A bus station or a bus interchange is a structure where city buses 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 can also refer to a bus garage . A bus station is larger than a bus stop , which is usually simply a place on the roadside, where buses can stop. It may be intended as a terminal station for a number of routes, or as a transfer station where the routes continue.
29-588: Woodlands Bus Interchange (formerly Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange ) is a bus interchange in Singapore . Located in Woodlands , the interchange is linked to Woodlands MRT station and adjacent to Causeway Point shopping mall. It is the largest and among the busiest bus interchange in Singapore. The interchange is also known as Woodlands Integrated Transport Hub. In 1991, as part of efforts to improve connectivity in
58-768: A dynamic passenger information system. The latter requires fewer platforms, but does not provide consistent locations for passengers. Kilambakkam bus terminus in Chennai is spread over an area of 358,200 square metres (88.52 acres), making it the largest bus station in the world. The Woodlands Bus Interchange in Singapore is one of the busiest bus interchanges in the world, handling up to 400,000 passengers daily across 42 bus services. Other Singaporean bus interchanges such as Bedok Bus Interchange , Tampines Bus Interchange and Yishun Bus Interchange handle similar number of passengers daily. The largest underground bus station in Europe
87-403: A failed application for listed building status by English Heritage . Preston Borough Council (as it was then known) opposed the application. Putting forward the case for a smaller terminus, a report, commissioned by the council and Grosvenor in 2000, stated that "buses arriving and leaving the bus station have very low bus occupancy rates indicating that passengers alight and board elsewhere in
116-497: A heritage gallery showcasing SMRT and Trans-Island bus history over the years. Due to insufficient parking spaces in the interchange, service 925/925M, 950, 961/961M & 965 remained at the temporary interchange. When a land Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL-Land) between Singapore and Malaysia was announced, Berth B5 of the temporary bus interchange was used for the VTL-Land bus service operated by Transtar from 29 November 2021. The service
145-454: A link to the new Thomson–East Coast line (TEL) was awarded to CCECC Singapore Pte Ltd. On 12 March 2016, to facilitate upgrading of the interchange and construction of a new link to the MRT station, operations of all bus services serving Woodlands interchange were shifted to a temporary interchange beside Woodlands MRT station. The upgraded bus interchange reopened on 13 June 2021, and incorporated
174-590: A new public square on the western side of the building to improve public access to and from Fishergate, St John's Shopping Centre and the Preston Guild Hall . The council announced an international competition for the design of the new bus station, to be run by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), and the selection criteria would include a public vote. Over 90 entries were received and short-listed to five finalists, with more than 4,200 members of
203-400: A referendum, with only 1 councillor, Terry Cartwright of Deepdale ward voting in favour. On 7 December 2012, Preston City Council announced that the bus station would be demolished. They said that it would cost £23m to refurbish it and more than £5m just to keep it standing; although they also conceded that demolition would cost an estimated £1.8m. The Twentieth Century Society, which opposed
232-568: A regional winner, the bus station was also a nominee for and won a RIBA National Award and received long-listing for the 2019 RIBA Stirling Prize but did not make the short list. The bus station featured in a song on the children's show All Over the Place . On Good Friday 2012, it was the venue for the Preston Passion , a passion play involving thousands of people forming a "human cross", broadcast live on BBC Television . The bus station
261-585: Is Kamppi Centre in Helsinki, Finland completed in 2006. The terminal cost 100 million Euro to complete and took 3 years to design and build. Today, the bus terminal, which covers 25,000 square meters, is the busiest bus terminal in Finland. Every day, the terminal has around 700 bus departures, transporting approximately 170,000 passengers. Preston Bus Station in Preston, England, built in 1969 and later heritage-listed ,
290-599: Is the central bus station in the city of Preston in Lancashire , England. It was built by Ove Arup and Partners in the Brutalist architectural style between 1968 and 1969, to a design by Keith Ingham and Charles Wilson of Building Design Partnership with E. H. Stazicker. In the 2000s the building was threatened with demolition as part of the City Council's Tithebarn redevelopment project. After two unsuccessful attempts, it
319-709: The Lincoln Tunnel and one block west of Times Square . The terminal is the largest in the Western Hemisphere and the busiest in the world by volume of traffic, serving about 8,000 buses and 225,000 people on an average weekday and more than 65 million people a year. It has 223 gates. It operates intercity bus routes all over the United States and some routes with international destinations, mostly in Canada, and mostly operated by Greyhound Lines. The largest bus terminal in
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#1732855169679348-554: The Preston City Council announced a series of events would take place in the summer and autumn to celebrate the bus station's 50th anniversary. An exhibit Beautiful and Brutal was held at the Harris Museum from 21 September–24 November 2019, and the public were asked to submit relevant photographs and personal memorabilia, some of which were also displayed at the bus station. On Saturday 19 October 2019, almost 50 years to
377-410: The 2012 World Monument Fund's list of sites at risk. In 2012, John Wilson of Fulwood in Preston and a member of the "Save Preston Bus Station" campaign presented a petition of 1435 signatures to Preston City Council calling for a referendum on the future of the bus station and argued that 80% of Preston people surveyed supported keeping the bus station and investing in it. Councillors voted to reject
406-445: The UK". The building's engineers, Ove Arup and Partners , designed the distinctive curve of the car park balconies "after acceptable finishes to a vertical wall proved too expensive, contributing to the organic, sculptural nature of the building. The edges are functional, too, in that they protect car bumpers from crashing against a vertical wall. The cover balustrade protects passengers from
