Bus station

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Bus station in Purmerend, Netherlands.
Bus station in Purmerend, Netherlands.

A bus station is a structure where city or intercity buses stop to pick up and drop off passengers. It is larger than a bus stop, which is usually simply a place on the sidewalk (UK: pavement) 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.

The largest bus station in the world is The Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv. The station, which was opened in 1993 has a built area of 230,000 m² and a total area of 44 dunams (44,000 m²). However, this station was considered for a long time as a failure, mainly due to its location in the middle of a residential neighborhood.

Bus station platforms may be assigned to fixed bus lines, or variable in combination with a dynamic passenger information system [1]. The latter requires fewer platforms, but does not supply the passenger the comfort of knowing the platform well in advance and waiting there.

[edit] Hong Kong

Hong Kong owns an extensive network of bus routes carrying millions of passengers in the city. Large bus termini are often built near housing estates, shopping malls, ferry piers, MTR stations. Most of them are in open areas, and others are beneath of high podia, so that double-deck buses can stop there, if lack of open areas nearby.

[edit] See also

Bus station in Brazil.
Bus station in Brazil.
Bus station in Norwich, UK
Bus station in Norwich, UK


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