Peterborough on the buses: Life before the Queensgate bus station opened

It is hard to imagine Peterborough without the Queensgate Bus Station nowadays – it is such an important feature of the city centre.

But before March 1982, the city’s bus station was located on Bishops Road, close to the Magistrates’ Court.

Now it is a car park, retaining its transport roots.

John Bland was on hand in 1982 to capture some images of the old bus station, before the city’s transport infrastructure was changed forever.

13. Peterborough on the buses

You wait ages for one bus, then two come along at once! Photo: John Bland

A day in the life of Peterborough in 1982 Photo: John Bland

Do you remember queuing at the Bishops Road bus station? Photo: John Bland

This bus was on the way to Bretton Photo: John Bland