Broad Marsh bus station, formerly known as Broadmarsh bus station, is a

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serving the city of

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, England. The station is situated in Nottingham City Centre, underneath a

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. It is bordered by Canal Street (A6008 road) and is away from

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Services

The station has a total of 11 departure bays, with services operated by

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(service 9 to Loughborough),

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and

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. National Express services moved from their temporary terminus outside Nottingham Railway Station to Bays 10 and 11 at the new bus station on 14 June 2022, and their new facilities within the bus station were opened on the same date. The new bus station has been allocated a 10-year lease by

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starting in October 2022.

Redevelopment

The previous bus station closed on 9 July 2017 as part of a redevelopment of the area. It was adjacent to the former

Broadmarsh Shopping Centre Broad Marsh (formerly stylised as Broadmarsh) is an historic area of Nottingham, England. The area was subjected to large scale slum clearance, creating large spaces used for regeneration. A shopping centre, car park, bus station and road comp ...

, and had a total of 16 departure bays, including a service by the

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Hopper Bus to Sutton Bonington Campus. A replacement car park and bus station with retail units has been constructed with the new car park opening in November 2021 and is a part of the wider redevelopment of the demolished shopping centre area, including a new central library, named as ''Southern Gateway''. The bus station was intended to open at the same time, but was delayed.

Gallery

File:Bus to Cotgrave leaving the new Broad Marsh bus station (geograph 7509490).jpg,

Trentbarton Trentbarton (stylised in all lowercase) is a bus operator providing both local and regional services in Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Staffordshire, England. It is a subsidiary of the Wellglade Group. History In October 19 ...

bus departing from the bus station entrance, June 2023 File:Inside Broad Marsh bus station – 7 (geograph 7509500).jpg, Bays for buses within the station, June 2023 File:Broadmarsh bus station 24.06.2017.jpg, The former departure hall, June 2017 File:Broadmarsh 909.JPG, Buses entering the former bus station, July 2009

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External links

Broadmarsh Bus Station picture - Flickr
Bus stations in Nottinghamshire Buildings and structures in Nottingham Transport in Nottingham 2017 disestablishments in England

Services

Redevelopment

Gallery

See also

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