Thursday 21 May 2009

Brighouse Bus Station was officially opened on Thursday 21 May and dedicated to former Calderdale District Spokesman Councillor Geoffrey Wainwright, who died in February.

Metro Chairman, Councillor Chris Greaves, paid tribute and said: "Geoff Wainwright championed public transport across West Yorkshire and as a member of West Yorkshire Integrated Transport Authority had been instrumental in seeing through the plans for the bus station."

Unveiling a plaque, Mrs Joan Wainwright said he would have been very proud. "He loved transport and anything to do with buses was his life."

In line with Metro’s modern, award-winning bus stations across West Yorkshire, the new £2.38m facility will provide passengers with more comfortable and safer enclosed waiting areas, new seating and lighting, real-time electronic passenger information, 24-hour CCTV surveillance, and additional footpaths and pedestrian crossings leading to the town centre.