The Frenchgate Interchange (also known as Doncaster Interchange) is a rail and bus transport interchange located within the Frenchgate Shopping Centre in the city centre of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. It has 30 bus stands,[1] with a large number of destinations accessible from Doncaster railway station.

Frenchgate Interchange
Transport interchange
Northern bus access to the Frenchgate Interchange beneath the North Bridge
General information
Other namesDoncaster Interchange
LocationFrenchgate Shopping Centre, St Sepulchre Gate, Doncaster
South Yorkshire
United Kingdom
Coordinates53°31′26″N 1°08′20″W / 53.5240°N 1.1388°W / 53.5240; -1.1388
Owned bySouth Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive
Operated byTravel South Yorkshire
Bus stands30
Bus operatorsArriva Yorkshire, First South Yorkshire, Isle Coaches, National Express, Powell's Bus, Stagecoach East Midlands, Stagecoach Yorkshire, Waterson Coaches
ConnectionsDoncaster railway station National Rail
Construction
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedJune 2006

History

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Frenchgate Interchange was designed by local transport executive South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (SYPTE)[2] and shopping centre owners Teesland. It had received planning permission by 2001, and was intended to open in 2004 at a cost of £70 million.[3]

Work began in 2003. It opened in June 2006 and became the city's main transport hub, with SYPTE predicting that it would receive around 12 million passengers per year. The previous Doncaster North and Doncaster South bus stations, which dated from the 1960s and were located underneath multi-storey car parks, were closed. However, the South Bus Station remained a multi storey car park and has recently become the main car park for the developing civic area. [2]

Services

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As of February 2021, the stand allocation is:

Stand Route Destination
A1 55, 56 Rossington     
A2 22 Worksop       
205 Tickhill     
i4 iPort     
A3 57a, 58a Doncaster Sheffield Airport       
A4 57c, 57f, 58c, 58f Doncaster Sheffield Airport       
A5 65, 66 Wheatley Hills     
A6 52 South Elmsall         
405 Selby         
408, 409, 412 Pontefract       
A7 66 Bentley  
A8 15, 215 Edlington     
64, 64a Arksey     
A9 50, 50a, 50b, 51, 51a Askern     
A10 54 Woodlands     
A11 41, 41a Scawsby     
X19 Barnsley         
A12 49 Sprotbrough     
219, 219a Barnsley    
B1 rail replacement bus services from Doncaster railway station  
B2
B3 21, 25 Worksop       
29, 99 Retford       
98 Gainsborough       
B4 10 Rotherham           
14 Edlington     
16 Balby     
B5 18 Hellaby     
X20 Barnsley         
B6 221 Rotherham           
B7 X3 Sheffield           
B8 73 Balby     
B9 71, 72 Lakeside     
B10 19 Balby     
B11 15, 15a, 215 Long Sandall     
C1 National Express intercity coach services
C2 81, 82 Armthorpe     
C3 84, 84a, 84b Sykehouse     
C4 87, 87a, 87b Moorends     
C5 291, 399 Scunthorpe       
C6 National Express intercity coach services
C7 203 Wombwell       

References

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  1. ^ "Worker injured in tunnel collapse". BBC News. 28 April 2005. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  2. ^ a b Millar, Alan (July 2006). "All change as Doncaster becomes new interchange". Buses (616). Ian Allan Publishing: 10.
  3. ^ Debenhams to open in Doncaster Property Week 6 April 2001
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