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 and cartographer was born in Marton, now a suburb in the south of Middlesbrough. Tom Dresser (1892-1992), Middlesbrough's first Victoria Cross recipient during the First World War. Stanley Hollis (1912–72), recipient of the only Victoria Cross awarded on D-Day (6 June 1944). Ellen Wilkinson was a famous MP for Middlesbrough East, and was the first female Minister of Education. She also wrote a novel "Clash" (1929) which paints a very positive picture of "Shireport" (Middlesbrough). Steph McGovern, a business journalist for the BBC, grew up in Middlesbrough. Marion Coates Hansen was an active member of the local Independent Labour Party