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Coordinates: 52°35′10″N 2°07′19″W / 52.586°N 2.122°W / 52.586; -2.122
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Wolverhampton bus station
Wolverhampton bus station in 2013
General information
LocationPipers Row, Horseley Fields, Wolverhampton
City of Wolverhampton
Coordinates52°35′10″N 2°07′19″W / 52.586°N 2.122°W / 52.586; -2.122
Operated byTransport for West Midlands
Bus stands19 (as of 2011)
Bus operators
Connections
Construction
ArchitectAustin-Smith:Lord

Wolverhampton bus station is the first part of a major public transport interchange in the city centre of Wolverhampton, in the West Midlands region of England.

It is managed by Transport for West Midlands (TfWM). Local bus services operated by various companies serve the bus station which has 19 departure stands[1] and a single unloading stand although due to logistics in practice most buses unload at or near their departure stand. The bus station is located between Wolverhampton, St George's, West Midlands Metro tram terminus and Wolverhampton railway station, on the site of the former bus station and Pipers Row House, a mid-1990s retail and office block.[2]

Background

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Prior to 1923 Wolverhampton had a mix of motor buses and trams. Trolleybuses ran in the town from 1923 until 1967.[3] The station, which had existed since 1986, was closed after service finished on 3 April 2010. The 1986 bus station replaced the 1980 bus station on the same site which in turn had replaced the original bus station on the northern side of Railway Drive which had primarily been used by Midland Red services.

Current bus station

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The bus station was designed by architects, Austin-Smith:Lord and the mechanical & electrical (M&E) consultants were Hilson Moran.[4] The three steel and glass 'boulevards' are under a translucent, PTFE architectural fabric roof[5] and feature glass-enclosed waiting areas and electronic doors, allowing passengers out of designated pedestrian areas only when buses are on stand.[6] The station's W-shaped design removes the need for bus and pedestrian paths to cross.[7]

The bus station's enquiry office is now in the main building, but was in the Queen's Building, a grade II listed building, which was host to Costa Coffee, but which was formerly the carriage entrance to the railway station and is currently empty.[8] The travel shop closed permanently on 1st April 2023.

The Interchange Project

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Building work began in 2010 and in the ensuing months a new pedestrian bridge linking the railway and bus stations was built, a contraflow system installed along the ring road and the bus station rebuilt. The station re-opened on 24 July 2011, which coincided with the Wolverhampton bus network review and marked the end of Phase One of the project. Phase Two, given the go ahead in December 2014 includes improvements to the railway station, a new hotel and redevelopment of the canalside area. The Railway Station Car Park has been refurbished and extended to increase capacity to just over 900 parking spaces. The entire project will eventually see public transport in Wolverhampton connecting in one place linking the bus station, railway station and the West Midlands Metro; the latter's Piper's Row tram stop to be located adjacent to the bus station.[9][10][11] This extension opened in September 2023.

Bus services

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Route Destination Via Operator Notes
2 Bushbury

Warstones

Low Hill

Bradmore

National Express West Midlands
5 Codsall Whitmore Reans, Billbrook Chaserider
6/6A Wobaston Whitmore Reans, Pendeford National Express West Midlands
8 Wollaston Farm Parkfields, Dudley, Merry Hill Centre, Stourbridge National Express West Midlands
9 Walsall Wednesfield, New Invention, Bloxwich, Pelsall National Express West Midlands
9 Bridgnorth Compton, Shipley Arriva Midlands
10 Perton Compton, Tettenhall Wood National Express West Midlands
10A Pattingham Compton, Tettenhall Wood, Perton National Express West Midlands
11

11

Underhill Fallings Park, The Scotlands National Express West Midlands

Let's Go

15 Merry Hill Centre Penn, Wombourne, Kingswinford, Bromley National Express West Midlands until 30/5/25
16 Stourbridge Penn, Wombourne, Kingswinford, Wordsley National Express West Midlands
16A Wombourne Penn National Express West Midlands from 1/6/25

Evening & Sun

25 Pendeford Bilston, Willenhall, Wednesfield, Fordhouses National Express West Midlands
26A Stowlawn Goldthorn Park, Bilston Diamond West Midlands Evening & Sun
27/27A Dudley Sedgley, Gornalwood, Milking Bank Diamond West Midlands
32/33 Northwood Park (Circular) Oxley, Low Hill National Express West Midlands
53 Bilston Ettingshall, Moseley, New Cross, Wednesfield Banga Bus
57 Bilston Heath Town, Wood End, Wednesfield, Willenhall Diamond West Midlands
59

59

Ashmore Park (Circular) Heath Town, Wednesfield National Express West Midlands

Let's Go

61 Goldthorn Park (Circular) Blakenhall Diamond West Midlands
63 Upper Penn Merridale, Bradmore Diamond West Midlands
64 Wakeley Hill Penn Diamond West Midlands
65 Fordhouses Heath Town, New Cross, Wood End, Bushbury Diamond West Midlands
69 Walsall Heath Town, New Cross, Coppice Farm, Shortheath, Beechdale National Express West Midlands
70 Cannock The Scotlands, Westcroft, Featherstone, Cheslyn Hay, Longford Chaserider
71 Cannock Heath Town, Wednesfield, Essington, Landywood, Cheslyn Hay Chaserider
79 West Bromwich Bilston, Darlaston, Wednesbury, Hill Top National Express West Midlands
81 Dudley Parkfields, Cinder Hill, Coseley Banga Bus
82

82

Dudley Moseley, Bilston, Coseley, Wrens Nest National Express West Midlands

Diamond West Midlands

Mon-Sat daytime

Evening & Sun

529 Walsall Willenhall, Bentley National Express West Midlands
530 Rocket Pool All Saints, Millfields, Bilston National Express West Midlands Sun daytime
891 Telford Tettenhall Wood, Albrighton, Cosford, Shifnal Banga Bus
X8 Birmingham Parkfields, Dudley, Rowley Regis, Blackheath, Quinton National Express West Midlands


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References

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  1. ^ "Bus stations and interchanges". Centro. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
  2. ^ "Work starts on demolishing Pipers Row House". www.expressandstar.com. 7 July 2010. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  3. ^ Owen, Nicholas (1974). History of the British Trolleybus. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. pp. 99–100. ISBN 978-0-7153-6370-6 – via Internet Archive.
  4. ^ "Hilson Moran to design M&E for £174m Wolverhampton Interchange Scheme". Building. 23 September 2009. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  5. ^ "Wolverhampton Bus Station". Base Structures. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  6. ^ Bower, Steve (15 June 2022). "47. Wolverhampton Bus Station, Pipers Row (2011)". Wolverhampton in 50 Buildings. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-3981-0692-5.
  7. ^ "Spectacular new images of Wolverhampton bus station". www.expressandstar.com. 24 May 2010. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  8. ^ Biddle, Gordon (2011). Britain's Historic Railway Buildings: A Gazetteer of Structures (Second ed.). Hersham, Surrey: Ian Allan Publishing. pp. 379–380. ISBN 9780711034914.
  9. ^ http://wolverhamptoninterchange.co.uk/bus-station/ [dead link]
  10. ^ "Wolverhampton Bus Station - Centro website". centro.org.uk. Archived from the original on 30 March 2014.
  11. ^ "500 extra car parking spaces to be created at Wolverhampton railway station".
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