Aldgate bus station serves the

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area of the

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, England. The station is owned and maintained by

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and located directly south of

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. Also known as Minories bus station or lay-by, it was the first dedicated bus station in the City of London, and was formerly a major coach station and trolleybus terminal.

Trolleybus terminal

The

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prohibited

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and trolleybuses from entering the square mile - Aldgate was therefore used as a terminal on the edge of the city. Opened in the 1930s, by 1947 it was the busiest bus station in London with 1,358 departures a day. Trolleybus services ceased in 1961. In 1964 it was rebuilt as a bus and coach station.

Green Line Coach Station

Aldgate was the base for

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serving

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, while other Green Line routes operated out of

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at Victoria.

Recent history

In January 2015 the bus station closed in connection with adjoining roadworks. It reopened in April 2016. The

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from forty feet upwards above the bus station were transferred from

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on its abolition in 2013 to London and Continental Railways.

Services

As at January 2020, it was served by five

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routes.Aldgate Bus Station
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References

External links

Buses from Aldgate and Fenchurch Street
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