaches A
0210 Reabrook via Old Potts Way Lakeside Coaches B
0230 Monkmoor via Abbey Foregate Arriva Midlands North M
0240 Harlescott via Sundorne Arriva Midlands North J
0250 Harlescott via Mount Pleasant Arriva Midlands North J
0260 Meole Village via Kingsland Arriva Midlands North M
0270 Bayston Hill via Meole Brace Arriva Midlands North E
0640 Market Drayton via Shawbury and Hodnet Arriva Midlands North K Some buses continue to Hanley via Newcastle-under-Lyme
0740 Llanfyllin via Llanymynech Tanat Valley Coaches N Some buses terminate at Llanymynech
0X750 Rhayader via Llanidloes Celtic Travel R Some buses terminate at Llanidloes
0960 Telford Centre via Ironbridge Select Bus Services S
096A0 Telford Centre via Ironbridge Select Bus Services S Also Serves Madeley
04090 London Victoria via Digbeth National Express S
04090 Aberystwyth via Welshpool and Newtown National Express S
04350 Ludlow via Leebotwood and Church Stretton Minsterley Motors N
04360 Bridgnorth Select Bus Services P
05010 Ellesmere via Myddle Lakeside Coaches P
05110 Whitchurch via Wem Arriva Midlands North L Some buses terminate at Wem
05120 Whitchurch via Wem Arriva Midlands North L Does not serve Clive
05400 Cardington via Acton Burnell and Church Stretton Lakeside Coaches N
05520 Stiperstones via Pontesbury and Minsterley Minsterley Motors N
05530 Bishop's Castle via Pontesbury and Minsterley Minsterley Motors N
05580 Montgomery via Worthen Tanat Valley Coaches R
05760 Oswestry via Baschurch Tanat Valley Coaches R Some buses terminate at Baschurch

References

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  1. ^ "Bus Travel in Shrewsbury". Arriva Bus.
  2. ^ "Shrewsbury Bus Station". Visit Mid Wales.
  3. ^ Humphreys, Nick (2 September 2020). "Plea for rethink on future of Shrewsbury bus station". Shropshire Star.
  4. ^ Humphreys, Nick (31 July 2020). "Transport boss defends 'aspiration' of getting rid of Shrewsbury bus station". Shropshire Star.
  5. ^ Trigg, Keri (24 February 2023). "Campaigners urge council to commit to keeping Shrewsbury bus station". www.shropshirestar.com. Retrieved 26 February 2023.