Slough new bus station

[Matthew93]

New Slough bus station opens

A new bus station has opened in Slough, replacing the Brunel bus station made infamous by the opening credits of BBC television comedy The Office.

The old bus station closed in the early hours of Saturday after the route 81 bus to Hounslow left at 0016 BST.

A bus departing on the same route at 0448 BST on the same day marked the new station's opening.

The building's undulating shape represents waves of light inspired by Slough astronomer William Herschel.

The facilities in the new Berkshire bus station include a cafe, newsagent and waiting areas, together with offices for the bus operators.

Councillor James Swindlehurst, Slough council's member for transport and regeneration, said: "Visible from the train station, it makes a confident statement about Slough's desire to keep improving itself, and turns a new page for the town centre."

The new building is part of the £450m Heart Of Slough project regenerating the town centre.

The project includes major infrastructure improvements in the centre of Slough, a new library and cultural centre - now called The Curve, new offices and residential accommodation.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-13527006

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laerURb8PKI

People are calling it hair dryer or trousers because of it's design ;D
For me it looks quite nice. Because of this automatic doors is annoying me, because I can't take any picture of the buses standing on the parking

[G-CPTN]

Many thanks, Matthew - fascinating video (and interesting news).

[quest-uk]

we delivered the hardcore there and roadstone in association with aggregate express, they finally finished then as that was back in 2009 when we dropped all the stuff off, is a right pain to get to as the traffic along the a40 bath road because of the tesco was a joke backed all the way to colnbrooke.

then you had to go round the roundabout and double back to go down the side of tesco to the train station and then our trucks were stuck for ages due to the traffic lights and no one could go anywhere because of said roundabout and tesco.