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Dudley bus station
Dudley bus station in April 2009
General information
LocationFisher Street, Dudley
England
Owned byWest Midlands Combined Authority
Operated byTransport for West Midlands
Bus routes22
Bus stands19
Bus operatorsArriva Midlands
Diamond West Midlands
National Express Coaches
National Express West Midlands
History
Opened1986

Dudley bus station is a bus station in Dudley, England. It is managed by Transport for West Midlands. Local bus and national coach services operated by various companies serve the bus station which has 19 departure stands.

The arrival stand is A and also on surrounding streets and the departures stands are lettered B - U (excluding I and O). U is allocated to long distance coach services, which are mainly pre-booked.

The original bus station was constructed along Birmingham Street on a steep hill overlooking Dudley Castle in about 1950. It was complemented by an additional line of shelters along neighbouring Fisher Street. However, a series on incidents of buses rolling back injuring passengers led to widespread local criticism of its design. This resulted in the West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive rebuilding the bus station on a completely level site along Fisher Street. Construction of the new bus station began during 1985 and it was opened in 1986.[1][2]

The original lay-over facilities on adjacent Portersfield still remain to this day, on part of what is now a public car park. As at September 2022, the 19 stands were served by 22 routes.[1]

The bus station is due to be redeveloped to create an interchange with the under construction West Midlands Metro line to Brierley Hill.[3][4] Planning permission was granted in September 2022.[5][6] Demolition of the bus station began in March 2024.[7]

Bus routes

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Route Destination Operator Notes
1 Tettenhall Wood via Wolverhampton National Express West Midlands
2/2A Wrens Nest & Merry Hill National Express West Midlands
5/5A Kingswinford & Wall Heath Diamond The 5A Continues To Wall Heath
6 Stourbridge National Express West Midlands
7 Wollaston Junction via Merry Hill National Express West Midlands
8 Wollaston Farm & Wolverhampton National Express West Midlands
11//11A Walsall via Wednesbury National Express West Midlands
12/12A Birmingham via Oldbury National Express West Midlands
14 Foxyards & Halesowen National Express West Midlands Foxyards journeys do not operate on Sundays
14A Merry Hill National Express West Midlands
17/17A Stourbridge Diamond Bus Sunday journeys and evening journeys terminate at Kingswinford
18 Merry Hill Diamond Bus
19 Q.E. Hospital via Halesowen National Express West Midlands
24 Merry Hill National Express West Midlands
27/27A Wolverhampton Diamond Bus
74 Birmingham National Express West Midlands
74A West Bromwich Diamond Bus
81 Wolverhampton Banga Buses Diamond run this service on evenings and Sundays
82 Wolverhampton National Express West Midlands Diamond also run this service on Sundays and nights
87 Birmingham National Express West Midlands
126 Birmingham National Express West Midlands
X8 Birmingham & Wolverhampton National Express West Midlands Some Sunday journeys terminate only at Quinton and not go to Birmingham
223 Bilston Diamond Bus
226 Merry Hill Diamond Bus
229 Bilston Diamond Bus

Former bus routes

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Route Destination Operator Notes
2A Merry Hill National Express West Midlands Service withdrawn in 2021
42 West Bromwich via Tipton National Express West Midlands and Diamond Was cut only as far as Tipton Queens Rd as of the January 2023 timetable change
208 Merry Hill iGo Buses Service was scrapped in 2019 after the administration of iGo buses and Diamond ceased the Sunday daytime service all together
121 West Bromwich National Express West Midlands Service withdrawn in 2018 and was replaced by 12A between Dudley & Oldbury
127 Birmingham National Express West Midlands Service withdrawn in 2018 and was replaced by 14 between Dudley & Blackheath
140 Birmingham National Express West Midlands Service withdrawn in 2018 and was replaced by the X8 to/from Wolverhampton
241 Halesowen National Express West Midlands Service withdrawn in 2018 and was replaced by the X8 between Dudley & Hurst Green and 14 between Hurst Green and Halesowen
124 Cradley Heath Diamond Bus Service withdrawn in 2019 and was replaced by 11/11A which was 81 at the time through Netherton and 24 through Saltwells

References

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  1. ^ a b Major plans to demolish Dudley bus station and build interchange set to be backed Express & Star 2 September 2022
  2. ^ Oldest and busiest bus station in West Midlands set to be demolished in futuristic plan Birmingham Mail 6 September 2022
  3. ^ Interchange at Dudley approved Rail issue 925 24 February 2021 page 22
  4. ^ Holder, Bev (2022-03-02). "Planning application brings £24m Dudley Interchange another step closer". Dudley News. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
  5. ^ Dudley bus and Metro interchange plans get green light West Midlands Combined Authority 20 September 2022
  6. ^ Green light for £24M West Midlands station New Civil Engineer 22 September 2022
  7. ^ Vukmirovic, James (2024-03-11). "Bus station demolition starts as travel plans for region announced". www.expressandstar.com. Retrieved 2024-03-17.

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