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  December 2014
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DropShop
Buses at Shopping Malls
 

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Over the past couple of decades there has been a significant increase in the number of out-of-town shopping malls.   Public transport has adapted to these developments and all of the major malls have sizeable bus stations to encourage customers to leave their car at home.
 
   
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  Photo Facts
 
  • First South Yorkshire 34209 (S209LLO), a Northern Counties/Olympian at Meadowhall Bus Station in Sheffield in March 2006.
  • London Central LDP280 (LX06FAF), a Plaxton/Dart, at the bus station at Westfield Stratford shopping centre near the Olympic Stadium in East London in August 2012.
  • Arriva Southern Counties 4007 (GN08CHD), an AD Enviro 200 at the Lakeside Shopping Mall near Grays in Essex, in April 2010.
  • Metroline DE1027 (LK59AVP), and AD Enviro 200 at the Brent Cross centre on a balmy day in November 2014.
  • Arriva Scotland West 1630 (M250SPP), a Wright bodied Dart originally from Luton & District, at Braehead Shopping centre in August 2007.
  • Go Northern 5312 (NK08MYA), a Mercedes Citaro, at the Metro Centre in Gateshead in January 2012
  • First Bristol 32278 (YU52VYM), an Alexander/Volvo B7, at Cribbs Causeway in Bristol in February 2011
  • National Express West Midlands 1704 (V704MOA), a Mercedes 0405, at Merry Hill Shopping Centre in Birmingham in December 2008
  • Arriva North West 7616 (T616PNC), a Marshall bodied Dart, at the Trafford Centre in Manchester in January 2011
   
   
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