Bus station

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The Central Omnibus Station in Flensburg (Germany) in 2012, where in the year 1931 the first Central Omnibus Station in Germany was opened.

Kamppi Centre is the largest underground bus station in Europe^[1]

Tel Aviv Central Bus Station, Israel. The second largest bus station in the world.

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 roadside, 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.

Bus station platforms may be assigned to fixed bus lines, or variable in combination with a dynamic passenger information system.^[2] The latter requires fewer platforms, but does not supply the passenger the comfort of knowing the platform well in advance and waiting there.

Types of stand

Type	Alighting	Boarding	Layover
Bus Stand	yes	yes
Arrivals Stand	yes	no	no
Departure Stand	no	yes
Layover Stand	no	no

^1 If separate layover bays are provided then buses usually park in them if not they park in the Departure Stand or Bus Stand.

Accessible station

A former bus station typical of the heyday of coach travel in the 1930s

An accessible station is a public transportation passenger station which provides ready access, is usable and does not have physical barriers that prohibit and/or restrict access by people with disabilities, including those who use wheelchairs.^[3]

Largest bus stations

The largest underground bus station in Europe is Kamppi Centre of Helsinki, Finland completed in 2006. The terminal cost 100 million Euro to complete and took 3 years to design and build. Today, the bus terminal, which covers 25,000 square meters, is the busiest bus terminal in Finland. Every day, the terminal has around 700 bus departures, transporting some 170,000 passengers.^[1]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "Kamppi –The Helsinki Underground Bus Terminal" (pdf). Xtralis. Archived from the original on 2010-02-07. Retrieved 2010-02-07.
↑ "New hightech bus station in Amstelveen opened". Vialis. 2009-10-13. Retrieved 2010-02-07.
↑ Federal Transit Administration - Part 37-Transportation Services for Individuals with Disabilities - 0726CB3D4779478E8B60DA001A4ABF47

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