Halesowen bus station
Halesowen | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Queensway, Halesowen Metropolitan Borough of Dudley |
| Operated by | Transport for West Midlands |
| Bus stands | 8 (A–H) |
| Bus operators | National Express West Midlands, Diamond West Midlands |
| History | |
| Opened | December 2008 |
Halesowen bus station is a bus station in the town of Halesowen in the West Midlands conurbation in England. It is owned and managed by Transport for West Midlands.
The station is located on Queensway in front of the Cornbow Centre, which houses the Asda superstore plus many other shops, and opposite Halesowen's Jobcentre Plus and Norman Church.
Originally, Halesowen had no bus station. Instead, most buses boarded adjacent to the old library building in Hagley Street/Great Cornbow, with the Service 130 (Birmingham-Stourbridge) boarding in New Road and Services 137/138 (Birmingham-Brierley Hill) at Shenstone island, some distance from the town. However, a new bus station opposite Church Croft in Queensway was constructed adjacent to the new shopping centre in the late 1960s, enabling Hagley Street to be pedestrianised. All bus services except Services 130/137/138 boarded here. However, these services were also relocated to the Bus Station from 1983 onward, following revisions to bus links into Birmingham.
The original bus station remain largely unchanged until part of the shopping centre frontage was sacrificed to enable it to be enlarged in 1999. However, it was soon clear that the station was outdated and it closed in March 2007 for a total redevelopment, which also saw a new Asda superstore opened nearby as part of a multimillion-pound regeneration of Halesowen town centre.
The present Bus Station was constructed on the same site and opened in December 2008, along with a new Asda supermarket in the Cornbow Shopping Centre towards the end of the previous month.
Whereas the original bus station permitted two-way arrival and departure along Queensway, with some stands located on a refuge on the far side from the shopping centre, all the departure stands in the present one are located on the same side as the Cornbow Centre. It features electronic departure doors that are automatically activated by arriving buses, thus permitting full passenger segregation from manoeuvring vehicles.
Bus routes
| Route | Destination | Operator | AlternativeOperator | Previous Operator | Notes | Frequency |
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| 4H | Hayley Green & Walsall | National Express West Midlands | Diamond Bus | 7 days | ||
| 9 | Birmingham & Stourbridge | National Express West Midlands | 7 days | |||
| 13 | Merry Hill | Diamond Bus | Arriva Midlands North | 7 days | ||
| 14 | Foxyards | National Express West Midlands | Services only run to Dudley on Sundays and Bank Holidays | 7 days | ||
| 17H | Merry Hill | Diamond Bus | National Express West Midlands, Arriva Midlands North | |||
| 19 | Q.E. Hospital | National Express West Midlands | ||||
| 28 | Stourbridge via Merry Hill | National Express West Midlands | withdrawn in January 2023. Stourbridge to Merry Hill replaced by extended 142/142A. | |||
| 002 | Weoley Castle & Merry Hill | Diamond Bus | ||||
| 192 | Kidderminster | Diamond Bus | ||||
| 202 | Bromsgrove | Diamond Bus | ||||
| 142/142A | Merry Hill | Diamond Bus | Central Buses, Arriva Midlands North | Extended from previous terminus in Stourbridge to Merry Hill in January 2023 replacing part of service 28. | ||
| 147 | Bromsgrove | Kevs Cars & Coaches | Worcestershire County Council Woosh, First Worcestershire, Central Buses, Diamond Bus | |||
| 44 | Bromsgrove | Diamond Bus | This route was withdrawn after being introduced in 2020 as a replacement for the 202 service but its now reverted back to the 202 service | |||
| X92 | Birmingham & Ludlow | The Green Bus | This service only operated during the Summer holidays of 2021 | |||
| X94 | Birmingham & Carding Mill Valley | The Green Bus | This service only operated during the Summer holidays of 2021 | |||
| X10 | Birmingham & Gornal Wood | National Express West Midlands | ||||
| 231 | Blackheath | Diamond Bus |
External links
References
- "Building a better Halesowen". Network West Midlands. Retrieved 26 September 2009.