Transport Interchange work progressing
Date published: 19 August 2013
Work on the new Transport Interchange, adjacent to Number One Riverside and opposite the Smith Street Metrolink stop, is progressing.
The Interchange is due to open in late 2013.
The new interchange will replace the outdated bus station in the town centre providing a safe, comfortable environment for catching buses along with a taxi rank and parking spaces for cyclists, a café, electronic passenger information displays and toilets. Located next to the town centre Metrolink stop, it will also make it much easier for people to transfer between services.
It will be the first Interchange in Europe to run partly on hydro-electric power thanks to an innovative scheme to harness the power of the River Roch.
A hydro-electric turbine has been installed which converts energy from the river as it flows rapidly through a weir. The weight of the water turns the screw-shaped turbine generating electricity.
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