Stourbridge Interchange is currently undergoing a redevelopment from the previous Stourbridge

Stourbridge

Stourbridge is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, in the West Midlands of England. Historically part of Worcestershire, Stourbridge was a centre of glass making, and today includes the suburbs of Amblecote, Lye, Norton, Oldswinford, Pedmore, Wollaston, Wollescote and Wordsley The...

 bus station

Bus station

A bus station is a structure where city or intercity buses stop to pick up and drop off passengers. It is larger than a bus stop, which is usually simply a place on the roadside, where buses can stop...

. The reason that Network West Midlands has decided on a redevelopment is that the station serves over 700 bus

Bus

A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. Buses can have a capacity as high as 300 passengers. The most common type of bus is the single-decker bus, with larger loads carried by double-decker buses and articulated buses, and smaller loads carried by midibuses and minibuses; coaches are...

es a day, and could not cope with the demand. The name is changing to Stourbridge Interchange because of the local railway station

Stourbridge Town railway station

Stourbridge Town is a railway station near the centre of Stourbridge, West Midlands, England. It is situated at the end of a short branch line linking the station with Stourbridge Junction just 0.8 miles away, where passengers can change for mainline train services...

. The redevelopment is due to finish by early 2012. The old bus station was closed on Sunday 24 October 2010.

Design

The new station will be designed like other bus stations in the region, such as the newly finished Wolverhampton bus station

Wolverhampton bus station

Wolverhampton Bus Station is a bus interchange in the city centre of Wolverhampton, in the West Midlands region of England.It is managed by Network West Midlands. Local bus services operated by various companies serve the bus station which has 19 departure stands and 1 unloading stand...

 and the older Halesowen bus station

Halesowen bus station

Halesowen bus station is a bus station in the town of Halesowen in the West Midlands conurbation of the United Kingdom. The station is located on Queensway in front of the Cornbow Centre, which houses the new Asda superstore plus many other shops, and opposite Halesowen’s Jobcentre Plus and Norman...

. The new station is being developed on the original site of the old bus station. The site which the station is on is just off the Stourbridge ring road

Ring road

A ring road, orbital motorway, beltway, circumferential highway, or loop highway is a road that encircles a town or city...

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Free shuttle bus

There is a free bus service, operated by National Express West Midlands

National Express West Midlands

National Express West Midlands , formerly known as Travel West Midlands , is the trade name of West Midlands Travel Ltd , a company which operates bus services from depots in the cities of Birmingham, and Wolverhampton, as well as the boroughs of Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull and Walsall in the West...

, which takes passengers from the station into Stourbridge town centre. The most frequent bus is the National Express West Midlands 9 service going to Birmingham

Birmingham

Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...

, Colmore Row

Colmore Row

Colmore Row is a street in the centre of Birmingham, England, running from Victoria Square to just beyond Snow Hill station. It is traditionally the city's most prestigious business address....

 via Halesowen

Halesowen

Halesowen is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, in the West Midlands, England.The population, as measured by the United Kingdom Census 2001, was 55,273...

 and Quinton

Quinton, Birmingham

Quinton is a suburb on the western edge of Birmingham, England. It is a Birmingham City Council ward within the Edgbaston formal district, and forms a part of the Birmingham Edgbaston parliamentary constituency.The area is served by .-Geography:...

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