Lancaster bus station
Lancaster bus station main entrance. | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Damside Street, Lancaster Lancaster City Council | ||||
| Coordinates | 54°03′02″N 2°48′03″W / 54.05058°N 2.80094°W | ||||
| Operated by | Lancaster City Council, Lancashire County Council | ||||
| Bus routes | 30 | ||||
| Bus stands | 20 | ||||
| Bus operators | Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire, Kirkby Lonsdale Coaches | ||||
| Connections | Lancaster railway station (800 metres) | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 2001 | ||||
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Lancaster bus station serves the city of Lancaster, Lancashire, England.[1][2] The bus station was funded by both the Lancashire County Council and Lancaster City Council. The station, situated in the centre of the city, was rebuilt and opened in 2001, replacing the previous bus station dating to 1939. It is staffed full-time, completely covered and consists of 20 stands, a refreshment kiosk, on-site toilet facilities and an electronic passenger information board. Directly outside the bus station is Lancaster's main taxi rank.
Operations
Out of the 20 stands at the bus station there is 30 routes serving them.[3]
Services
The main services from the bus station are operated by Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire with some additional services being run by local firm Kirkby Lonsdale Coaches. Buses mainly travel from the bus station around the Lancaster, Morecambe, Heysham and Carnforth areas, but regular services also run as far afield as Preston, Blackpool through services 40, 41 and 42. Knott End-on-Sea is also served every hour or two via services 88 and 89. Skipton, Settle and Ingleton are also served but infrequently through linked DalesBus services 81, 82, 580 and 581. Kirkby Lonsdale, Kendal, Keswick and the central Lake District in Cumbria (route 555) are also served.[4]
The following routes run out of the bus station:
| Number | route | Operator | Via | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/1A | Uni or Heysham | Stagecoach | Morecambe | Peak times extends to Overton |
| 2X | Heysham then Morecambe | Stagecoach | Sandylands | Direct service |
| 4 | Lancaster Uni | Stagecoach | Scotforth | |
| 6A | Morecambe | Stagecoach | Asda | |
| 7 | Vale Circular | Stagecoach | ||
| 8 | Ryelands’s Circular | Kirkby Lonsdale coach hire | ||
| X8 | Chorley or Keswick | Stagecoach | Saturday Only / Summer Only | |
| 9 | Bowerham Circular | Kirkby Lonsdale coach hire | ||
| 10 | Ridge Circular | Stagecoach | ||
| 11 | Marsh Circular | Stagecoach | ||
| 18 | East City Circular | Kirkby Lonsdale coach hire | Stagecoach runs service on Sundays | |
| 40/41 | Morecambe or Preston | Stagecoach | Garstang | 40 does not operate on Sundays |
| 42 | Blackpool | Stagecoach | Garstang | |
| 55 | Carnforth | Stagecoach | Hest Bank | |
| 81 | Hornby | Kirkby Lonsdale coach hire | Stagecoach operates evening services | |
| 82 | Kirkby Lonsdale | Kirkby Lonsdale coach hire | ||
| 88 | Knott-end on sea | Stagecoach | Garstang | |
| 89 | Knott-end on sea | Stagecoach | ||
| 100 | Morecambe or Uni | Stagecoach | Bare | |
| 555 | Keswick | Stagecoach | Kendal, | |
| 755 | Bowness-on-windermere | Stagecoach | Heysham, Morecambe, Carnforth, | Once per day (Mon-Fri) |
| L1 | Lancaster Park and Ride | Kirkby Lonsdale coach hire |
Connections
Lancaster railway station, which is approximately half a mile from the bus station and is on the West Coast Main Line, has a regular number 11 service from the bus station. As of March 2026, the route is run by Stagecoach and the route runs every 30 minutes (Mon-Sat) and every hour on a Sunday.[4]
From the railway station, there are direct services to London, Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Manchester, Coventry, Carlisle, Barrow-in-Furness, Windermere, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Leeds and Liverpool.[5]
References
- ^ "Lancaster Bus Station". englandrover.com. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ "Getting here". Visit Lancaster. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ Council, Lancashire County. "Interchanges and bus stations". Lancashire.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
- ^ a b c https://www.lancashire.gov.uk/roads-parking-and-travel/public-transport/bus-timetables/bus-station/?busStation=Lancaster
- ^ Trains, Realtime. "Realtime Trains | Live Departures from Lancaster". www.realtimetrains.co.uk. Retrieved 10 March 2026.