| Leeds City | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Locale | York Street, Leeds city centre |
| Local authority | City of Leeds |
| Operation | |
| Opened | 1938 (originally opened), 1996 (rebuilt) |
| Managed by | Metro |
| No. of stands | 26 |
| Operators | First West Yorkshire, Arriva Yorkshire, Centrebus Holdings, Transdev |
| Travel centre | Yes |
| Rail connection | Leeds City 800 metres away |
Leeds City bus station serves the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The bus station is owned and managed by Metro. It is situated between the Quarry Hill and Leeds City Markets areas of Leeds city centre. It can be accessed from York Street, Dyer Street and the adjoining coach station.
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The bus station was opened in 1938 and was previously known as Leeds Central bus station. The original bus station was built at the same time and in the same style as the Quarry Hill flats. The original bus station was used as the back-drop for the opening credits of Yorkshire Television sitcom, Queenie's Castle.
The site was refurbished in 1964 and rebuilt in 1996 when National Express Coaches relocated to the site. Other bus stations on Lady Lane and Wellington Street were closed once the new station was constructed.
The bus station is situated away from the railway station meaning there is no central transport 'hub' in Leeds. To answer this a small bus interchange was constructed at the railway station in 2005 and linked to the bus station by a Freecitybus zero-fare bus service, which was replaced by the LeedsCityBus service in April 2011[1].
The building replaced a series of steel and concrete bus shelters. In-line with most new bus stations in West Yorkshire, Leeds City is fully enclosed. The building is a single-story brick-built structure with a glass roof which runs the length of the bus stands. There are two concourses within the station, the bus concorse is situated on the Eastern side of the building, while the National Express concourse is situated on the Western side.
The bus station is owned and operated by the West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (Metro). It is the largest bus station of five in the city. There is a concorse for National Express Coaches and a bus concorse with 26 stands.
Nearly all buses from the bus station are to destinations out of the city, such as Ripon, Scarborough, Hull, Pontefract, Barnsley, Huddersfield, Halifax and Skipton.
The bus station is some distance from railway station, however there is the LeedsCityBus bus service linking the two locations[1].
The main operators are First Leeds, Arriva Yorkshire, Yorkshire Coastliner, National Express, Keighley and District and Harrogate & District.
Most internal city bus (First Leeds) services the city centre roads; mainly on the public transport box (The Headrow, Park Row, Vicar Lane and Boar Lane). There are three smaller interchanges around the bus box area, one on Vicar Lane, one on Boar Lane and one on East Parade as well as numerous bus stands.
Under the now discontinued scheme of the Leeds Supertram the bus station would have had its own stop which would be used for access to both the bus station and the adjacent markets. The Leeds Trolleybus when fully complete is likely to have such a stop.
The main operators at the bus station include First West Yorkshire and Arriva Yorkshire, with other services run by Transdev's three Yorkshire operations, Harrogate and District, Keighley and District, Yorkshire Coastliner, plus Stagecoach in Hull and Centrebus, who run the 757 bus service to Leeds Bradford International Airport.
There are plently of local services which link Leeds with the surrounding areas of the city such as Bramley, Cross Gates, Garforth, Headingley, Horsforth, Hunslet, Kirkstall, Morley and Seacroft.
