Swindon station improvements - will the bus stop be reinstated?

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[soupowl]

Having put up with many months of work on the front of swindon station, things look like they might finally be nearing completion.  I am wondering if the bus stop is likely to be reinstated?  When you arrive in Swindon late at night it has been very unpleasant having to walk to the town bus stops, because of all the undesirables who hang out in the pedestrianised shopping cente, which the bus stops look down on - and they look up to!  I find it especially scary because I have a dog with me, and they have their lovely "bullie" type dogs with them.

Does anyone know?

[bobm]

The latest on the Thamesdown Transport website says the Station stops are closed until "Summer 2012" which indicates to me that they will return at the end of the work.  The bigger problem for me is that a lot of services don't serve the Station in any case and expect you to walk from the Bus Station or Flemming Way anyway which as you say can have its problems.  Unless I have anything heavy to carry I tend to end up walking home throught the Railway Village.

[JayMac]

There are alternative stops down the road from Swindon station opposite Gloucester Street or up the road on Corporation Street.

[bobm]

There are alternative stops down the road from Swindon station opposite Gloucester Street or up the road on Corporation Street.

Depends where you want to go - I think all the ones that call at Gloucester Street are coming into town and terminate at the Bus Station/Flemming Way.  Not sure about Corporation Street as I have never used them but I doubt they serve the west of the town centre itself or the areas to the south and west of the town.