Doncaster Frenchgate Interchange

Doncaster Frenchgate Interchange
Location
Locale	Frenchgate Centre, Doncaster
Local authority	Doncaster
Coordinates	53°31′26″N 1°08′20″W / 53.5240°N 1.1388°W / 53.5240; -1.1388Coordinates: 53°31′26″N 1°08′20″W / 53.5240°N 1.1388°W / 53.5240; -1.1388
Operation
Opened	June 2006
Managed by	Travel South Yorkshire
No. of stands	30
Operators	Arriva Yorkshire First South Yorkshire Powells Bus Co Stagecoach Yorkshire Wilfreda Beehive, National Express
Travel centre	Yes
Rail connection	Doncaster adjacent.

Doncaster Frenchgate Interchange is a transport interchange located in the Frenchgate Centre in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. Doncaster Frenchgate Interchange is home to 30 bus bays, and also connects the shopping centre with the town's railway station.

History

The interchange was designed by local transport executive South Yorkshire PTE (SYPTE)^[1] 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.^[2]

Work on the Frenchgate interchange began in 2003. It opened in June 2006 and became the town'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.^[1]

Bus

The Interchange is used by all bus companies that serve Doncaster. First South Yorkshire is the towns largest and central bus operator, with Stagecoach Yorkshire, Arriva Yorkshire, Wilfreda Beehive and Powells Bus Co. serving outer destinations.

Services to Robin Hood Airport in Finningley also operate from the Interchange, however as of September 2010 a dedicated direct Airport service no longer exists. Local bus services must be used, which may inconvenience many rail-air passengers, with indirect routes and longer journey times.

Bus Services

The Interchange contains 30 bus bays split between two concourses.^[1] The first and main concourse has allocations to the majority of bus services and consists of 23 bays:

• A stands 1 to 12
• B stands 1 to 11

A second concourse, known as C Block, consists of a further 7 bays:

• C stands 1 to 7

A Block: Stand No. Destination Operator A1 91 Finningley First South Yorkshire X19 Robin Hood Airport Stagecoach Yorkshire A2 58 58C West Bessacarr First South Yorkshire 58A Lakeside First South Yorkshire 59 Bessacarr Grange First South Yorkshire A3 55 55B Rossington First South Yorkshire A4 22 Worksop Stagecoach Yorkshire 638 Doncaster Park & Ride South First South Yorkshire A5 57 Cantley First South Yorkshire A6 405 407 Selby Arriva Yorkshire 408 409 Pontefract Arriva Yorkshire 496 Wakefield Arriva Yorkshire A7 63 Bentley First South Yorkshire A8 52 Skellow Wilfreda Beehive 64 64A Arksey First South Yorkshire Powells Bus Co 638 Doncaster Park & Ride North First South Yorkshire A9 50 50A Skellow First South Yorkshire 78 78A Woodlands First South Yorkshire 79 Redhouse Industrial Est. First South Yorkshire A10 54 Scawthorpe First South Yorkshire A11 41 Scawsby First South Yorkshire 42 42A Scawsby Stagecoach Yorkshire 219 X19 Barnsley Stagecoach Yorkshire First South Yorkshire A12 49 Sprotbrough First South Yorkshire 224 Mexborough Stagecoach Yorkshire

B Block: Stand No. Destination Operator B1 25 Harworth Stagecoach Yorkshire 99 Retford Stagecoach Yorkshire B2 87 Moorends First South Yorkshire 88 Goole First South Yorkshire 88A Lindholme First South Yorkshire B3 67 Lindholme First South Yorkshire 68 Barnby Dun First South Yorkshire 69 Sykehouse First South Yorkshire 83 84 85 Hatfield First South Yorkshire B4 81 82 Armthorpe First South Yorkshire B5 13 Warmsworth First South Yorkshire 14 Edlington First South Yorkshire 18 18A Dinnington Powells Bus Co 18B Maltby First South Yorkshire B6 220 221 Rotherham Stagecoach Yorkshire 222 Barnsley Stagecoach Yorkshire B7 X78 Sheffield First South Yorkshire B8 15 Edlington First South Yorkshire B9 16 Balby First South Yorkshire B10 19 19A Balby First South Yorkshire B11 71 Hexthorpe First South Yorkshire

C Block: Stand No. Destination Operator C1 - - - C2 65 66 Intake First South Yorkshire C3 76 76A Clay Lane First South Yorkshire 77 Wheatley Hills First South Yorkshire C4 72 Catesby Park First South Yorkshire 75 75A Lakeside First South Yorkshire C5 291 Owston Ferry Isle Coaches 909 Scunthorpe National Express C6 - - - C7 203 Barnsley Tates Travel 332 Newcastle National Express

Train

Main artcile: Doncaster railway station

Doncaster railway station is situated on the East Coast Main Line. There are currently seven train operators which call at Doncaster, including East Coast, First TransPennine Express and Northern Rail. Destination range from London, Bristol, Glasgow and Edinburgh. Access to and from the station can be made directly from the Frenchgate Centre and Interchange.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Millar, Alan (July 2006). "All change as Doncaster becomes new interchange". Buses (Ian Allan Publishing) (616): 10. 
2. ^ Debenhams to open in Doncaster Property Week, 6 April 2001

External links

• Real time departures at Doncaster Frenchgate Interchange
• Doncaster Interchange Spider Map (August 2010) Travel South Yorkshire
• Doncaster Interchange Fabsec.co.uk