In addition to this, there are several services which run to other towns and cities in West Yorkshire including Batley, Bradford, Brighouse, Castleford, Cleckheaton, Dewsbury, Halifax, Heckmondwike, Huddersfield, Ilkley, Keighley, Otley, Pontefract and Wakefield, plus the White Rose Centre and Leeds Bradford International Airport. Buses also run to places outside of West Yorkshire, such as Harrogate, Hull, Selby, Skipton, Tadcaster and York
The bus services that use Leeds City Bus Station and its Stand Letter are[2][3]: (Places in bold are where services terminate)
| No. | Operator | Destination | Stand |
|---|---|---|---|
| LCB | First West Yorkshire | LeedsCityBus around Leeds city centre | 1 or 2 |
| 6 | First West Yorkshire | Holt Park via Headingley and Tinshill | 20 |
| 28 | First West Yorkshire | Adel via Headingley | 21 |
| 33 33A |
First West Yorkshire | Otley via Kirkstall, Horsforth, Yeadon and Guiseley | 19 |
| 36 | Transdev in Harrogate | Ripon via Harrogate | 23 |
| 72 | First West Yorkshire | Bradford via Armley and Thornbury | 16 |
| 97 | First West Yorkshire | Guiseley via Headingley, Horsforth and Yeadon | 21 |
| 110 | Arriva Yorkshire | Hall Green via Outwood, Wakefield and Kettlethorpe | 9 |
| 117 | Arriva Yorkshire | Wakefield via White Rose Centre and Ossett | 14 |
| 189 | Arriva Yorkshire | Wakefield via Mickletown, Castleford and Normanton | 6 |
| 202 203 |
Arriva Yorkshire | Huddersfield via White Rose Centre, Dewsbury, Northorpe (202) and Mirfield (203) | 12 |
| 209 219 |
Arriva Yorkshire | Heckmondwike via Gildersome, Drighlington (209), Birstall Retail Park (219) and Birstall | 8 |
| 217 | Arriva Yorkshire | Overton via Ossett, Horbury and Netherton | 14 |
| 220 | Arriva Yorkshire | Huddersfield via White Rose Centre, Morley, Birstall, Cleckheaton and Liversedge | 10 |
| 221 | Arriva Yorkshire | Mirfield via White Rose Centre, Morley, Batley, Heckmondwike and Roberttown | 10 |
| 222 | Arriva Yorkshire | Heckmondwike via White Rose Centre, Morley and Birstall | 10 |
| 225 | Arriva Yorkshire | Brighouse via Birkenshaw, Cleckheaton and Hartshead | 13 |
| 229 | Arriva Yorkshire | Huddersfield via Gildersome, Birstall Retail Park, Birstall, Batley, Heckmondwike and Bradley | 8 |
| 254 | Arriva Yorkshire | Wakefield via Birkenshaw, Cleckheaton, Liversedge, Heckmondwike and Dewsbury | 13 |
| 255 | Arriva Yorkshire | Halifax via Birkenshaw, Cleckheaton, Scholes and Wyke | 13 |
| 402 403 |
Arriva Yorkshire | Selby via Cross Gates, Garforth, Micklefield, Sherburn and Thorpe Willoughby | 7 |
| 410 | Arriva Yorkshire | Pontefract via Methley and Glasshoughton | 6 |
| 444 | Arriva Yorkshire | Hall Green via Rothwell, Wakefield and Calder Grove | 14 (Evenings/Sundays) |
| 446 | Arriva Yorkshire | Wakefield via Woodlesford | 14 (Evenings/Sundays) |
| 481 | Arriva Yorkshire | Wakefield via John Charles Stadium (Evenings/Sundays), Middleton and East Ardsley | 14 |
| 508 | First West Yorkshire | Halifax via Kirkstall, Farsley, Thornbury, Odsal and Shelf | 18 |
| 670 | First West Yorkshire | Bradford via Kirkstall, Calverley, Greengates and Five Lane Ends | 18 |
| 743 | Transdev Yorkshire Coastliner | York Stonebow via M1 motorway and Tadcaster | 25 |
| 757 | Centrebus | Leeds Bradford Airport via Kirkstall, Horsforth and Rawdon | 15 |
| 760 | Transdev in Keighley | Keighley via Kirkstall, Calverley, Greengates, Shipley and Bingley | 18 |
| 770 | Transdev in Harrogate | Harrogate via Seacroft, Bramham and Wetherby | 24 |
| 800 | York Pullman | Hawes via Kirkstall, Guiseley, Ilkley, Addingham and Grassington | 17 (Sundays) |
| 820 | York Pullman | Richmond via Otley, Pateley Bridge, Ripon and Leyburn | 17 (Sundays) |
| 840 | Transdev Yorkshire Coastliner | Whitby via Tadcaster, York, Malton and Pickering | 25 |
| 843 | Transdev Yorkshire Coastliner | Scarborough via Tadcaster, York, Malton and Seamer | 25 |
