DSCF3154 Colchester 'bus station' - 8 Apr 2016

Friday 8 April 2016 – Colchester ‘bus station’ is a curiosity, not without its critics. Basically it is a collection of kerbside stops along two sides of a multi-storey car park building. Along Stanwell Street (where the coach and bus are standing) there are some individual, traditional style, bus shelters. On the corner of Stanwell Street and Osborne Street is a rather small waiting room building. The tall building is the car park which, on the ground floor, is a bingo hall/electronic gaming centre. The bus stops along Osborne Street are partially covered by a long canopy supported from the building. Electronic departure boards give information but otherwise there is no enquiry office on the site. First has an enquiry office in nearby St. Boltoph’s Street. So, as the critics claim, it is not really a ‘bus station’ at all. The National Express coach is Galloway 302 (FJ61 EVR) working the 1030 service 481 from London (Victoria) to Ipswich.