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22 – Gloucester to Coleford via Cinderford & Ruardean
23 – Gloucester to Coleford via Lydney & Whitecroft
24 – Gloucester to Coleford via Mitcheldean & Cinderford
32 – Ross-on-Wye to Gloucester via Newent
33 – Gloucester to Hereford via Ross-on-Wye
63 – Gloucester to Forest Green via Stroud
64 – Gloucester to Stroud
65 – Gloucester to Dursley for Stroud
65X – Gloucester to Dursley for Stroud Express(Via A38)
71 – Gloucester to Northway via Twigworth and Tewkesbury
97 – Gloucester to Cheltenham
98 – Gloucester to Cheltenham
99 – Gloucester to Cheltenham
113A – Gloucester to Arlingham
351 – Gloucester to Tewkesbury via Ashleworth, Staunton, and Apperley
353 – Gloucester to Sandhurst
401 - Gloucester to London Victoria via Stroud, Swindon, Reading, Heathrow (National Express)
444 - Gloucester to London Victoria via Cheltenham, Cirencester, Heathrow (National Express)
445 - Hereford to London Victoria via Ross-on-Wye, Newent, Ledbury, Corse, Gloucester, Cheltenham (National Express)
676 – Gloucester to Much Marcle
781 – Gloucester to Blakeney Via Cinderford – Wednesdays Only
786 – Gloucester to Parkend Via Lydney – Thursdays Only
787 – Gloucester to St.Briavels Via Bream & Blakeney – Mondays Only
882 – Gloucester to Cirencester and Tetbury
C66 – Gloucester to Cirencester College – Monday to Friday,University Term Days Only
Bus stands
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Bus operators
Stagecoach West, National Express, Megabus, Pulhams Coaches, Cheltenham Community Transport/Cheltenham Community Connexions, Newent Shuttle, F R Willetts
Interior of Gloucester Transport Hub in October 2018
Gloucester Transport Hub (also known as Gloucester Bus Station) is a bus station on Station Road in Gloucester, England.
History
Part of the bus station in Kings Square in 1962Old Gloucester Bus Station bays in October 2012
Until 1933, the main type of public transport in Gloucester was the tram. In 1935, after the closure of the tramlines. Gloucester City Council partnered with the Bristol Omnibus Company leasing out its bus services. At this point in time there was no bus station in the city. However, the old tram depot on London Road was enlarged and used as a bus depot and is today used by Stagecoach West.
The original bus station, which had 11 bays, opened in 1962 on the former cattle market site which is now part of Kings Square. This greatly increased the popularity of the shopping area around Northgate Street and Eastgate Street. Also at this time, a new inner ring road through the city was built, with the first part being Bruton Way which runs east of the bus station.
In 2012, Gloucester City Council agreed to a deal with Stanhope to revamp the Kings Quarter area. This project was planned to cost £60 million with GFirst LEP providing a budget of £3 million to build a new transport hub to replace the old bus station. At this time, an eight week archaeological project took place to investigate the area around the bus station before any major development work was undertaken. A Romanflood bank was found under the station from this project. In May and June 2016, the old bus station was demolished in preparation for the new one which now had a budget of £7.5 million with £6.4 million of that coming from the government through GFirst LEP. Part of Grosvenor House was also demolished and several businesses including the Furniture Recycling Project had to leave the site.
The original plans for the new transport hub included having a glass front to the northwest side. However, in July 2017 the city council submitted a planning application for a smaller building than originally designed with the northwest side being external render instead of glass. Additionally, the plans to demolish Bentinck House were put on hold. The proposed reason for these changes was due to a sewer being in an unexpected place and to provide greater flexibility for future development. Along with the building plans changes to the road layout around Station Road and Bruton Way were made to make the new transport hub more accessible.
Construction of the new transport hub was started in August 2017 and carried out by Kier Construction, and it opened to the public on 27 October 2018. It has 12 bus bays, a staffed ticket office, electronic timetable displays, a cafe and toilets. It also has solar panels to power the internal lighting and features a stained glass window designed by Thomas Denny costing £100,000.
As of November 2019, the stained glass window has not been installed and Thomas Denny is no longer involved with the project.
Facilities
The bus station was built with a shop and cafe. By 2023, these were both vacant. The shop later reopened in 2024.
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