Eldon Square Bus Station is one of two bus stations serving Newcastle City Centre. It is owned by Newcastle City Council and is managed by Tyne and Wear PTE. The current glass-roofed bus station was built adjacent to the former, and is accessible via the mall.
It is located in the Haymarket area of the city centre, a short walk from Newcastle University and Northumbria University. It offers a connection with services from Haymarket bus station and Haymarket Metro Station. It is attached to, and accessible from Eldon Square Shopping Centre, which links the bus station with the Northumberland Street and Monument areas of the city.
History The present bus station opened in March 2007, replacing a previous bus station, located below the shopping centre, which has now been converted into a service area and new mall.
In June 2026, the bus station was closed for three weeks in order for refurbishment work to take place. These works included the resurfacing of the road surface, new road markings, improvements to drainage and guardrails and the instalment of new real time passenger information displays.
Stands and services The station has ten bus stands, nine for departures (stands A to J; no I), and an additional alighting point (stand K). The bus stands at Haymarket continue the lettering sequence (stands L to Y). Each bus stand has ten seats, real-time information displays, and automatic doors (which open only when a bus is at the stand). Glass screens located at each bus stand feature artwork designed by Artstop Studios.
Eldon Square is mainly served by Go North East, with services operating in and around Tyne and Wear, as well as County Durham, west Northumberland and Teesside.
Stagecoach predominantly serve streets within the city, with the bus station serving only the operator's express services beyond the city proper, with destinations including Kingston Park, Newcastle Airport, Ponteland and Throckley, aswell as the 685 service to Carlisle.
Two Independent operators also serve the bus station: Peter Hogg of Jedburgh, operating the thrice-daily (except Sunday) X74 service, which runs from the city to Jedburgh via Ponteland, Belsay, Otterburn and the Scottish Border, and Northstar, operating the hourly weekday (school holidays only) and Saturday X43 service to Stanley via Metrocentre, Whickham, Burnhopfield, Tantobie and Tanfield Lea
Bus services from nearby Haymarket are predominantly operated by Arriva North East, serving destinations in the north and east of the city, North Tyneside and south east Northumberland.
Coach services operated by National Express serve the nearby Newcastle coach station, with those operated by FlixBus serving the lay-by on John Dobson Street, near to the City Library.
, the stand allocation is: StandRouteDestinationA12Winlaton 684Hexham 685Carlisle X82ThrockleyX85Hexham B10Hexham 10ABlackhall Mill10BLow PrudhoeX43Stanley C6Lanchester47Consett X45Consett DX30 Stanley X31 Stanley X32Consett X70Consett X71Consett X71AConsett X72Stanley X73Stanley EX1South Hetton or Peterlee X1ADalton ParkX1BPicktree VillageX10Middlesbrough F22Chester-le-Street 28Chester-le-Street 28BChester-le-Street 29Chester-le-Street X12Middlesbrough X21West AucklandG21BrandonHX74JedburghX77Darras HallX78X79Kirkley HallX87Newbiggin HallX88J49Newcastle Great Park74Hexham X47Newcastle Great Park
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Map of stands and services for Eldon Square and Haymarket bus stations