Lancaster bus station

Lancaster bus station
Lancaster bus station
General information
Location	Damside Street, Lancaster; Lancaster City Council
Coordinates	54°03′02″N 2°48′03″W / 54.05058°N 2.80094°W
Operated by	Lancaster City Council, Lancashire County Council
Bus stands	20
Bus operators	Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire, Stagecoach in Lancaster, Stagecoach in Lancashire, National Express, Megabus, Battersby's Silver Grey, Travellers Choice, Kirkby Lonsdale Coaches
Connections	Lancaster railway station (800 metres)
History
Opened	2001
Location
	Lancaster bus station Location within Lancaster city centre

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 re-built and opened in 2001, is staffed full-time, completely covered and consists of 20 stands, a travel centre, a refreshment kiosk, on site toilet facilities and an electronic passenger information board. Directly outside the bus station is Lancaster's main taxi rank.

Services

The main operators from the bus station are Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire operating under the name Stagecoach in Lancaster with the remainder of the local services being run by local firms Travellers Choice, Kirkby Lonsdale Coaches and Battersby's Silver Grey. Buses travel from the bus station around the Lancaster, Morecambe, Heysham and Carnforth areas and also run regular services as far afield as Preston and Blackpool, Bentham and Ingleton in North Yorkshire and Kirkby Lonsdale, Kendal, Keswick and the Lake District in Cumbria (route 555).

Pre booked excursion and long distance coaches also arrive and depart from Lancaster bus station with National Express and Megabus running direct services to Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield, Birmingham, Leicester, Milton Keynes, London, Exeter, Plymouth, Glasgow, Dundee, Aberdeen, and Edinburgh.

Railway station

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 7 service from the bus station. From the railway station, there are direct services to London, Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Manchester, Coventry, Carlisle, Barrow in Furness, Windermere, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Leeds.

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