HUYTON BUS STATION

Huyton Bus Station is the result of close co-operation between architect, engineer and landscape architect from the inception of the project.

Conceived out of a collaboration between Merseytravel and Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council as part of the regeneration and reorganisation of Huyton Village Centre, the arrangement of the new bus station reduces the need for passengers to cross busy roads and facilitates bus-bus and bus-train interchange between stops which were previously widely separated.

The public area of the ticket / information building is a simple glazed drum maximising visibility. An upper drum of glass blocks brings light into the heart of the building and acts as a glowing beacon at night surmounted by an illuminated clock tower incorporating the Merseytravel ‘M’ logo.

The predominantly glazed bus shelters were developed from the highly successful Queen Square shelters to maximise passenger safety and clarity. Robust barriers of textured pre-cast concrete and substantial tubular railings have been integrated with soft landscaping to protect pedestrians from bus traffic in an effective but non-aggressive way.

Special needs users have uninhibited level access to all areas of the bus station, which has been designed to accommodate recent developments in low floor wheelchair-accessible buses.

The established tree planting around the site has been enriched within the bus station by new semi-mature trees and dense shrubs softening the visual impact of the buses and complementing the crisp lines of shelters. Warmth is provided in the striking red and blue banded paving - a modern echo of the nearby railway station walls.