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    Preston bus station

    I've been a bit quiet on here lately and was away when the World Monument Fund made their announcement (in fact the website was hit with 2200 visitors in a day as opposed to the usual amount over 50 or so and was knocked offline for a few hours). I'm going to crack on with updating the site and...
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    Preston bus station

    And Fishwick & Sons, Blue Bus, National Express, Lancashire United - although the bus station is council owned and I believe buses are charged per use of the bus station so they contribute that way. I often get emails or comments on the Facebook group from people beyond Preston who use the...
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    Preston bus station

    And Fishwick & Sons, Blue Bus, National Express, Lancashire United - although the bus station is council owned and I believe buses are charged per use of the bus station so they contribute that way. I often get emails or comments on the Facebook group from people beyond Preston who use the...
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    Preston bus station

    I agree that Preston Bus Station is far from perfect internally but would argue for modernisation rather than demolition. There is no replacement planned.
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    Preston bus station

    The cost of purchasing the privately owned Fishergate Centre would be astronomical, there is the problem of trapping buses in the current Fishergate one way system and by the time Tithebarn is built it would be at the OTHER end of town where the current bus station is, about 0.7miles away...
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    Preston bus station

    They've played around with free parking around Christmas in a bid to bring more shoppers in. As it's a council owned car park it seems reasonable to me. I've often wondered how revenue would be impacted if they decided not to charge for parking rather than employing wardens and maintaining...
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    Preston bus station

    The quick response is "Does that really matter?" but I'll elaborate. It's less than 1 mile from the train station, granted it's not integrated directly but that's nothing that a shuttle bus service couldn't remedy, however it would probably be quicker to walk during busier times on the roads...
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    Preston bus station

    Hi MattE2010, I represent the Save Preston Bus Station website. There's been no news on the Tithebarn development for some months now. The plan has been to clear Preston Bus Station, and many lesser buildings, and replace the whole area with a generic shopping development similar to...
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    Stagecoach North West Discussion

    Hello all, As I've been searching the internet high and low for Preston Bus Station related news I've come across this site a few times in the news results. I can see that there are plenty of bus enthusiasts here, no doubt many of whom have passed through Preston station. This might be a...

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