A bus station or a bus interchange is a structure where city buses or intercity buses stop to pick up and drop off passengers. While the term bus depot can also be used to refer to a bus station, it can also refer to a bus garage . A bus station is larger than a bus stop , which is usually simply a place on the roadside, where buses can stop. It may be intended as a terminal station for a number of routes, or as a transfer station where the routes continue.
14-1293: Heathrow Central bus station is a large bus station that serves terminals 2 and 3 of Heathrow Airport , in London , England. It provides urban bus and long-distance coach services to destinations in London and to regional destinations across Britain. It is the UK's busiest bus and coach station with over 1,600 services each day to over 1,000 destinations. An estimated 13% of air passengers using Heathrow Airport use bus and coach services from Heathrow Central bus station. Local London Buses operate from stands 18 and 19 as far as Uxbridge , Ruislip , Harrow , Greenford , Hounslow , Kingston and Croydon . A night bus operates into Central London . First Beeline , Arriva Herts & Essex , Carousel Buses and Diamond South East operate bus services from stand 20 to destinations including Maidenhead , Slough , High Wycombe , Whitley Village , Watford , St Albans and Harlow . Long-distance coach services by First Beeline ( RailAir ), Flixbus , Megabus , National Express and The Airline operate from stands 6 to 17 connecting with other airports, main towns and cities across
28-406: A colour-coded queue scheme. Soon after it opened, in 1981, the interchange was partially demolished and expanded at a cost of S$ 3 million, and work was completed in 1983. After the expansion, the interchange covered 1.7 hectares (4.2 acres) and had 32 end-on berths, 7 sawtooth berths and 33 remote parking bays. Several bus services were moved to the interchange from Chai Chee Bus Terminal when
42-834: A dynamic passenger information system. The latter requires fewer platforms, but does not provide consistent locations for passengers. Kilambakkam bus terminus in Chennai is spread over an area of 358,200 square metres (88.52 acres), making it the largest bus station in the world. The Woodlands Bus Interchange in Singapore is one of the busiest bus interchanges in the world, handling up to 400,000 passengers daily across 42 bus services. Other Singaporean bus interchanges such as Bedok Bus Interchange , Tampines Bus Interchange and Yishun Bus Interchange handle similar number of passengers daily. The largest underground bus station in Europe
56-456: A temporary site along Bedok North Drive to allow the original facility to be rebuilt as planned. The new Bedok Integrated Transport Hub (ITH) began operations on 30 November 2014. With the completion of the ITH, Bedok residents are able to transfer in air-conditioned comfort between bus and MRT services at Bedok MRT station. It was the 7th bus interchange in Singapore to be air-conditioned. Under
70-600: Is Kamppi Centre in Helsinki, Finland completed in 2006. The terminal cost 100 million Euro to complete and took 3 years to design and build. Today, the bus terminal, which covers 25,000 square meters, is the busiest bus terminal in Finland. Every day, the terminal has around 700 bus departures, transporting approximately 170,000 passengers. Preston Bus Station in Preston, England, built in 1969 and later heritage-listed ,
84-505: Is an air-conditioned bus interchange located in Bedok , Singapore . It is situated approximately in the centre of Bedok town, and is located along Bedok North Interchange and Bedok North Drive, on the second level of Bedok Mall . It is connected to Bedok MRT station on the East–West line . The original facility opened on 25 February 1979. It was the first interchange in Singapore to use
98-535: Is open 24 hours a day and it is connected to Terminals 2 and 3 via underground walkways. Air passengers travelling through Terminals 4 and 5 can use rail services free of charge within the Heathrow free travel zone to reach the bus station. A travel centre at the central bus station provides travel information. Passengers using Central Bus station but not connecting via flights from the airport are directed to use paid parking at Terminal 2. The cost for parking for
112-735: The Lincoln Tunnel and one block west of Times Square . The terminal is the largest in the Western Hemisphere and the busiest in the world by volume of traffic, serving about 8,000 buses and 225,000 people on an average weekday and more than 65 million people a year. It has 223 gates. It operates intercity bus routes all over the United States and some routes with international destinations, mostly in Canada, and mostly operated by Greyhound Lines. The largest bus terminal in
126-459: The Bedok town centre and rebuilding the original facility into an air-conditioned one, integrated with a proposed commercial development (Bedok Mall) and proposed residential development (Bedok Residences), resembling Boon Lay Bus Interchange . The original facility was demolished after 32 years of operations, to make way for the development. On 19 November 2011, the original bus interchange moved to
140-625: The United Kingdom. Heathrow Central bus station is situated directly above Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 tube station on the Piccadilly line of London Underground linked by escalators and lifts. It is also linked by underground walkways to Heathrow Central railway station , which is served by the Elizabeth line and Heathrow Express . Both these stations provide direct rail links with Central London . Heathrow Central bus station
154-571: The first hour as of December 2023 was £9.60. Terminal 2 car park is in excess of 1 km (0.62 mi) walk from the bus terminal and wheel chairs are available for those requiring assistance by calling the help points near the lifts in the car park in terminal 2. The number of wheel chairs is limited and can take up to an hour to arrive. 51°28′17″N 0°27′12″W / 51.4715°N 0.4532°W / 51.4715; -0.4532 Bus station Bus station platforms may be assigned to fixed bus lines, or variable in combination with
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#1732782415103168-687: The southern hemisphere is the Tietê Bus Terminal located in São Paulo, Brazil. It is also the 2nd busiest in the world, serving about 90,000 people per weekday in 300 bus lines on its 89 platforms (72 for boarding and 17 for deboarding), with services to over 1,000 cities over the country and South America . The terminal is also linked to Portuguesa-Tietê , an adjacent metro station. Bedok Bus Interchange 1°32′51″N 104°33′35″E / 1.54750°N 104.55972°E / 1.54750; 104.55972 Bedok Bus Interchange
182-634: The terminal closed in 1985. Bedok MRT station opened in 1989 at the south of the original facility, complementing the bus interchange to serve people travelling within Bedok town and also the nearby East Coast Park . Based on the Urban Redevelopment Authority 's 2003 Master Plan, it was indicated that the bus interchange would be redeveloped. This was confirmed in early 2011 when the Housing and Development Board (HDB) announced plans to rejuvenate Bedok, which involved redeveloping
196-670: Was described in 2014 as "depending on how you measure it, the largest bus station in the world, the second-biggest in Europe, and the longest in Europe". It was fully refurbished in 2018. The largest bus terminal in North America is the Port Authority Bus Terminal located in New York City. The terminal is located in Midtown at 625 Eighth Avenue between 40th Street and 42nd Street, one block east of
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