Brighouse bus station
Brighouse | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Ganny Road, Brighouse Calderdale |
| Operated by | West Yorkshire Metro |
| Bus stands | 6 |
| Bus operators | |
| Connections | Brighouse railway station (660 yards [600 m]) |
| History | |
| Opened | May 2009 |
Brighouse bus station serves the town of Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England. The bus station is owned and managed by West Yorkshire Metro. The bus station is situated in the Brighouse Town Centre and could be accessed from Gooder Street and Ganny Road. The current station was opened from 10 May 2009 on the site of the previous one that dates back from the 1970s.
The new bus station cost £2.38 million and provides passengers with more comfortable and safer enclosed waiting areas, new seating and lighting, real time electronic passenger information, 24-hour CCTV surveillance and additional footpaths and pedestrian access [1] It has six stands.[2]
Services
[edit]The main operators that use the station are First West Yorkshire's Bradford and Calderdale & Huddersfield operations, Arriva Yorkshire and Yorkshire Tiger. National Express services go from here daily south to London Victoria Coach Station.
Buses run from the bus station to Bradford, Cleckheaton, Dewsbury, Elland, Halifax and Huddersfield. The new X1 service has recently combined with the 501 service to increase the buses per hour between Halifax and Huddersfield. [3]There used to be a service to Leeds and Saltaire but both were cut.
References
[edit]- ^ Brighouse bus station now open - Metro (WYPTE) - May 2009[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Brighouse Bus Station". West Yorkshire Metro. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
- ^ "First Bus launches new express service linking Halifax and Huddersfield". First Bus North England News. 13 February 2024. Retrieved 19 November 2024.