| 844 | Transdev Yorkshire Coastliner | Heworth via Tadcaster and York | 25 |
| 845 | Transdev Yorkshire Coastliner | Bridlington via Tadcaster, York, Malton and Filey | 25 |
| 870 | Arriva Yorkshire | Ilkley via Headingley, Otley and Burley (continues to Buckden as service 874) | 17 (Sundays) |
| X6 | First West Yorkshire | Huddersfield via Bradford and Brighouse | 17 |
| X8 | First West Yorkshire | Halifax via Armley, Thornbury, Odsal and Shelf | 16 |
| X62 | Stagecoach in Hull | Hull via Junction 32 Outlet, Goole and Brough | 7 |
| X84 | First West Yorkshire | Skipton via Headingley, Bramhope, Otley, Ilkley and Addingham | 22 |
| Some services do not stop in the bus station but do serve stops outside the station on York Street, Eastgate or St Peter's Street | |||
| 4 ftr | First West Yorkshire | Whinmoor via St James's Hospital and Seacroft | F4 |
| Pudsey via Copley Hill | F7 | ||
| 5 | First West Yorkshire | Halton Moor via York Road | F4 |
| Old Farnley via Armley | F7 | ||
| 11 | First West Yorkshire | Seacroft via Gipton | F4 |
| 14 | First West Yorkshire | Halton Moor via York Road | F4 |
| Pudsey via Armley | F7 | ||
| 16 16A |
First West Yorkshire | Seacroft via Gipton | F4 |
| Pudsey via Bramley and Farsley | F7 | ||
| 19 | First West Yorkshire | East Garforth via Colton and Garforth | F3 |
| Ireland Wood via Headingley Stadium | F7 | ||
| 19A | First West Yorkshire | East Garforth via Colton and Garforth | F3 |
| Tinshill via Headingley Stadium | F7 | ||
| 28 | First West Yorkshire | Clarence Dock | G1 |
| 28B | Geldards | Clarence Dock | G1, F1 |
| Headingley Campus via Headingley | G9 | ||
| 40 | First West Yorkshire | Seacroft via Cross Gates | F3 |
| Infirmary Street | F7 | ||
| 42 | First West Yorkshire | Fearnville via Gipton | G4 |
| Old Farnley | G5A | ||
| 49 | First West Yorkshire | Monkswood Gate via Harehills | G4, F1 |
| Bramley via Kirkstall | G7 | ||
| 50 50A |
First West Yorkshire | Seacroft via Harehills | G4, F1 |
| Horsforth via Kirkstall | G7 | ||
| 56 | First West Yorkshire | Whimoor via Cross Gates | G2, F1 |
| Moor Grange via Headingley Stadium | G9 | ||
| 60 | Centrebus | Cross Gates via Halton Dial | F4 |
| 62 62A |
Centrebus | Cross Green | F4 |
| Greengates (62) via Kirkstall Rd, Armley, Leysholme, Farnley, Swinnow (62), Troydale (62A) and Pudsey | F7 | ||
| 63A 63B |
Centrebus | Seacroft via Cross Green, Temple Newsam (63A), Cross Gates and Scholes | F4 |
| 64 64A |
First West Yorkshire | Aberford via Cross Gates, Scholes (64A) and Barwick | F4 |
| 74 74A |
First West Yorkshire | Belle Isle via Hunslet | F5 |
| Middleton via Beeston | G5A | ||
| 85 | First West Yorkshire | Morley via Hunslet, Middleton and East Ardsley | F5 |
| Bramley via Armley | F7 | ||
| 87 | First West Yorkshire | Morley via Hunslet, Middleton, White Rose Centre and Cottingley | F5 |
| Bramley via Armley | F7 | ||
| 98 99 X98 |
First West Yorkshire | Deighton Bar via Wetherby | G2 |
| 163 166 |
Arriva Yorkshire | Castleford via Garforth and Kippax | F3 |
| 167 168 |
Arriva Yorkshire | Castleford via Swillington | F5 |
| 444 | Arriva Yorkshire | Hall Green via Rothwell, Wakefield and Calder Grove | F5 |
| 446 | Arriva Yorkshire | Wakefield via Woodlesford | F5 |
| 800 | York Pullman | York via Seacroft and Tadcaster | F3 (Sundays) |
| 820 | York Pullman | Wetherby via Collingham | F5 (Sundays) |
| 870 | Arriva Yorkshire | Wakefield via Outwood | F3 (Sundays) |
| X11 | First West Yorkshire | Bradford via Pudsey | G6 |
| X14 | First West Yorkshire | Thornbury Barracks via Pudsey | G6 |
There are several coach services, which run from the other side of the bus station, the majority of these services being run by National Express Coaches with the others run by Eurolines. Stagecoach Group's coach operations Megabus doesn't operate from the coach station and stops on nearby Kirkgate.
