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Derby Bus Station serves the city of
The original bus station was the first purpose-built
Information from Derby City Council website
{{Derby Transport in Derby Bus stations in the East Midlands Buildings and structures in Derby Transport infrastructure completed in 1933 Demolished buildings and structures in England Transport infrastructure completed in 2010 1933 establishments in England 2010 establishments in England
Derby
Derby ( ) is a city and unitary authority area in Derbyshire, England. It lies on the banks of the River Derwent in the south of Derbyshire, which is in the East Midlands Region. It was traditionally the county town of Derbyshire. Derby gain ...
, England
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.
The old bus station
The original bus station was the first purpose-built bus station
A bus station or a bus interchange is a structure where city or intercity buses stop to pick up and drop off passengers. While the term bus depot can also be used to refer to a bus station, it generally refers to a bus garage. A bus station is ...
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 art deco
Art Deco, short for the French ''Arts Décoratifs'', and sometimes just called Deco, is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design, that first appeared in France in the 1910s (just before World War I), and flourished in the Unit ...
cafe and diner, in which The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1960, that comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are regarded as the most influential band of all time and were integral to the developm ...
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
The National Tramway Museum (trading as Crich Tramway Village) is a tram museum located at Crich (), Derbyshire, England. The museum contains over 60 (mainly British) trams built between 1873 and 1982 and is set within a recreated period vill ...
, 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
* Ilkeston FlyerWithdrawn
*Spondon Flyer
Spondon Flyer was a bus service in Derby, England operated by Trent Barton.
History
Until 2017 the service operated as a direct service between Derby and Spondon with a frequency of every 10 minutes and buses travelled in both directions around ...
References
External links
Information from Derby City Council website
{{Derby Transport in Derby Bus stations in the East Midlands Buildings and structures in Derby Transport infrastructure completed in 1933 Demolished buildings and structures in England Transport infrastructure completed in 2010 1933 establishments in England 2010 establishments in England