Haymarket bus station

Haymarket Bus Station is one of two bus stations serving Newcastle City Centre. The original bus station opened in 1930 and was rebuilt in 1971.[2] It was completely rebuilt again, on a slightly different site, in 1996.[1] This second rebuild was due to the expansion of the nearby Marks and Spencer shop, necessitating the demolition of a number of properties. The opportunity was taken to enlarge the bus station from 9 to 13 stands.[1]

For the bus station in Leicester, see Haymarket Bus Station, Leicester.
Haymarket Bus Station
LocationPercy Street
Newcastle upon Tyne
Coordinates54.9767°N 1.6147°W / 54.9767; -1.6147
Owned byNewcastle City Council
Operated byNexus
Bus stands13
Bus operators
Connections
Other information
Fare zone
Websitewww.nexus.org.uk/bus/bus-stations-and-stops/haymarket-bus-station
History
Opened
  • Original bus station: 1930
  • Rebuilt: 1971
  • Replaced: 1 April 1996 (1996-04-01)[1]
Location
Haymarket Bus Station
Haymarket bus station in Newcastle City Centre

It is located in the Haymarket area of the city centre, near to the northern end of Northumberland Street, as well as Newcastle University, Northumbria University's City Campus, and Newcastle Civic Centre. It is adjacent to Haymarket Metro station and Eldon Square bus station. A Nexus enquiry office and an Arriva travel shop are based within the bus station.

The station has 13 bus stands, lettered L to Y, with an additional alighting point located outside the main bus station building.[3] (The bus stands in Eldon Square bus station are lettered A to K.)

A design fault in the glass roof caused panels to flex and dislodge from the frame in hot weather. A safety net was erected below the entire roof in July 2006, after a panel fell from the roof and injured a pedestrian.[4] Since then the bus station has been redesigned, with the overhead glass panelling being replaced with a more solid roof structure.

Haymarket bus station is mainly served by Arriva North East, with other routes operated by Go North East and Phoenix Coaches. Services operate to the north and east of the city, North Tyneside and Northumberland, including Alnwick, Ashington, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Blyth, Cramlington and Morpeth.

Buses from the nearby Eldon Square bus station serve destinations in the west of the city, Gateshead, County Durham, Teesside and the Tyne Valley. Most long-distance coaches serve the separate Newcastle coach station.

As of February 2020 the stand allocation is:

Stand Route Destination
L 306 Tynemouth / Whitley Bay [note 1]
308 Blyth via Whitley Bay
X6 Cobalt Business Park
M 309 Blyth via Whitley Bay
310 North Shields
311 Hadrian Park
X39 Cobalt Business Park
N 51 Whitley Bay via Holystone
51A Holystone
X20 Alnwick via Ashington & Alnmouth
X30 Bebside via Blyth
P X21 Newbiggin-by-the-Sea     via Ashington
X22 Ashington
Q 15 Alnwick [note 2] via Morpeth
X14 Thropton via Morpeth
X15 Berwick-upon-Tweed via Morpeth & Alnwick
X16 Kirkhill via Morpeth
X18 Berwick-upon-Tweed via Morpeth & Alnwick
R Q3 Great Park (+Ride) via Regent Centre
S 43 Cramlington / Morpeth [note 3]     via Regent Centre & Wideopen
44 Dinnington via Regent Centre & Hazlerigg
45 Dinnington via Regent Centre & Wideopen
T 46 Great Park via Regent Centre
U X10 Blyth via Cramlington
X11 Blyth via Cramlington
V X7 Blyth via Burradon & Seaton Sluice
X8 Blyth via Burradon & Cramlington
X9 Blyth via Cramlington
W 52 Cramlington [note 4]     via Four Lane Ends & Killingworth
54 Whitley Bay via Killingworth
X 47 Campus for Ageing and Vitality
55 Forest Hall via Four Lane Ends
808 Otterburn [note 5][note 6]

Notes
  1. Alternate daytime buses continue from Tynemouth to Whitley Bay, Monday–Saturday
  2. One morning peak journey, Monday–Saturday.
  3. One in four daytime buses continue from Cramlington to Morpeth , Monday–Saturday
  4. Two evening peak journeys continue to Ashington , Monday–Saturday
  5. One evening peak journey, Monday–Saturday.
  6. Terminates at Bellingham on Saturday.

References
  1. Morton, David (21 November 2017). "Newcastle's old Haymarket station - who used to catch the bus from here?". Evening Chronicle. Newcastle upon Tyne: Trinity Mirror. Retrieved 22 February 2020. The row of largely closed-down shops next to the station would soon fall victim to the bulldozers. So too would the popular Farmer’s Rest pub. If this incarnation was built in 1920, there had been an inn and hotel on this site for around 200 years. The reason for the arrival of the wrecking ball in this part of Newcastle was the major expansion of the city’s Marks & Sparks store. [...] The old bus station, which had been spruced up and expanded in 1971, would be entirely rebuilt hand-in-hand with M&S. The new £1m station was officially opened by Newcastle United star Peter Beardsley on April 1, 1996.
  2. "New station at the Haymarket". Commercial Motor. London: IPC Business Press. 16 April 1971. p. 27. ISSN 0010-3063. Construction of a new bus and coach station to replace the congested Haymarket station, Newcastle upon Tyne, has now been completed.
  3. "Haymarket bus station". Bus stations and stops. Nexus. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  4. "Council may sue over glass panels". BBC News. BBC. 18 July 2006. Newcastle City Council may take legal action after glass panels fell from the roof of the Haymarket Bus Station, injuring a passer-by. The council said it is gathering evidence to find out which, if any, of the companies involved in the station's construction, is responsible.
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