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Author Topic: Does anyone know of a bus station that they actually like?  (Read 13269 times)
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« Reply #60 on: June 21, 2019, 10:51:09 »

Just as in froome's example above, I've had a couple of interesting times at Bath Bus Station working out what is going from where, to where and when. Always manged to sort it out but not particularly thanks to the electronic "information" board.

It's not just Bath though. In my experience bus/coach station departure/destination information never seems as clear as at most railway stations but perhaps it's because I use railway stations more?
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« Reply #61 on: June 28, 2019, 15:34:55 »

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Next morning, the bus. What bus station is not grim? It’s as if they punish us bus people for being poor, while the richer people get the nicer ceilings (often glass, often cathedral) in train stations.

Bus terminals tend to be at the back of something; hidden, unlovely, sad. A vending machine provides the only snacks. There’s no coffee. There are no ceilings.
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« Reply #62 on: June 28, 2019, 16:41:13 »

Preston's impressive bus station is up for a RIBA» (Royal Institute of British Architects - about) award.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-48785495

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