Liverpool Coach Station

Liverpool Coach Station
Coach station
Entrance to the coach station
Other names	Norton Street Coach Station
Location	Liverpool, England
Coordinates	53°24′36″N 2°58′33″W / 53.410134°N 2.975935°W / 53.410134; -2.975935Coordinates: 53°24′36″N 2°58′33″W / 53.410134°N 2.975935°W / 53.410134; -2.975935
Bus stands	6
Bus operators	National Express
History
Opened	November 1994 (November 1994)
Closed	14 January 2016 (14 January 2016)

Liverpool Coach Station (also known as Norton Street Coach Station) was a major coach station in Liverpool, England which offered services to 122 destinations throughout Great Britain provided by National Express, it opened in November 1994 and was closed on 14 January 2016.

History

The coach station opened in November 1994 with access to 35 destinations. It celebrated its 20th anniversary on 20 November 2014 with passengers at the coach station treated to a glimpse of the historic National Express coach the Leyland Leopard which ran the first coach service from the station in 1994.^[1]

On 8 December 2015 it was announced that the coach station would close for good with the last coach departing on 14 January 2016 with all services relocating to the Liverpool One bus station from midnight on 15 January 2016.^[2]

A coach stop still operates from outside the coach station on Norton Street and opposite by Kempston Street, however only for passengers on limited journeys who don't wish to travel to/from Liverpool One.

Gallery

View of the coach station concourse
A 060 service to Leeds about to be boarded for departure

References

External links

National Express

Bus stations in Merseyside

Current Bus stations	Birkenhead Bootle Strand Heswall Huyton Liverpool John Lennon Airport Liverpool One (including National Express) Queen Square South Parkway Woodside

Former Bus stations	Liverpool Coach Station

Buildings and structures in Liverpool, England

Skyscrapers and highrises (over 60m)	1 Princes Dock Alexandra Tower Beetham Tower Mann Island Buildings Municipal Buildings New Hall Place One Park West The Plaza Port of Liverpool Building Post & Echo Building Radio City Tower Royal Liver Building Thistle Atlantic Tower Unity Commercial Unity Residential West Tower

Notable lowrises	Albert Dock Alder Hey Children's Hospital Bank of England Bluecoat Chambers Britannia Adelphi Hotel Chinese Arch County Sessions House Crowne Plaza LJLA Cunard Building Empire Theatre Everyman Theatre Grand Central Hall Great North Western Hotel Hargreaves Building Homeopathic Hospital India Buildings International Slavery Museum Liverpool Central Library Liverpool Cotton Exchange Building Liverpool Magistrates' Court Liverpool Playhouse Liverpool Town Hall Liverpool Women's Hospital The Lyceum Malmaison Merseyside Maritime Museum Museum of Liverpool National Conservation Centre Oratory Oriel Chambers Philharmonic Hall Prudential Assurance Building Queen Elizabeth II Law Courts Royal Court Theatre Royal Insurance Building Royal Liverpool University Hospital Speke Hall Stanley Dock Tobacco Warehouse St. George's Hall Tate Liverpool Tower Buildings Victoria Building Walker Art Gallery White Star Building World Museum Liverpool

Places of worship	All Saints' Church Al-Rahma Mosque Church of All Hallows Church of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas Church of St Agnes and St Pancras Church of St Clare German Church Greek Orthodox Church of St Nicholas Gustav Adolf Church Liverpool Cathedral Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral Norwegian Fishermans' Church Old Christ Church The Oratory Princes Road Synagogue St George's Church Saint John the Baptist's Church St Luke's Church St Luke's Church, Walton St Michael's Church Toxteth Unitarian Chapel Ullet Road Unitarian Church Welsh Presbyterian Church

Transportation	Liverpool Coach Station Liverpool One bus station James Street station Kingsway Tunnel Liverpool Central station Liverpool John Lennon Airport Liverpool Lime Street station Liverpool South Parkway station Mersey Railway Tunnel Moorfields station Queensway Tunnel

Shopping complexes	Clayton Square Shopping Centre Lewis's Liverpool ONE Metquarter New Mersey Shopping Park St. John's Shopping Centre

Sports venues and arenas	Anfield Echo Arena Goodison Park Liverpool Cricket Club O2 Academy Liverpool Wavertree Athletics Centre

Sculptures and monuments	Nelson Monument Steble Fountain Superlambanana Titanic Memorial Victoria Monument Wellington's Column Public art

Lists	Listed buildings in Liverpool List of tallest buildings and structures in Liverpool

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