435-626: The area, the Singapore government announced plans to build a new bus interchange in Woodlands. Built by the Mass Rapid Transit Corporation (known today as SMRT Corporation ) at a cost of S$ 34 million, the interchange was built under Woodlands MRT station, to facilitate connections between the station and the bus interchange, and leave more land available for other uses. The bus interchange commenced operations in February 1996, replacing
464-486: The bus services are under Woodlands Bus Package ( SMRT Buses ). Under the new bus contracting model , all the bus routes were split into 2 route packages operating from Woodlands Temporary Bus Interchange. Bus Service 965 is under Sembawang-Yishun Bus Package ( Tower Transit Singapore ) and the rest of the bus services are under Woodlands Bus Package ( SMRT Buses ). Bus station Bus station platforms may be assigned to fixed bus lines, or variable in combination with
493-423: The bus station commenced in 2016. In 2017 bus stands 1–40 on the western side were closed, and stands 41–80 on the eastern side were renumbered 1–40. The station was officially re-opened in 2018, although the works continued. In March 2019, the second and final stage of the project saw the construction of a public square in place of the western bus stands commence, with work completed late that year. In March 2019
522-532: The day since its opening on 12 October 1969, festivities were held on the new public square in front of the bus station, which included free public entertainment and three historic buses were provided by the Ribble Vehicle Preservation Trust "so the three main users of the bus station were represented". In May 2019 the bus station's refurbishment project received three Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) North West regional awards: As
551-570: The previous Woodlands interchange near Woodlands Checkpoint, and the Marsiling bus terminal. Covering an area the size of three and a half football pitches and with 11 bus bays, Woodlands interchange featured an integrated taxi stand, and a bus parking area located away from the passenger concourse. Contract PT247 to carry out alteration works to upgrade the Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange to an air-conditioned one and constructing
580-467: The public voting for their favourite design. In August 2015, New York -based (with offices in London) architecture company John Puttick Associates' entry was chosen as the winning design. Preston-based architecture group Cassidy + Ashton, who finished a close second (just four points behind the winner), were named as a partner on the project. While the "Youth Zone" was later cancelled, refurbishment work for
609-534: The scheme, stated that a fraction of this amount would maintain the building while proposals to retain it were being worked up. In 2013, listed building status was applied for again by The Twentieth Century Society and this time it was granted Grade II listed building status. In October 2014, the Lancashire County Council announced plans for a £23 million renovation of the bus station, including "Youth zone" facilities for young people, along with
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#1732855169679638-560: The southern hemisphere is the Tietê Bus Terminal located in São Paulo, Brazil. It is also the 2nd busiest in the world, serving about 90,000 people per weekday in 300 bus lines on its 89 platforms (72 for boarding and 17 for deboarding), with services to over 1,000 cities over the country and South America . The terminal is also linked to Portuguesa-Tietê , an adjacent metro station. Preston Bus Station Preston bus station
667-524: The town centre. The bus station car park similarly suffers from the poor pedestrian linkages." Listing was subsequently rejected. A survey conducted by the Lancashire Evening Post in May 2010 found that Preston Bus Station was Preston people's favourite building. A further application to list the bus station was rejected in 2010 and a review of the decision was turned down in 2011. It featured on
696-452: The weather by allowing buses to penetrate beneath the lower parking floor." The building was threatened with demolition as part of the City Council's Tithebarn redevelopment project. After the Tithebarn development was abandoned, there were still proposals to demolish the bus station and replace it with a small interchange near the railway station. In 2000, opposition to demolition led to
725-640: Was described in 2014 as "depending on how you measure it, the largest bus station in the world, the second-biggest in Europe, and the longest in Europe". It was fully refurbished in 2018. The largest bus terminal in North America is the Port Authority Bus Terminal located in New York City. The terminal is located in Midtown at 625 Eighth Avenue between 40th Street and 42nd Street, one block east of
754-434: Was featured in a two-part television series by Jonathan Meades , Bunkers, Brutalism, Bloodymindedness: Concrete Poetry (2014). It is the subject of 56,000 , a short film by Paul Adams and Andrew Wilson. It was used as a filming location for scenes in the film Ip Man 4: The Finale (2019). The station was the subject of a collection of publications by Craig Atkinson of Café Royal Books , which were put together as
783-481: Was granted Grade II listed building status in September 2013. It was then refurbished and officially re-opened in 2018. Built in the Brutalist architectural style between 1968 and 1969, designed by Keith Ingham and Charles Wilson of Building Design Partnership with E. H. Stazicker, it had (until 2017) a capacity of 80 double-decker buses , 40 along each side of the building. Some claimed that it
812-659: Was renamed to Vaccinated Travel Bus Service (VTBS) when the Singapore government scrapped all of her VTL schemes for the reopening of borders to all Vaccinated persons on 1 April 2022. VTBS ceased on 1 May 2022 as cross-border public bus services resumed. Under the new bus contracting model , all the bus routes were split into 4 route packages operating from Woodlands Integrated Transport Hub Bus Interchange. Bus Services 169, 856, 858, 963, 963e, 966, 969 are under Sembawang-Yishun Bus Package ( Tower Transit Singapore ), Bus Service 161 and Bus Service 168 are under Sengkang-Hougang and Bedok Bus Package respectively ( SBS Transit ). The rest of
841-537: Was the second largest bus station in Western Europe . Pedestrian access to the bus station was originally through any of three subways, one of which linked directly to the adjacent Guild Hall , while the design also incorporates a multi-storey car park of five floors with space for 1,100 cars. It has been described by the Twentieth Century Society as "one of the most significant Brutalist buildings in
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