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St. Paul's Bus Station is one of two bus stations located in the town of Walsall in the West Midlands, England. The station is managed by Network West Midlands, and is the terminus for over 85 bus routes (some services are station-bound only), operated by eight registered bus companies (these are National Express West Midlands, Central Buses, Thandi Companies (T/A Thandi Buses, Midland Bus Company, Corporate Express & Finesse Coaches), Rotala Group (T/A Central Connect and Diamond Bus, Choice Travel which now all operate under Diamond Bus), Walsall Community Transport, Sandwell Travel & Arriva Midlands). ==Architecture== St Paul's Bus Station is dominated by an elliptical roof standing on twelve steel columns. The concrete roof covers an area of , beneath which are three bus islands, consisting of a total of eleven bus stands. A smaller aerofoil covers a further three stands. tall glass screens shelter pedestrians from bus fumes and provide information on bus routes. At each of the bus stands is hardwood bench set within a low concrete wall. The benches were designed to be vandal-proof. At its longest point, the canopy is in length and wide at its widest point. The roof is covered in ten circular holes with hoods to deflect the wind. There are seventeen similar rooflights in the canopy. The concourse area is two storeys tall and consists of large concrete walls, supporting the columns for the canopy roof. The bus station covers a total area of .〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=St Paul's Bus Station Description )〕 Allford Hall Monaghan Morris designed the building for Centro. The structural engineers were Atelier One, Shepherd Construction Ltd were the contractors, Watkins Dally were the landscape architects and Clark Smith Partnership were the civil engineers.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=St Paul's Bus Station Project team )〕 The project cost £6.5 million. A small satellite section was added to the bus station in 2001.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Get on Board: An agenda for improving personal security - Case studies ) 〕 Despite the extensive profile, there have been calls for it to be demolished. Most notably, Walsall South MP Bruce George said that Centro should consider replacing the bus station due to the complexity of the layout. Bus drivers have complained that there were too many bends and that it quickly became overcrowded, which may have contributed to two incidents at the bus station, in one of which a local woman died. In December 2008, the West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive (CENTRO), decided to merge Stands K & L in the main bus station. This resulted in an extra stand being added to the row housing the Travel & Tourist Information Shop, with one being removed in the middle row. No Stand Alterations were caused by this stand, as no extra stands were created, just rearranged. Two years later in December 2010, the station reverted to its old layout. In July 2011 the nearby Bradford Place station and the toilets in the main station underwent an extensive refurbishment. Both re-opened during early September 2011. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「St. Paul's Bus Station, Walsall」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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