Victoria Street West looking towards Riverhead Exchange

Riverhead Exchange is a series of bus stops in Grimsby. It was formerly a bus station.

History

The former bus station was called Freshney bus station and was situated outside the Freshney Place shopping centre.[1] In 2013, plans were submitted to redevelop the bus station site by moving the bus stops.[2] A nearby building was leased and a new cafe with toilets and bus departure information was built. The new bus station, dubbed "Riverhead Exchange", was opened in July 2014. The site of the former bus station was expected to become a cinema in an expansion of Freshney Place, but as of 2019, the site remains undeveloped.[3][4] The cafe was closed in 2019 as the council decided not to renew its lease, reportedly due to financial restraints and low usage.[5]

There are now proposals to build a new bus station in Grimsby.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Waller, Jamie (23 September 2021). "Bus station could make return to Grimsby town centre". GrimsbyLive. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  2. ↑ "Grimsby bus station transformation revealed". BBC News. 19 September 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  3. ↑ Ruston, Abby (17 November 2019). "Riverhead bus station Grimsby". GrimsbyLive. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  4. ↑ "Cinema plan dead in water - and look what could return to Riverhead". GrimsbyLive. 21 November 2019. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  5. ↑ Lynch, Connor (24 May 2019). "Riverhead Exchange bus station to close as 'nobody was using it'". GrimsbyLive. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  6. ↑ "New Grimsby central bus station plan to be considered". BBC News. 8 October 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2021.

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