Halifax bus station serves the town of Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. The bus station is owned and managed by West Yorkshire Metro. Formerly consisting of several island platforms, after a period of part-closure and relocation to some temporary stands, the bus station was reopened on 1 October 2023 consisting of 19 reversal bays, a layover and 4 accessible entrances. The bus station is situated in the Halifax Town Centre and could be accessed from Northgate, Winding Road and Wade Street.
Redevelopment In March 2021, preparatory works began for a replacement bus station. Construction had already started by September 2021 with only a few stands left in service which were: A2, A3, A4, B1, B2 and B3. As well as this stands A5 and B4 were used as a layover bay. Phase 2 construction started in October, where the bus station switched to the left side so that the left side can be demolished. The new temporary lay out consisted of six bus stands using some old D and C bus stands as B1, B2 and B3. Stand E3 became A2 and some bus stops were put in for Stands A3 and A4. Phase 3 construction began on Sunday 27 February 2022, where the bus station had been moved towards the south of the site with a six stand reversal bay temporary bus station. This bus station consisted stand A to F.
The new bus station will consist of 19 stands with stands 1–9 being on the south bays and then Stands 10–19 being on the north. The Bus Station will also be fully enclosed with solar power energy on the roof tops. Coaches will depart from Stand 1 and Stands 2 & 3 will be set down stands. All stands will be designed so that wheel-forward buses can use them.
The cost of the redevelopment is £15.4 million. It will improve connectivity with important places in Halifax like Halifax Sixth Form and the Piece Hall.
As of 1 October, the final construction phase (phase 4) commenced for the redevelopment of the bus station. This allowed the brand new bus station to open officially to the public with all the services from the temporary bus station being allocated to this site. However, most services do terminate/start around the town centre as the carriageway to the bottom stands, A – J is awaiting completion.
Completion As of July 2024, the final phase of construction came to a close with all 19 bus stands in use. This saw the return of several bus services to the site, including national express coach services. The site consists of numerous facilities such as ATMs, defibrillators, newsagent's shop, public toilets and a Travel shop.
Services The main operators that use the station are First West Yorkshire, Arriva Yorkshire and Team Pennine.
Buses run from the bus station to several destinations in the Calderdale area, such as Barkisland, Bradshaw, Brighouse, Copley, Elland, Greetland, Illingworth, Northowram, Ripponden, Southowram, Sowerby Bridge, Sowerby, Stainland and West Vale. Buses also travel to destinations outside the local area, reaching Bradford, Leeds and Keighley.
Several services, such as the majority of services to Illingworth and Mixenden used to serve bus stops in the town centre instead of serving the site however this is no longer the case.
A full list of services shown below: +Bus Route From To Via 20 HalifaxRye LanePellon Lane 21Highroad WellHanson Lane and Highroad Well Asda 22ClaremountBoothtown 255LeedsHipperholme, Scholes, Cleckheaton, Gomersal, Birkenshaw, and Drighlington343HuddersfieldCalderdale Hospital, Greetland, Elland, Ainley Top and Huddersfield Infirmary501HuddersfieldCalderdale Hospital, Elland, Ainley Top and Huddersfield Infirmary502KeighleyOvenden, Illingworth, Denholme, Cullingworth and Ingrow508LeedsNorthowram, Shelf, Odsal Top, Thornbury and Armley509MixendenHebble Lane and Wheatley510511Pellon Lane, Mount Tabor, Wheatley and Lee Mount512513WainstallsPellon Lane, Mount Tabor, Mixenden, Wheatley and Lee Mount521IllingworthOvenden522523524Mixenden526ShelfOvenden, Illingworth, Bradshaw and Queensbury530Fountainhead VillagePellon Lane532Skircoat GreenHighroad Well, King Cross and Scar Bottom534NorthowramStump Cross and Shibden 536HuddersfieldCalderdale Hospital, Stainland, Outlane, Oakes and Marsh537Calderdale Hospital, Elland, Stainland, Outlane and Marsh539HolmfirthCalderdale Hospital, West Vale, Stainland, Slaithwaite and Meltham541Norton TowerHighroad Well542543SiddalBailey Hall Road546Warley TownSavile Park, King Cross, Highroad Well and Newlands547Norwood GreenHipperholme548RastrickHipperholme and Brighouse549HuddersfieldHipperholme, Brighouse, Rastrick, Fixby and Birkby561RippondenCalderdale Hospital, Copley, Sowerby Bridge, Soyland and Barkisland562563BrighouseCalderdale Hospital, Copley, Elland and Rastrick563A571ShelfSouthowram, Brighouse, Lightcliffe and Hipperholme574MidgleySavile Park, King Cross, Sowerby Bridge, Luddendenfoot and Luddenden 576BradfordBoothtown, Queensbury and Great Horton577BouldercloughSavile Park, Sowerby Bridge and Sowerby579SowerbyKing Cross and Sowerby Bridge586RishworthKing Cross, Sowerby Bridge, Triangle and Ripponden587RochdaleKing Cross, Sowerby Bridge, Triangle, Ripponden and Littleborough590Mytholmroyd, Hebden Bridge, Todmorden, Walsden and Littleborough591BurnleyMytholmroyd, Hebden Bridge, Todmorden, Cornholme and Cliviger592TodmordenKing Cross, Luddendenfoot, Mytholmroyd and Hebden Bridge681BradfordNorthowram, Shelf and Odsal Top682X1HuddersfieldCalderdale Hospital, Elland and Ainley Top
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Pictures of Halifax Bus Station – Geograph