Doncaster Frenchgate Interchange

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Doncaster Frenchgate Interchange Bus interchange
Location
Locale Frenchgate Centre, Doncaster
Local authority Doncaster
Coordinates 53°31′26″N 1°08′20″W / 53.5240°N 1.1388°W / 53.5240; -1.1388Coordinates: 53°31′26″N 1°08′20″W / 53.5240°N 1.1388°W / 53.5240; -1.1388
Operation
Opened June 2006
Managed by Travel South Yorkshire
No. of stands 30
Operators Arriva Yorkshire
First South Yorkshire
Powells Bus Co
Stagecoach Yorkshire
Wilfreda Beehive, National Express
Travel centre Yes
Rail connection Doncaster National Rail adjacent.

Doncaster Frenchgate Interchange is a transport interchange located in the Frenchgate Centre in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. Doncaster Frenchgate Interchange is home to 30 bus bays, and also connects the shopping centre with the town's railway station.

History

The interchange was designed by local transport executive South Yorkshire PTE (SYPTE)[1] and shopping centre owners Teesland. It had received planning permission by 2001, and was intended to open in 2004 at a cost of £70 million.[2]

Work on the Frenchgate interchange began in 2003. It opened in June 2006 and became the town's main transport hub, with SYPTE predicting that it would receive around 12 million passengers per year. The previous Doncaster North and Doncaster South bus stations, which dated from the 1960s and were located underneath multi-storey car parks, were closed.[1]

Bus

The Interchange is used by all bus companies that serve Doncaster. First South Yorkshire is the towns largest and central bus operator, with Stagecoach Yorkshire, Arriva Yorkshire, Wilfreda Beehive and Powells Bus Co. serving outer destinations.

Services to Robin Hood Airport in Finningley also operate from the Interchange, however as of September 2010 a dedicated direct Airport service no longer exists. Local bus services must be used, which may inconvenience many rail-air passengers, with indirect routes and longer journey times.

Train

Main article: Doncaster railway station

Doncaster railway station is situated on the East Coast Main Line. There are currently seven train operators which call at Doncaster, including East Coast, First TransPennine Express and Northern Rail. Destination range from London, Bristol, Glasgow and Edinburgh. Access to and from the station can be made directly from the Frenchgate Centre and Interchange.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Millar, Alan (July 2006). "All change as Doncaster becomes new interchange". Buses (Ian Allan Publishing) (616): 10. 
  2. ↑ Debenhams to open in Doncaster Property Week, 6 April 2001

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