Haymarket bus station

For the bus station in Leicester, see Haymarket Bus Station, Leicester.
Haymarket
Location
Locale Haymarket adjacent to Eldon Square Bus Station
Local authority Newcastle upon Tyne
Grid reference NZ247648
Operation
Opened 1930 (refurb. 1997)
Managed by Nexus
No. of stands 15
Operators Arriva North EastGo North East and Stagecoach
Travel centre Yes
Rail connection Haymarket Metro station adjacent.

Haymarket bus station is one of two bus stations serving the city centre of Newcastle upon Tyne, North East England.

Originally opened in 1930, refurbished in the early 1970s and rebuilt in 1997,[1] it is located in the Haymarket area of the city centre, near to Newcastle University and adjacent to the more modern Eldon Square bus station and Haymarket Metro station. It is accessible from Northumberland Street either directly from the northern end or through Marks and Spencer. A travel shop for Arriva Northumbria is based within the bus station.

The station consists of 15 bus stands lettered L - Y (A-K being located in the adjacent Eldon Square bus station).

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.[2]. Since then the bus station has been redesigned with the overhead glass panelling being replaced with a more solid roof structure.

Contents

Quaylink

Stand Y is the northern terminus for the Q2 QuayLink service which is operated by a fleet of distinctive yellow-liveried buses running every 10 minutes to Newcastle Quayside. The other QuayLink service, the Q1, runs from Newcastle railway station to Gateshead Interchange via The Sage Gateshead. An interchange for the both services is Grey Street. The majority of intermediate bus stops feature real time information.

There is an Arriva Travel Centre in the bus station, which is open 9.00am-5.00pm Mon-Fri and 9.00am-1.00pm Sat. For other timetables there is a Nexus travel centre in the Haymarket Metro.

List of Bus Services

The following are the bus services currently using Haymarket Bus Station, correct to 30 October 2011. [3]. [4].

Key

Route To Via Operator Days of Operation
(if not 7 days)
10 Blyth Bus Station Regent Centre , Brunton Park, & Cramlington Arriva Northumbria Evenings & limited Sunday AM.
11 Blyth Bus Station Regent Centre , Brunton Park, & Cramlington Arriva Northumbria Evenings & limited Sunday AM.
41 Blyth Bus Station Brunton Park, Wideopen & Cramlington Arriva Northumbria Sunday daytime.
43 Cramlington Shops Regent Centre , Wideopen & Dudley Arriva Northumbria Daytime.
Note - 1 Mon-Sat journey/hour extended to Morpeth .
45 Brunswick Industrial Estate Gosforth, Regent Centre & Wideopen Arriva Northumbria Mon-Sat daytime.
46 Featherstone Grove Gosforth, Regent Centre & Brunton Park Arriva Northumbria Mon-Sat daytime.
46A Newcastle Great Park Gosforth, Regent Centre & Brunton Park Arriva Northumbria Mon-Sat evening & all-day Sun.
55 Meadway Estate South Gosforth, Four Lane Ends & Forest Hall Arriva Northumbria
56 North Shields Four Lane Ends , Killingworth & Shiremoor Arriva Northumbria
306 Tynemouth Cradlewell, Silverlink & North Shields Arriva Northumbria "Coastliner".
307 Benton ASDA Sandyford, Cradlewell & Hadrian Lodge Go North East Mon-Sat daytime.
308 Blyth Bus Station Cradlewell, Silverlink & Whitley Bay Arriva Northumbria "Coastliner".
309 Whitley Bay Cemetery High Farm, Cobalt & N.Tyneside Gen.Hosp Go North East "Cobalt Clipper".
Note - Alt Mon-Sat and all Sun journeys extended to Blyth Bus Station .
310 North Shields High Farm, Cobalt & Chirton Go North East "Cobalt Clipper".
501 Berwick-Upon-Tweed Morpeth , Alnwick & Belford Arriva Northumbria Limited Stop, Limited Service, Mon-Sat daytime.
Note - Extra journeys run to Craster & Belford.
505 Berwick-Upon-Tweed Morpeth , Alnwick & Belford Arriva Northumbria Limited Stop.
Note - Evening & Sun service terminates at Alnwick.
518 Alnwick Morpeth , Widdrington & Amble Arriva Northumbria Limited Stop.
Note - Alternate Mon-Sat daytime journeys terminate at Widdrington Station.
Q2 St.Peters Basin Quayside, East Quayside & Ouseburn Valley Go North East "Quaylink".
X2 Durham Bus Station Gateshead , Birtley & Chester-le-Street Arriva Durham County Limited Stop, Mon-Sat daytime.
X4 Blyth Bus Station West Moor, Seghill & Seaton Deleval Arriva Northumbria Limited Stop.
X5 Blyth Bus Station West Moor, Dudley & Cramlington Arriva Northumbria Limited Stop.
X6 Blyth Bus Station West Moor, Dudley & Cramlington Arriva Northumbria Limited Stop, Mon-Sat daytime.
X7 Blyth Bus Station South Gosforth, Seghill & Newsham Arriva Northumbria Limited Stop,
1 journey, Mon-Fri daytime.
X8 Whitley Bay Benton, Cobalt & Red House Farm Arriva Northumbria Limited Stop.
X9 Whitley Bay Tyne Met, Cobalt & Preston Grange Arriva Northumbria Limited Stop.
X10 Blyth Bus Station Brunton Park, Cramlington & Newsham Arriva Northumbria Limited Stop, daytime.
X11 Blyth Bus Station Brunton Park, Cramlington & Newsham Arriva Northumbria Limited Stop, daytime.
X12 Blyth Community College Annitsford, Cramlington & South Beach Arriva Northumbria Limited Stop, Mon-Fri daytime.
X13 Blyth Bus Station Annitsford, Cramlington & South Beach Arriva Northumbria Limited Stop, Mon-Sat daytime.
X14 Morpeth Bus Station Regent Centre , Seaton Burn & Stannington Arriva Northumbria Limited Stop, Mon-Sat daytime.
X15 Pegswood Regent Centre , Seaton Burn & Stannington Arriva Northumbria Limited Stop, Mon-Sat daytime.
X18 Ashington Town Centre Regent Centre , Morpeth & Guide Post Arriva Northumbria Limited Stop, Mon-Sat daytime.
X20 Newbiggin-by-the-Sea Regent Centre , North Seaton & Ashington Arriva Northumbria Limited Stop, Mon-Sat daytime.
X21 Newbiggin-by-the-Sea Regent Centre , Bedlington & Ashington Arriva Northumbria Limited Stop.
X22 North Seaton Regent Centre , Bedlington & Stakeford Arriva Northumbria Limited Stop.
X40 Newcastle Great Park Gosforth, Regent Centre & Brunton Park Arriva Northumbria Limited Stop, Mon-Sat daytime.
X44 Dinnington Gosforth, Regent Centre & Brunton Park Arriva Northumbria Limited Stop, Mon-Sat daytime.

See also

References

  1. ^ "New look bus station is unveiled". BBC News. 18 November 2004. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tyne/4021541.stm. 
  2. ^ "Council may sue over glass panels". BBC News. 18 July 2006. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tyne/5190328.stm. 
  3. ^ '"Timetables - Nexus'". Nexus. http://www.nexus.org.uk/bus/timetables. Retrieved 26 October 2011. 
  4. ^ '"Newcastle Bus Map'". Nexus. http://www.nexus.org.uk/sites/nexus.org.uk/files/documents/page/Newcastle%20Passenger%20guide%20March%202011_web.pdf. Retrieved 16 March 2011.