NEW BUS STATION FOR NEWARK
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ANEW bus and coach station was opened on Tuesday in the centre of Newark-on-Trent, Notts, to replace a smaller station nearby which had become inadequate to meet the present traffic conditions. The new premises have been built on a 78,000-sq.-ft, site on the south side of Lombard Street, on the old Al route through Newark, and are within 500 yards of the market place.
Work on the new station, which is owned and operated by the Lincolnshire Road Car Co. Ltd., started on November 18 last year. The station is of island layout, buses circulating around the perimeter in an anti-clockwise direction. and is used by 12 operators, including express service operators, and 10 departure points are provided. The office block in the centre of the island includes waiting room, inquiry office, café, administrative offices and passenger toilets. At the lower end of the site is a new garage for 24 vehicles, replacing the Lincolnshire Road Car Company's garage at New Balderton, two miles south of the town. The garage includes a maintenance bay enclosed by a glazed partition and sliding doors, and adjacent to it is a block including offices, stores and a mess room. Opposite the garage is parking space for additional vehicles.
Lincolnshire Road Car buses began using the new station immediately after the opening ceremony, performed by the Mayor of Newark. An curly departure, too, was a journey to Nottingham on the service operated by W. Gash and Sons Ltd. The station came into full use on Wednesday.