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Trivia: Stations where the town's bus station is placed.

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When I say town it can also apply to cities. It has to be the MAIN bus station though so for example Leeds wouldn't count. It has to be attached too and not just close, like Sheffield for instance. That would not count. Only stations on the National Rail network too please.

I'll start with...

Bradford Interchange
Nelson Interchange
Rhyl

This is quite tough. I can't think of anymore.
 
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Hull

Blackburn was formerly, however its bus station was resited away towards the town centre a couple of years ago as part of the redevelopment of the cathedral area.
 
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Hull

Blackburn was formerly, however its bus station was resited away towards the town centre a couple of years ago as part of the redevelopment of the cathedral area.

I remembered Hull and was about to post it. I should have known Blackburn. I used to go to school there, but yes the bus station is now by the shopping centre.

Is Whitby another?
 

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My sympathies.

Hamilton and Barnsley are two more that have come to me. I suppose Doncaster isn't valid? Couldn't help you with Whitby.

Doncaster I wouldn't say so. Although very close it's not really attached as part of the station.

Barnsley. Another one I should have got, living 10 miles from it. Hamilton is indeed a good example.

Clitheroe has just sprung to mind.
 

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Doncaster I wouldn't say so. Although very close it's not really attached as part of the station.

Barnsley. Another one I should have got, living 10 miles from it. Hamilton is indeed a good example.

Clitheroe has just sprung to mind.

Well Hull is definitely inside the station building as they took out the side wall to get the bus stands in.

I would say Doncaster too as its only about as close as Barnsley is from the actual station and you can see the buses from the station platforms at the North end of Doncaster station.

Stourbridge Town station and bus station are together too.
 

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When I say town it can also apply to cities. It has to be the MAIN bus station though so for example Leeds wouldn't count. It has to be attached too and not just close, like Sheffield for instance. That would not count. Only stations on the National Rail network too please.

Depends a bit on where you draw the line between 'attached' and 'close'. And in the case of London, there's no single central bus station, so I'm assuming anything that's the main bus station for the local area would count. With that in mind, off the top of my head

Euston
London Bridge
Vauxhall
Stratford
Victoria


All have bus stations that appear to be part of the same complex as the station, and which I'd therefore consider to be attached. (Euston is a little iffy as there are food outlets in between, but those outlets also seem to be part of the station complex, and are clearly aimed mainly to cater for passengers, so I think it counts).

I would also have said Lewisham, but that bus station appears to have been removed recently - there is what looks like a tower block being built there instead.

Outside London:
Windermere (If you count it as a bus station. It is exceptionally small, but it is the main place to catch buses there, and it's not really on a road, so it seems to have the characteristics of a (tiny) bus station. I've even seen a member of Stagecoach staff selling bus tickets to queuing passengers there).

(EDIT; Thinking about this question, I'm actually surprised at how few towns and cities I can think of that have a bus station attached to the main railway station. Probably a sign of how badly planned our public transport is. I'm sure if we really had a decent integrated transport system, most towns would have a bus station attached to the rail station).
 
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Altrincham
Bolton (under construction)
Burscough Bridge
Ringway:)
 

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At St Austell and Penzance the bus station is right outisde the railway station

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Galashiels railway and bus stations were planned together with ticket buying facilities, café and toilets in the bus station (you do have to cross a road between the two though).
 

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Inverness, seperated by a carpark, Fort William, 2 min walk down a path, Aberdeen, sandwitched between and a part of the union square development.
 

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Now then, let us have the correct name, otherwise some people will be wondering where Ringway railway station actually is....:D

Ok station is Manchester Airport but the thread asks for the name of the town (or in this case largely demolished village).

I'd also add Tinsley (Meadowhall station) and Allerton (Liverpool South Parkway station).
 
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Hartlepool.........the joke that is the 'Transport Interchange' Hardly any buses use it. It's just a massive taxi rank !!!!
 

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If you Google for Bournemouth Bus Station, you are given a map which depicts the complex of bus stops outside the railway station.

So Bournemouth is another even if "bus station" is a grandiose name for a selection of bus stops.

In London, the shopping precinct at Hammersmith has the District and Piccadilly lines underneath it and a bus station as the top floor and roof.
 
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Some that i can think of are.

Chichester
Dorking
East Grinstead
Hastings
Orpington
Redhill

Although i guess it depends on what you classify as a bus station. It also depends on how you classify attached to the railway station. As some of these are just outside the railway station but not actually attached to it.
 

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Lincoln St Marks bus station was next to and had an entrance from St Marks rail station, although not the same structure. (rail station survives in retail use, bus station now gone)

There is a new 'transport hub' under construction which will involve a new bus station next to Lincoln (Central) Station at some point in the next few years, but not sure if there will be any linking structure.

Until the 70s, City buses in Lincoln mostly terminated outside the Station, but a collection of shelters outside the Station probably doesn't qualify.

Skegness (Richmond Drive) Bus Station was integral with the part of the rail station building - not sure if this is still the case since the bus station got rebuilt.

Finsbury Park (Station Place) bus station is pretty much the front forecourt of the station (there is a second bus station north of the railway line, and a low bridge between the two which manages an instant open top conversion every few years.

Quite a few London Underground stations were designed with a bus interchange / station outside the door - much of the Underground being in the same ownership as London General from the 1920s - Morden, Edgware, Golders Green, Turnpike Lane, Newbury Park, Southgate - and more recently North Greenwich, immediately come to mind.
 

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I'd say Milton Keynes. The station has pretty much developed into the place where all the buses stop. Even if it wasn't officially planned, it seems to be the de facto bus station also.
 
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