Eldon Square Bus Station
General information
Location	Eldon Square, Newcastle upon Tyne England
Coordinates	54°58′33″N 1°36′56″W / 54.9757°N 1.6156°W / 54.9757; -1.6156
Owned by	Newcastle City Council
Operated by	Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive
Bus stands	10 (lettered A–K)
Bus operators	Arriva North East Go North East Stagecoach North East
Connections	Haymarket Haymarket Monument
Construction
Parking	Nearby pay and display car parking operated by Newcastle City Council
Accessible	Step-free access
Other information
Fare zone	Network One: 1 Transfare: Yellow
Website	www.nexus.org.uk/bus/bus-stations-and-stops/eldon-square-bus-station
Key dates
March 2007	Opened
Location
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Eldon Square Bus Station is one of two bus stations serving Newcastle City Centre. It is owned by Newcastle City Council and is managed by Nexus.^[1] The new glass-roofed bus station was built adjacent to the old bus station, on a former access road, and is accessible via the new mall.

It is located in the Haymarket area of the city centre, a short walk from Newcastle University and Northumbria University. It offers a connection with services from Haymarket Bus Station and Haymarket Metro Station. It is attached to, and accessible from Eldon Square Shopping Centre, which links the bus station with the Northumberland Street and Monument areas of the city.

History

The present bus station opened in March 2007, replacing a previous bus station, located below the shopping centre, which has now been converted into a service area and new mall.^[2]

Stands and services

The station has ten bus stands, nine for departures (stand A to J), and an additional alighting point (stand K).^[3] The bus stands at Haymarket continue the lettering sequence (stand L to Y). Each bus stand has ten seats, real-time information displays, and automatic doors (which open only when a bus is at the stand). Glass screens located at each bus stand feature artwork designed by Artstop Studios.^[4]

Eldon Square is mainly served by Go North East, with services operating in and around Tyne and Wear, as well as County Durham, west Northumberland and Teesside.

Stagecoach predominantly serve streets within the city, with the bus station serving only the operator's express services beyond the city proper, with destinations including Kingston Park, Newcastle Airport, Ponteland and Throckley. The operator also runs the 685 service, which heads west to Corbridge, Hexham, Haltwhistle, Brampton and Carlisle.

Independent operator, Peter Hogg of Jedburgh, operates the thrice-daily (except Sunday) X74 service, which runs from the city to Jedburgh via Ponteland, Belsay, Otterburn and the Scottish Border.

Bus services from nearby Haymarket are predominantly operated by Arriva North East, serving destinations in the north and east of the city, North Tyneside and south east Northumberland.

Coach services operated by National Express serve the nearby Newcastle Coach Station, with those operated by FlixBus and Megabus serving the lay-by on John Dobson Street, near to the City Library.

As of January 2024^[update], the stand allocation is:

Stand	Route	Destination
A	684	Hexham       via Wylam & Corbridge
	685	Carlisle via Hexham & Haltwhistle
	X82	Throckley
	X85	Hexham       via Corbridge
B	6	Lanchester       via Metrocentre & Stanley
	47	Consett       via Metrocentre & Rowlands Gill
	X45
C	10	Hexham       via Metrocentre & Prudhoe
	10A	Blackhall Mill       via Metrocentre & Greenside
	10B	Low Prudhoe       via Metrocentre & Prudhoe
	12	Winlaton       via Blaydon
D	X30	Stanley       via Sunniside & Shield Row
	X31	Stanley       via Sunniside & East Stanley
	X71	Consett       via Sunniside & Leadgate
	X72	Consett       via Sunniside & Annfield Plain
E	X1	South Hetton/Peterlee       via The Galleries & Houghton-le-Spring
	X1A	Picktree Village       via The Galleries
	X10	Middlesbrough       via Dalton Park & Peterlee
F	25	Chester-le-Street       via Wrekenton
	28	Chester-le-Street       via Birtley & Beamish
	28B	Chester-le-Street       via Kibblesworth
	29	Chester-le-Street      via Kibblesworth & Beamish
	X12	Middlesbrough       via Durham & Stockton
	X21	West Auckland       via Durham & Bishop Auckland
G	21	Brandon/Durham       via Birtley & Chester-le-Street
H	X74	Jedburgh       via Ponteland & Otterburn
	X77	Darras Hall       via Newcastle Airport & Ponteland
	X78
	X79	Kirkley Hall       via Newcastle Airport & Ponteland
	X87	Newbiggin Hall       via Cowgate
	X88
J	74	Hexham       via Ponteland & Matfen
	X47	Kingston Park       via Cowgate