7-612: The Frenchgate Interchange (also known as Doncaster Interchange ) is a rail and bus transport interchange located within the Frenchgate Shopping Centre in the city centre of Doncaster , South Yorkshire , England. It has 30 bus stands, with a large number of destinations accessible from Doncaster railway station . Frenchgate Interchange was designed by local transport executive South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (SYPTE) and shopping centre owners Teesland . It had received planning permission by 2001, and
14-414: A multi storey car park and has recently become the main car park for the developing civic area. As of February 2021, the stand allocation is: Frenchgate Shopping Centre The Frenchgate Shopping Centre (formerly Arndale Centre) is a large shopping centre located in the city centre of Doncaster , South Yorkshire , England. It is named after the street of the same name that formed one of
21-479: The Frenchgate Centre. As part of this project the centre also received a major multimillion-pound refurbishment, incorporating the centre into the new transport interchange . During the building of the extension, which involved building a tunnel over Trafford Way, part of the tunnel collapsed, severely injuring one of the building workers from the site. The extension and transport interchange opened to
28-399: The centre came just a year after Frenchgate had undergone a £200 million facelift to transform it into the country's first shopping centre with integrated public transport and retail interchange. Before the change of name from Arndale to Frenchgate Centre, the centre was home to a controversial statue entitled 'The Lovers', which depicted a naked couple in a passionate embrace and which
35-547: The old gates of medieval Doncaster. The centre has been the heart of the city for over 40 years and was originally called the Arndale Centre because it was built, owned and managed by the Arndale Group. It was renamed in 1988 after a change of ownership, with the new name reflecting the name of the street which passes to the east of the centre and which is one of Doncaster's main shopping streets. The sale of
42-538: Was intended to open in 2004 at a cost of £70 million. Work began in 2003. It opened in June 2006 and became the city's main transport hub, with SYPTE predicting that it would receive around 12 million passengers per year. The previous Doncaster North and Doncaster South bus stations, which dated from the 1960s and were located underneath multi-storey car parks, were closed. However, the South Bus Station remained
49-506: Was the subject of many complaints from mothers who claimed that it was not appropriate for young children to see. In 2004 the Northern Bus Station and Gresley House, which were located on the northern side of Trafford Way, the road that passed round the northern side of the Frenchgate Centre, and where the rear entrance and service areas were located, were demolished to make way for a new Transport interchange and extension to
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