Aldgate bus station  | |||||
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 The bus station in 2009 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Aldgate City of London | ||||
| Operated by | Transport for London | ||||
| Bus routes | 5 | ||||
| Bus stands | 1 | ||||
| Bus operators | Arriva London Blue Triangle Stagecoach London | ||||
| Connections | Aldgate tube station | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1930s | ||||
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Aldgate bus station serves theAldgate area of theCity of London, England. The station is owned and maintained byTransport for London and located directly south ofAldgate tube station.
Also known asMinories bus station or lay-by, it was the first dedicated bus station in the City of London,[1] and was formerly a major coach station and trolleybus terminal.
TheCity of London Corporation prohibitedtrams andtrolleybuses from entering the square mile - Aldgate was therefore used as a terminal on the edge of the city. Opened in the 1930s, by 1947 it was the busiest bus station in London with 1,358 departures a day.[2] Trolleybus services ceased in 1961.[2] In 1964 it was rebuilt as a bus and coach station.[3]
Aldgate was the base forGreen Line Coaches servingEssex, while other Green Line routes operated out ofGreen Line Coach Station atVictoria.[4][5]
In January 2015 the bus station closed in connection with adjoining roadworks.[6][7] It reopened in April 2016.[8][9]
Theair rights from forty feet upwards above the bus station were transferred fromBRB (Residuary) Limited on its abolition in 2013 toLondon and Continental Railways.[10][11]
As at January 2020, it was served by fiveLondon Buses routes.[12]
A further provision for temporarily stationary traffic off but very near the public way could advantageously be made at important and much frequented points by the creation of lay-bys for coaches, omnibuses and trolley-buses. The vehicles would thus be temporarily withdrawn from and thus not obstruct the main flow of traffic, while the waiting passengers could assemble (possibly under cover) without either obstructing passers-by or being jostled by them. One such already exists at Aldgate and Minories as a terminus, and we were examining the design for another in 1938 near Southwark Bridgehead.
The Central Bus and Green Line coach station at Minories, Aldgate, was reconstructed, with new passenger and staff accommodation
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