These are a list of coach services from Leeds Dyer Street Coach Station NB (Places in bold are where services terminate) [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]
| No. | Operator | Route |
|---|---|---|
| 060 | National Express | Liverpool via Bradford (evenings only), Chadderton, Manchester, Salford |
| 240 | National Express | Bradford Interchange |
| Gatwick Airport via Wakefield, Meadowhall, Sheffield, Chesterfield, East Midlands Airport, Coventry, Warwick Parkway, Heathrow Airport | ||
| 310 | National Express | Bradford Interchange |
| Birmingham via Sheffield, Mansfield, Nottingham, Leicester and Coventry or Poole via Sheffield, Chesterfield, Nottingham, Leicester, Coventry, Leamington Spa, Banbury, Oxford, Newbury, Winchester, Southampton and Bournemouth or Southsea via Sheffield, Chesterfield, Nottingham, Leicester, Coventry, Leamington Spa, Banbury, Oxford, Reading, Basingstoke, Fareham and Portsmouth |
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| 320 | National Express | Bradford Interchange |
| Oxford via Meadowhall, Sheffield, Chesterfield, Derby, Lichfield (some), Birmingham, Birmingham International Airport, Warwick, Leamington Spa and Banbury or Cardiff via Meadowhall, Sheffield, Chesterfield, Derby, Birmingham, Worcester and Newport |
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| 321 | National Express | Bradford Interchange |
| Aberdale via Meadowhall, Sheffield, Chesterfield, Derby, Birmingham, Worcester, Great Malvern, Ledbury, Hereford, Abergavenny and Merthyr Tydfil | ||
| 324 | National Express | Bradford Interchange |
| Paignton via Meadowhall, Sheffield, Chesterfield, Derby, Lichfield, Birmingham, Exeter, Newton Abbot and Torquay | ||
| 326 | National Express | Cambridge via Meadowhall, Sheffield, Chesterfield (some), Nottingham, Leicester, Market Harborough, Northampton and Bedford |
| Newcastle-upon-Tyne via York, Thirsk, Middlesbrough, Stockton, Billingham, Hartlepool, Peterlee and Sunderland or Newcastle-upon-Tyne via Wetherby, Darlington and Durham |
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| 351 | National Express | Sheffield |
| Blackpool via Bradford, Manchester or Halifax and Preston | ||
| 380 | National Express | Bangor via Bradford, Oldham, Manchester, Manchester Airport, Liverpool, Birkenhead Conway Park, Ellesmere Port, Flint, Prestatyn, Rhyl, Colwyn Bay and Llandudno |
| Newcastle-upon-Tyne via York, Thirsk, Middlesbrough, Stockton, Billingham and Sunderland | ||
| 381 | National Express | Chester via Bradford, Oldham, Manchester and Manchester Airport |
| Newcastle-upon-Tyne via Harrogate, Ripon, Darlington and Durham or Newcastle-upon-Tyne via Middlesbrough and Sunderland |
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| 383 | National Express | Wrexham via Bradford, Oldham, Manchester, Manchester Airport, Warrington and Chester |
| Edinburgh via Harrogate, Ripon, Darlington, Durham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Jedburgh, Melrose and Galashiels | ||
| 425 | National Express | London Victoria Coach Station via Milton Keynes Coachway |
| Newcastle-upon-Tyne via Harrogate, Ripon, Darlington and Durham | ||
| 425 | National Express | London Victoria Coach Station via Milton Keynes Coachway |
| Newcastle-upon-Tyne via Harrogate, Ripon, Darlington and Durham | ||
| 465 | National Express | Huddersfield via Bradford and Halifax |
| London Victoria Coach Station via Wakefield, Barnsley, Sheffield, Chesterfield, Mansfield and Nottingham | ||
| 537 | National Express | Corby via Sheffield, Mansfield, Nottingham and Leicester |
| Glasgow Buchanan bus station via Keighley, Skipton, Carlisle and Hamilton | ||
| 561 | National Express | London Victoria Coach Station via Wakefield (some) and Milton Keynes Coachway |
| Keighley via Bradford and Shipley or Knaresborough via Harrogate or York |
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| 880 | Eurolines | Dublin via Bradford, Manchester, Manchester Airport, Liverpool, Chester, Bangor and Holyhead |
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