Digbeth Coach Station

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The entrance for coaches.
The entrance for coaches.

Digbeth Coach Station is a coach station in Birmingham, England owned and operated by National Express. It is in the Digbeth area of Birmingham, just southeast of the city centre. A major interchange on Britain's coach network, it is the largest coach station owned by National Express with services to destinations through Great Britain, as well as Ulsterbus services to Belfast and Eurolines services to Dublin and Poland. It was built by Midland Red in 1929, and until 1997 was also used by Midland Red West as a depot.

The building was to be repainted and cleaned, but with the failure of planning permission for a new coach station in Great Charles Street[1], it was decided to demolish the existing structure and build an entirely new coach station on the current site. The new coach station is currently being designed by MAKE Architects and should be completed by mid-2008, until which time National Express hope to use a temporary site bounded by nearby Oxford Street, Coventry Street, and Meriden Street, which will be known as Birmingham Coach Station. In line with other new coach stations, the design will feature an open area for coaches so that exhaust fumes do not collect in the building. There will be 16 coach bays[2]. The new building itself will be open and light with natural light available from all sides. It will cost an estimated £7 million [3].

[edit] References

  1. ^ Birmingham Coach Station Application Withdrawn
  2. ^ Coach station is just the ticket - Birmingham Mail (Mar 21 2006)
  3. ^ Green light for coach station rebuild - Birmingham Mail (Jun 16 2006)

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Coordinates: 52°28′30.85″N, 1°53′18.83″W

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