Middlesbrough bus station

Middlesbrough Bus Station serves the town of Middlesbrough in North Yorkshire, England. It is located around 1⁄4 mi (400 m) from the town's railway station.

Middlesbrough Bus Station
General information
Location	Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire England
Coordinates	54°34′34″N 1°14′22″W
Owned by	Middlesbrough Borough Council
Operated by	Middlesbrough Borough Council
Bus stands	21
Connections	Middlesbrough
History
Opened	1982
Location Middlesbrough Bus Station Location in North Yorkshire, England

History

It was opened in 1982, at a cost of £5.3 million, by the actress Pat Phoenix.^[1] It stands partly on the site of the previous bus station, which belonged to United Automobile Services.^{[citation needed]}

From mid-July 2012, the bus station was partially closed for around six weeks, to allow for improvement work to take place – at a cost of around £1.5 million. Work was carried out in order to improve accessibility for disabled people, by creating low floor access at the majority of stops. As well as this, work was undertaken to reconstruct the main concourse, and a partial reconstruction of the ramps.^[2][3]

In January 2024, Tees Valley Combined Authority announced a £15 million investment to refurbish the bus station.^{[citation needed]}

Accidents and incidents

On 2 February 2015, an Arriva North East vehicle, which was operating service 28, collided with one of the bus station's south stands. There were no injuries, but significant damage was sustained to the bus station building, included damage to the roof and windows.^{[citation needed]}

On 23 December 2021, an Arriva North East vehicle, which was out of service at the time, was shunted into the bus station's north stands by a Go North East coach. As above, there were no injuries, but damage was sustained to the bus station building, as well as damage to the railings, roof and windows.^{[citation needed]}

Operators

Most local bus services are operated by Arriva North East and Stagecoach North East, with Go North East also serving the bus station.

Stagecoach services 36, 37 and 38 combine to provide up to six buses per hour, serving Middlesbrough, Teesside Park, Thornaby, Stockton-on-Tees and Norton, with an hourly extension to University Hospital of North Tees, and three buses per hour continuing to Billingham, Greatham and Hartlepool. The company also operates frequent services to Acklam, Coulby Newham, James Cook University Hospital, Hemlington and Park End.

Arriva operate a number of local services, with destinations including Darlington, Guisborough, Ingleby Barwick, Redcar, Nunthorpe, Saltburn and Stokesley. The company also operates regional services X12 to Durham and Newcastle, and X93 to Guisborough, Whitby and Scarborough.

Go North East operate the X10 express service to Peterlee, Dalton Park and Newcastle, using a fleet of four high-specification double-deck Alexander Dennis Enviro 400 MMC vehicles, branded in a gold and purple livery.

Services

The bus station has a total of 21 stands used for local bus services, with additional stands located on the upper floor for long-distance coach services operated by FlixBus and National Express.^{[4][failed verification]}

As of September 2024^[update], the stand allocation is:

Stand	Route	Destination
2	39	Park End via North Ormesby & Berwick Hills
3	62	Redcar via North Ormesby, Eston, Grangetown & Dormanstown
	64	Grangetown via South Bank & Eston
	64A	Normanby via South Bank & Eston
	64B	Grangetown via South Bank , Normanby & Eston
	101	Teesport via Berwick Hills, Ormesby, Normanby, Eston, South Bank & Grangetown
4	X2	New Marske express via Dormanstown, Redcar & Marske
	X3	Lingdale express via Dormanstown, Redcar , Marske , Saltburn , Skelton & Boosbeck
	X4	Whitby express via Dormanstown, Redcar , Marske , Saltburn , Brotton, Carlin How, Loftus, Easington, Staithes, Hinderwell, Runswick Bay & Sandsend
	X4A
6	28	Guisborough via James Cook University Hospital , Easterside, Marton Manor, Marton & Nunthorpe
	28A	Stokesley via James Cook University Hospital , Easterside, Marton Manor, Marton , Nunthorpe & Great Ayton
	28B
	29	Marton[a] via Linthorpe, Saltersgill, James Cook University Hospital , Easterside & Marton Manor
7	63	Redcar via Linthorpe, James Cook University Hospital , Marton , Ormesby, Normanby & Eston
8	5	Easington via North Ormesby, Ormesby, Nunthorpe , Guisborough, Skelton, New Skelton, North Skelton, Brotton, Carlin How, Liverton Mines[b] & Loftus
	5A	Guisborough via North Ormesby, Ormesby, Nunthorpe , Guisborough & Boosbeck
9	9	Ormesby via North Ormesby, Berwick Hills & Park End
	X93	Scarborough express via Ormesby, Guisborough, Scaling Dam, Aislaby, Whitby , High Hawsker, Robin Hood's Bay, Fylingthorpe & Cloughton
	X94
10	8	Netherfields via North Ormesby & Berwick Hills
12	16	Ingleby Barwick via Teesside Park & Thornaby
	17	Ingleby Barwick via Linthorpe, Acklam & Thornaby
	17A	Stockton-on-Tees via Linthorpe, Acklam & Thornaby
	17B
13	10	Coulby Newham via James Cook University Hospital , Easterside & Marton Manor
	13	Coulby Newham via Linthorpe, Acklam, Stainton & Hemlington
	13B	Acklam
	14
14	12	Coulby Newham via Linthorpe, Acklam & Hemlington
15	RP1	Middlesbrough College
16	36	Hartlepool via Teesside Park, Thornaby , Stockton-on-Tees , Norton, Billingham & Greatham
	36A	Hartlepool via Teesside Park[c], Thornaby , Stockton-on-Tees , Norton, Billingham , Wynyard & Greatham
	37	University Hospital of North Tees via Teesside Park, Thornaby , Stockton-on-Tees , Norton & Hardwick
	38	Norton via Teesside Park, Thornaby & Stockton-on-Tees
17	831	Hawes DalesBus via Stockton-on-Tees , Darlington , Blackwell, Middleton Tyas, Skeeby, Richmond, Hudswell, Grinton, Reeth, Low Row, Gunnerside & Muker
	X66	Darlington express via Stockton-on-Tees
	X67
18	X12	Newcastle express via Teesside Park, Stockton-on-Tees , Hardwick, Sedgefield, Coxhoe, Bowburn, Shincliffe, Durham , Framwellgate Moor, Plawsworth, Chester-le-Street , Birtley, Low Fell & Gateshead
	X22	Peterlee express via Stockton-on-Tees , Hardwick, Segdefield, Fishburn, Trimdon, Deaf Hill, Station Town & Wingate
19	59	University Hospital of North Tees via Thornaby, Stockton-on-Tees & Hardwick
	X10	Newcastle express via Stockton-on-Tees , Norton, Billingham , Peterlee , Dalton Park, Heworth & Gateshead
20	1	High Throston via Haverton Hill, The Clarences, Seaton Carew & Hartlepool
	13	Newham Grange via Stockton-on-Tees & Fairfield
21	34	Low Grange via Billingham

Notes

1. Evening & Sunday journeys continue to Nunthorpe.
2. Alternate journeys operate via Liverton Mines.
3. Some journeys omit Teesside Park.