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The old bus station

The original bus station was the first purpose-built

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in the United Kingdom. Designed by Charles Herbert Aslin, the Borough Architect, it opened in 1933. It was the first of its kind in the world, with railway-style platforms. It had an

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cafe and diner, in which

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allegedly once dined. The station closed in October 2005 and was demolished in July 2006 following some degree of protest, most prominently from one individual who camped on the roof for several months in a final attempt to save the building. There were plans for a replica of some parts of the station to be built at Crich Tramway Museum, though this has not happened as of yet.

Current bus station

The present bus station was opened on 27 March 2010, with the first buses running from the station the following morning. It forms the major part of the Riverlights development, construction of which began in 2007, taking three years to complete.

Routes

Current

* 1A - Boulton * 1B - Boulton Moor * 1C - Alvaston * 2 - Swadlincote / Bonnie Prince / Royal Glen Park * 2A - Chellaston * 6.0 - Belper * 6.1 - Bakewell via Matlock and Belper * 6.2 - Ripley via Belper and Belper Estates * 6.3 - Ripley via Belper and Belper Estates * 6.4 - Belper Estates then Non-Stop to Derby via A38 as 6X * 6E - Ripley via Belper and Belper Estates (Evenings only) * 6X - Non-Stop via the A38 to Belper Estates then continues on to Derby via Belper as 6.4 * 20 - Chaddesden Roosvelt Avenue * 22 - Oakwood Circular * 24 - Oakwood Circular * 26 - Oakwood Smallley Drive * 32 - Ilkeston via West Hallam * 38 - Sinfin then Stenson Fields * 70/70A - Weston Upon Trent * Skylink - Leicester via East Midlands Airport and Loughborough * Transpeak - Buxton via Matlock and Bakewell * V3 - Burton via Willington * The Wyvern - Wyvern Park (To Wyvern Park in the morning, and back in the afternoon.) * X52 - Alton Towers * The Comet - Chesterfield via Ripley and Alfreton * i4 - Nottingham via Sandiacre * Ilkeston Flyer - Ilkeston then onto Cotmanhay on some journeys * Indigo - Nottingham via Long Eaton and Beeston * The Mickleover - Mickleover * Red Arrow - Nottingham Non-Stop down the A52 * Swift - Uttoxeter via Ashbourne * X38 - Burton Non-Stop down the A38 * The Villager - Burton via Hilton and Tutbury Note: The X38 route only departs from the bus station via

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service departs from Corporation Street (outside the

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building), a short walk from the bus station.

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References

External links

Information from Derby City Council website
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