East Kilbride bus station
East Kilbride bus station | |
|---|---|
| Location |
Olympia Way, East Kilbride South Lanarkshire |
| Operated by | Strathclyde Partnership for Transport |
| Bus stands | 14 |
| Bus operators | |
| Connections | East Kilbride railway station (400 metres) |
| Traffic | |
| Passengers | 12,000 per day |
East Kilbride bus station serves the suburban town of East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, Greater Glasgow, Scotland. The bus station is managed and operated by the Strathclyde Partnership for Transport.[1]
The bus station is situated by East Kilbride Shopping Centre and is situated right outside the Princes Mall section of the Shopping Centre,[2] and is easily accessible from the Olympia Arcade section also. It is approximately a 10-minute walk from the town's rail station.
The current bus station went under a major £4 million expansion and re-planning of the existing site to form 14 rapid drive-through stances with new travel centre and CAB facility at the eastern gateway to the Town Centre. The bus station was designed by the architectural firm CDA. The brief given to the designers was that they were "to achieve a fast turn around of buses, safe pedestrian/vehicular segregation and a secure and accessible environment set within an attractive urban realm".[3] The new bus station was officially opened on 3 June 2005.
There are 14 stances (stands) at the bus station that are equipped with electronic displays showing the next few departures. There is also a Travel Centre which is open Monday to Saturdays between 0830 and 1730. The operators at the bus station are First Glasgow, Stagecoach West Scotland, Citylink.[4]
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Coordinates: 55°45′39″N 4°10′27″W / 55.76083°N 4.17417°W