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 F.C. faces the main West stand. The current stadium capacity as of the 2017–18 season is 34,000. Average attendances at Middlesbrough matches have fluctuated over the past several years, moving from a 2004–05 high average of 32,012 to a low of 26,092 in 2006–07, then up again to 28,428 in 2008–09. Following relegation to the Championship, attendances dipped, although the crowd of 23,451 which saw Middlesbrough's first Championship game against Sheffield United represents far higher gates than is usual for the division, and indeed larger than those of some Premier League clubs. The club attracted an average of 24,627 for their