Retford bus station

Retford Bus Station is nearly 1 year old. We're proud of our bus station and are holding a first birthday party at 11am on Thursday 31 July 2008. Please come along and join in the fun.

The new bus station for Retford opened on Monday 30 July 2007 following a nine month construction period. The station cost £1.4m to construct and offers a huge improvement for passengers compared to the previous layout.

The bus station was designed in house by our own architects, engineering and landscape design staff and incorporates a fully enclosed waiting area with seating, toilets, baby changing facilities a cafe and staff on hand to provide bus information. It was constructed by Marriott Construction who are one of the County's three framework partners for building construction projects.

The bus station has eight bus bays (one of which is dedicated for coaches) and operates with a ‘Drive In Reverse Out’ (DIRO) layout. This arrangement groups all the buses together and provides a single concourse for passengers thereby minimising their contact with moving buses.

A modern architectural style has been chosen for the building and the prominent 'feature' tower makes the bus station visible from the main pedestrianised street of Carolgate as well as from Beardsall Row and Arlington Way.

A leaflet about the new bus station [PDF 1,540KB] is available here to download.

You can also download information about destinations from the bus station [PDF 14KB] and details about which bus travels from which departure bay [PDF 10KB]

Window of Opportunity at Retford’s new bus station

Artist Julian Stocks was commissioned by the County Council to work up a distinct design for the feature window that sits above the main entrance to Retford’s new bus station.
To seek inspiration for the designs, Julian met with members of the Retford Society, pupils and staff at Retford Oaks High School, members of the Lawn View Day Centre and a group of reporters from the Retford Times. A watery theme soon developed for the artwork due to the strong presence of both the Chesterfield Canal and the River Idle which cross each other near the town centre. Members of the groups also suggested images and text to be included in the designs. Staff and pupils were on hand to inspect their work on the open day in July 2006.
A fuller explanation for each design is available to download [PDF 2,788KB]

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