Improvement work begins this week on Swadlincote bus station.

What is happening?

So that we can improve Swadlincote Bus Station, the car park and the bus station will be temporarily closed to all users with effect from Tuesday 6th January 2026. The temporary closures are expected to be in place for around twelve weeks affecting the Car Park and fourteen weeks for the Bus Station.

Drivers should use other car parks in the town centre during the closure.

Bus services and coaches will move to Civic Way, using temporary stops adjacent to the Bus Station & Civic Offices or existing stops either opposite the entrance to the B&M car park and adjacent to Green Bank Leisure Centre.

You can find details of the location of the temporary stops and their routes and services in this document. Please note that some services will be allocated to existing bus stops on Civic Way which will reduce the need to turn buses using roundabouts.

Why is this happening?

We’re making the bus station easier and safer to use. Funding for the work is coming from the Government, through the council’s Bus Service Improvement Plan.

What will change?

The main change will see a new combined entry / exit access for the Car Park at the Civic Offices end of the site. Buses will still enter the Bus Station at the Royal Mail Delivery Office end but there will be no access to the car park here. The Bus Station itself will become bus & coach only, which will make the station safer. Access for pedestrians to the town centre will be improved as there will be no need to cross the car park entrance road.

New improved bus shelters will provide more seating and each shelter will have real-time information displays. There will also be a large screen on the pavement from the town centre showing all bus times.

We’ll also resurface the bus station site, and put in new lighting and signs.

At the request of South Derbyshire District Council, we will also be re-marking the car park bays to provide better spacing. Wheelchair accessible bays will be relocated to a more convenient part of the car park and a Parent & Child bay will also be provided.

Derbyshire County Council will deliver these improvements in partnership with South Derbyshire District Council, who own the site.