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.
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.
The bus station is due to be redeveloped to create an interchange with the under construction West Midlands Metro line to Brierley Hill. Planning permission was granted in September 2022. Demolition of the bus station began in March 2024.
Bus routes
| Route
|
Destination
|
Operator
|
Notes
|
| 02A0
|
Merry Hill
|
National Express West Midlands
|
Service withdrawn in 2021
|
| 0420
|
West Bromwich via Tipton
|
National Express West Midlands and Diamond
|
Was cut only as far as Tipton Queens Rd as of the last timetable change
|
| 02080
|
Merry Hill
|
iGo Buses
|
Service was scrapped in 2019 after the administration of iGo buses and Diamond ceased the Sunday daytime service all together
|
| 01210
|
West Bromwich
|
National Express West Midlands
|
Service withdrawn in 2018 and was replaced by 12A between Dudley & Oldbury
|
| 01270
|
Birmingham
|
National Express West Midlands
|
Service withdrawn in 2018 and was replaced by 14 between Dudley & Blackheath
|
| 01400
|
Birmingham
|
National Express West Midlands
|
Service withdrawn in 2018 and was replaced by the X8 to/from Wolverhampton
|
| 02410
|
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Service withdrawn in 2018 and was replaced by the X8 between Dudley & Hurst Green and 14 between Hurst Green and Halesowen
|
| 01240
|
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Service withdrawn in 2019 and was replaced by 11/11A which was 81 at the time through Netherton and 24 through Saltwells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
52°30′41″N 2°04′47″W / 52.5113°N 2.0796°W / 52.5113; -2.0796
