ises Above, Coaches Below, New Bournemouth Station
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; fall of the land, bounded by r Road, Exeter Lane, Pavilion Road he Central Gardens. called for the ation of some 30,000 cu. yd. of ial. The new design comprises a office and reception block, behind it cular vehicle park with covered iger platforms, and below the park, ircular coach station and mainee bays.
ground floor of the three-storey iistrative block contains a large and Live booking hall, with separate ; for the Hants and Dorset local es and Royal Blue express services. are also parcels, left-luggage and roperty offices, toilet facilities and I-appointed self-service restaurant. rcase leads from the main concourse coach station in the basement.
the first floor are situated the ting offices of the two companies le upper storey is occupied by head.:rs office accommodation. Spacious m facilities are available for the staff. The open bus park is capable of providing overnight space for 109 vehicles. It is almost completely encircled by a colonnade, providing covered boarding platforms on a one-way traffic circuit. At the exit from the park there is an elevated tower from which traffic is regulated.
Below the open park, and supporting It on massive steelwork, the coach station has its own boarding platforms, secondary inquiry and booking offices and toilet facilities. The basement area also contains a maintenance bay, with a single inspection -pit, and an Essex automatic bus washer alongside. The whole of the traffic circuit on both levels ensures that vehicles enter the station from The Square and leave via Pavilion Road.
The arrangements of the enlarged station will result in appreciable running economies: the centralized operations have led to the closing of two bus garages at St, Michaels Road and Norwich Avenue and dead mileage has been much reduced,