Mansfield Bus Station

Mansfield Bus Station
General information
LocationQuaker Way, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire NG18 1LP
Bus operators
ConnectionsMansfield railway station
History
Opened2013
Location

Mansfield Bus Station serves the town of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. Nottinghamshire County Council decided to move the 1970s bus station nearer to the rail station, after the Robin Hood Line passenger service was re-established in 1995. The primary bus operators are Stagecoach, Trent Barton and National Express.[1]

History

The former Quaker Meeting House sat on part of the site of new the bus station. George Fox, the founder of the Quakers in 1647, lived in a cottage at the site of St Philip Neri Church on Chesterfield Road in Mansfield. It was at this time he started his ministry. The Mansfield Quaker Heritage Trail starts from the bus station and leads to different sites in and around the town centre.[2][3][4]

Nottinghamshire County Council under Labour planned to move the old bus station, created as part of extensive town redevelopment in the 1970s,[5] from Rosemary Street nearer to the rail station to create a transport interchange. Under a Conservative county administration from the May 2009 election, the project was approved. The Department of Transport provided most of the finance with Nottinghamshire Council contributing £1.7 million.[6] Planning permission was given to develop a new bus station on the Station Road car park.[7][8]

The bus station, with sixteen bays,[9] was built in 2013 at a cost £11m, and opened on 31 March 2013.[10]

Facilities

Mansfield Bus Station is connected via skybridge to Mansfield railway station. The bus station has a shop, free Wi-Fi, accessible toilets and baby changing facilities.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Mansfield Bus Station". Nottinghamshire County Council. Mansfield. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
  2. ↑ Hunt. J. and Co. (1973). The History of the Quakers in Mansfield. Mansfield Meeting House. p5
  3. ↑ "The Mansfield Quaker Heritage Trail" (PDF). Nottinghamshire County Council. 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
  4. ↑ Horner-Groves, W. (1894). The History of Mansfield. Harpur and Murray. p227-334,
  5. ↑ 1977 20 November. The new bus station, Rosemary Street, was opened Annals of Mansfield 1086 to 1999 (Mansfield Museum). Retrieved 17 July 2026
  6. ↑ "Tories' 'yes' to new bus station". Chad, 29 July 2009, p.15. Accessed 17 July 2026
  7. ↑ "Mansfield bus station plans unveiled". Nottinghamshire County Council. 4 December 2006. Archived from the original on 29 November 2011.
  8. ↑ Helen Lambourne (10 November 2007). "New Mansfield bus station set for New Year joy?". Mansfield Chad. Archived from the original on 12 November 2007. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  9. 1 2 "Mansfield Bus Station". Nottinghamshire County Council. Mansfield. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
  10. ↑ "Mansfield's new bus station opens to public". BBC News. 31 March 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2023.

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