Lancaster bus station serves the city of Lancaster, Lancashire, England. The bus station was funded by both the Lancashire County Council and Lancaster City Council. The station, situated in the centre of the city, was rebuilt and opened in 2001, replacing the previous bus station dating to 1939. It is staffed full-time, completely covered and consists of 20 stands, a refreshment kiosk, on-site toilet facilities and an electronic passenger information board. Directly outside the bus station is Lancaster's main taxi rank.
Operations Out of the 20 stands at the bus station there is 30 routes serving them.
Services The main services from the bus station are operated by Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire with some additional services being run by local firm Kirkby Lonsdale Coaches. Buses mainly travel from the bus station around the Lancaster, Morecambe, Heysham and Carnforth areas, but regular services also run as far afield as Preston, Blackpool through services 40, 41 and 42. Knott End-on-Sea is also served every hour or two via services 88 and 89. Skipton, Settle and Ingleton are also served but infrequently through linked DalesBus services 81, 82, 580 and 581. Kirkby Lonsdale, Kendal, Keswick and the central Lake District in Cumbria (route 555) are also served.
The following routes run out of the bus station: NumberrouteOperatorViaNotes1/1AUni or HeyshamStagecoachMorecambePeak times extends to Overton2XHeysham then MorecambeStagecoach SandylandsDirect service4Lancaster UniStagecoach Scotforth6AMorecambeStagecoach Asda7Vale CircularStagecoach 8Ryelands’s CircularKirkby Lonsdale coach hire X8Chorley or KeswickStagecoachSaturday only / Summer only9Bowerham CircularKirkby Lonsdale coach hire10Ridge CircularStagecoach 11Marsh CircularStagecoach18East City CircularKirkby Lonsdale coach hireStagecoach runs service on Sundays40/41Morecambe or Preston Stagecoach Garstang40 does not operate on Sundays 42Blackpool StagecoachGarstang55CarnforthStagecoach Hest Bank81HornbyKirkby Lonsdale coach hireStagecoach operates evening services82Kirkby LonsdaleKirkby Lonsdale coach hire 88Knott-end on seaStagecoachGarstang89Knott-end on seaStagecoach 100Morecambe or UniStagecoachBare555KeswickStagecoachKendal, Carnforth, Windermere, Ambleside, GrasmereExpress also operates that skips Carnforth755Bowness-on-windermereStagecoach Heysham, Morecambe, Carnforth, Kendal, WindermereOnce per day (Mon-Fri)L1Lancaster Park and RideKirkby Lonsdale coach hire Connections Lancaster railway station, which is approximately half a mile from the bus station and is on the West Coast Main Line, has a regular number 11 service from the bus station. As of March 2026, the route is run by Stagecoach and the route runs every 30 minutes (Mon-Sat) and every hour on a Sunday.
References
External links Lancaster bus and rail information - Lancaster City Council Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire National Express Destinations Megabus website