Turnpike Lane bus station
Turnpike Lane Bus Station  | |
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.jpg) Turnpike Lane bus station | |
| Location | Turnpike Lane Haringey |
| Coordinates | 51°35′24″N 0°06′08″W / 51.5901°N 0.1023°WCoordinates: 51°35′24″N 0°06′08″W / 51.5901°N 0.1023°W ⧼validator-fatal-error⧽ |
| Operated by | Transport for London |
| Bus stands | 3 |
| Bus operators | |
| Connections | Turnpike Lane Underground station (adjacent) |
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  Turnpike Lane Bus Station Location within London Borough of Haringey | |
Turnpike Lane bus station serves the West Green area in the London Borough of Haringey, England. The station, which is owned and maintained by Transport for London, is adjacent to Turnpike Lane Station on the Piccadilly line of the London Underground.
There are three stands at the bus station and the main operators that serve it are London General, Arriva London, Metroline, Tower Transit and Sullivan Buses.
History[edit]
In the 1920s buses operated from a garage on the adjacent Whymark Avenue until in 1932 Turnpike Lane Station was built.[1] It was originally conceived as an integrated bus, train and tram station, with the bus interchange was located behind the main building.[2] It was roofed over in the 1960s.[3]
By the 1990s the bus station was deemed too small, both for the number of buses using it and the increasing length of vehicles.[2] A new station designed by Richard Rogers Partnership was thus built.[2] The architects, Roger Hall and Chris Mintikkis of the Rogers Partnership, in conjunction with the client, came up with a solution using a 1930s cinema adjacent to the station that the client also owned. The cinema - of no great architectural merit - was separated from the station by the existing bus slip road. The lease was bought back and the cinema demolished, allowing an expansion of the hardstanding area for buses.
The 1990s rebuild which employed Baggeridge Oast Russet Sovereign Stock bricks was shortlisted in the Brick Awards 2001, with the brickwork cited as being a perfect match with the adjacent Grade II-listed station building.[4]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ Blacker, Ken C.; Lunn, Ron S.; Westgate, R. G. (1977). London's Buses: The independent era, 1922-1934. H.J. Publications. p. 253. ISBN 9780950203522. Search this book on
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Dawson, Susan. "All change, please". Architects Journal. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
- ↑ The Transport World. 133. Carriers Publishing Company, Limited. 1968. p. 40. Search this book on
- ↑ "Best Refurbishment". Retrieved 2020-02-01.
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