Aldgate bus station

Aldgate bus station serves the Aldgate area of the City of London, England. The station is owned and maintained by Transport for London and located directly south of Aldgate tube station.

Aldgate bus station
The bus station in 2009
Location	Aldgate City of London
Operated by	Transport for London
Bus routes	5
Bus stands	1
Bus operators	Arriva London Blue Triangle HCT Group
Connections	Aldgate tube station
History
Opened	1930s

Also known as Minories 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.

Trolleybus terminal

The City of London Corporation prohibited trams and trolleybuses 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]

Green Line Coach Station

Aldgate was the base for Green Line Coaches serving Essex, while other Green Line routes operated out of Green Line Coach Station at Victoria.[4][5]

Recent history

In January 2015 the bus station closed in connection with adjoining roadworks.[6][7] It reopened in April 2016.[8][9]

The air rights from forty feet upwards above the bus station were transferred from BRB (Residuary) Limited on its abolition in 2013 to London and Continental Railways.[10][11]

Services

As at January 2020, it was served by five London Buses routes.[12]

References

1. Report, Improvements and town planning committee to the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor: Aldermen and Commons of the City of London, in Common Council Assembled, on the Preliminary Draft Proposals for Post-war Reconstruction in the City of London, 1944, p. 25, 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 The vehicles would thus be temporarily withdrawn from and thus not obstruct the main flow of traffic, while the waiting passengers could assemble (possibly under cover) without either obstructing passers-by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.
2. Golds, Peter. "Fast trolleys kept us going silently through war and peace". East London Advertiser. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
3. Annual Report and Accounts - London Transport Board, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1964, p. 9, The Central Bus and Green Line coach station at Minories, Aldgate, was reconstructed, with new passenger and staff accommodation
4. Green Line Coaches Railway Gazette 8 February 1946 page 158
5. Larger Routemaster Coaches for Green Line Coaches Commercial Motor 30 October 1964
6. Aldgate bus station to close for gyratory removal works Transport for London 29 December 2014
7. Short Hops Buses issue 719 February 2015 page 21
8. Aldgate gyratory Transport for London
9. Liverpool Street and Aldgate bus stations to re-open this weekend Transport for London 29 April 2016
10. "Schedule 1 Part 1". Department for Transport: Transfer Scheme: BRB (Residuary) Limited to Network Rail Infrastructure Limited, London & Continental Railways Limited, Rail Safety and Standards Board Limited, and the Secretary of State for Transport. The Stationery Office. 8 October 2013. ISBN 9780108512698.
11. Title Number: NGL370014, HM Land Registry, 25 January 2020
12. Aldgate Bus Station Transport for London

External links

Media related to Aldgate bus station at Wikimedia Commons

• Buses from Aldgate and Fenchurch Street Transport for London