Middlesbrough bus station Middlesbrough bus station Middlesbrough bus station serves the town of Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England. The bus station is situated in Middlesbrough Town Centre off Newport Road. It was opened in 1982 at a cost of £5.3 million by the actress Pat Phoenix once of Coronation Street, and stands partly on the site of the previous bus station which belonged to the United bus company. There are 25 stands at the bus station and the main operators there are Arriva North East and Stagecoach North East. Local services from the bus station include travel to Stockton-on-Tees, Thornaby-on-Tees and Guisborough around the
Middlesbrough 2013, Middlesbrough was used as a stand in for Newcastle 1969 in BBC's "Inspector George Gently" starring Martin Shaw and Lee Ingleby; the footage appeared in the episode "Gently Between The Lines" (episode 1 of series 6). Reference is also made to Middlesbrough in works by London author Paul Breen including a work of fiction entitled "The Bones of a Season". In 2010, filmmaker John Walsh made the satirical documentary "ToryBoy The Movie" about the 2010 general election in the Middlesbrough constituency and sitting MP Stuart Bell's alleged laziness as an MP. Captain James Cook (1728–79) the world-famous explorer, navigator,