Aldgate bus station serves the Aldgate area of the City of London, England. The station is owned and maintained by Transport for London and located directly south of Aldgate tube station.
Also known as Minories bus station or lay-by, it was the first dedicated bus station in the City of London, and was formerly a major coach station and trolleybus terminal.
Trolleybus terminal The City of London Corporation prohibited trams and trolleybuses from entering the square mile - Aldgate was therefore used as a terminal on the edge of the city. Opened in the 1930s, by 1947 it was the busiest bus station in London with 1,358 departures a day. Trolleybus services ceased in 1961. In 1964 it was rebuilt as a bus and coach station.
Green Line Coach Station Aldgate was the base for Green Line Coaches serving Essex, while other Green Line routes operated out of Green Line Coach Station at Victoria.Green Line Coaches Railway Gazette 8 February 1946 page 158Larger Routemaster Coaches for Green Line Coaches Commercial Motor 30 October 1964
Recent history In January 2015 the bus station closed in connection with adjoining roadworks.Aldgate bus station to close for gyratory removal works Transport for London 29 December 2014Short Hops Buses issue 719 February 2015 page 21 It reopened in April 2016.Aldgate gyratory Transport for LondonLiverpool Street and Aldgate bus stations to re-open this weekend Transport for London 29 April 2016
The air rights from forty feet upwards above the bus station were transferred from BRB (Residuary) Limited on its abolition in 2013 to London and Continental Railways.
Services As at January 2020, it was served by five London Buses routes.Aldgate Bus Station Transport for London
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Buses from Aldgate and Fenchurch Street Transport for London