Queen Street Bridge Closures
Friday 19th April 8pm to Monday 22nd April 6am and from Friday 26th April 8pm to Monday 29 April 6am.
The closure of Queen Street Bridge is essential to enable the construction of the Station Gateway project which will bring improvements to bus stops and bus operations in the York Rail Station area. Unfortunately, it does mean that there will be some short-term disruption to bus services on these weekends.
Closing Queen Street Bridge means that some bus services coming into the City Centre from the west of York will need to terminate at Blossom Street and some bus services travelling east will need to terminate at York Station. Information on changes to each affected bus route will be outlined below once confirmed. If you are using the bus to connect with a train or travel into the city centre on these dates, please allow extra time for your journey.
To ensure that the rail station remains accessible to all bus users the Council has contracted a shuttle bus service to operate between Blossom Street and York Rail Station via Nunnery Lane-Tower Street-Rougier Street. This shuttle service will be called YSS, it will operate at 15-minute intervals in both directions and will call at stops between Blossom Street and York Rail Station. For the City Centre please use Clifford Street stop TG in the direction towards Blossom Street and Clifford Street stop TD in the direction towards the rail station.
All buses operating on the YSS route will be fully-accessible double deckers and there will be no charge for using the service.
The first bus on the YSS route will be at 20:00 from Blossom Street on Friday 19th April, with the first departure from York Rail Station at 20:15 then every 15 minutes in each direction until the last buses depart Blossom Street at 23:15 and York Rail Station at 23:30.
On both Saturday 20th April and Sunday 21st April the first YSS shuttle bus will depart Blossom Street at 06:15 with the first departure from York Rail Station at 06:30 then every 15 minutes in each direction until the last buses depart Blossom Street at 23:15 and York Rail Station at 23:30.
The same service pattern and timings will apply to the following weekend on Friday 26th April, Saturday 27th April and Sunday 28th April.
A walking route diversion will be in place throughout the closure period between Blossom Street and York Rail Station via Micklegate and Station Rise. A map showing this route is available on the project website.
Bus diversions during Queen St closure
A free shuttle service will run between Blossom Street, Nunnery Lane, Tower St, Clifford St, Rougier St and stops opposite York Railway Station. Shuttle buses depart every 15 minutes between approx. 20:00 and 23:30 on Fri night, and from approx. 06:15-23:30 on Sat and Sun.
Services not shown in this list will operate on their normal routes, however please allow extra travel time due to expected traffic congestion.
- Service 1 – Chapelfields to Wigginton
Buses will divert via Blossom St, Nunnery Lane, Clifford St and Rougier St. Rail Station stops will not be served.
- Service 3 – Askham Bar Park & Ride
Buses will terminate at Blossom St and turn via Nunnery Lane/Prices Lane gyratory. Tower St, Rougier St and Rail Station stops will not be served.
- Service 5/5A – Strensall to Acomb
Buses will divert via Blossom St, Nunnery Lane, Clifford St and Rougier St. Rail Station stops will not be served.
- Service 7 – Designer Outlet Park & Ride
Buses will terminate and turn at the Rail Station. Nunnery Lane and Price’s Lane stops will not be served. Buses towards the Park & Ride site will pick up on the opposite side of Rougier St to normal.
- Service 9 - Monks Cross Park & Ride
Buses will terminate and turn at the Rail Station. Buses towards the Park & Ride site will pick up on the opposite side of Rougier St to normal.
- Service 11 – Bishopthorpe to Ashley Park
From Bishopthorpe, buses will divert via Skeldergate Bridge, and Piccadilly. From Heworth, buses will divert via Coppergate, Fishergate, Skeldergate Bridge and Nunnery Lane. Buses will not serve York Station or Rougier St.
- Service 12 – Foxwood to Heworth,
Service 13 – Copmanthorpe to Haxby,
Service 14 – Foxwood to Haxby
From Foxwood or Copmanthorpe, buses will divert via Nunnery Lane Skeldergate Bridge and Piccadilly. From Heworth or Haxby, buses will divert via Coppergate, Fishergate, Skeldergate Bridge and Nunnery Lane. Buses will not serve York Station or Rougier St.
- Service 16 – Acomb to York
From Acomb, buses will divert via Nunnery Lane Skeldergate Bridge and Piccadilly. From Piccadilly, buses will divert via Coppergate, Skeldergate and Nunnery Lane. Buses will not serve York Station or Rougier St.
- Service 21 – Colton to York
Buses will terminate at Blossom St and turn via Nunnery Lane/Prices Lane gyratory. Piccadilly, Rougier St and Rail Station stops will not be served.
- Service 24 – Ascot Way to York
Buses from Acomb will terminate at Blossom St and continue as service 26 via Nunnery Lane and Skeldergate Bridge to Piccadilly. Rougier St and Rail Station stops will not be served.
- Service 26 – South Bank to Fulford
Buses from Fulford will terminate at Piccadilly and continue as service 24 via Coppergate, Skeldergate and Nunnery Lane to Blossom St. Rougier St and Rail Station stops will not be served.
- Service 36/X36 – Sutton-on-Derwent to York
Buses will terminate and turn at Merchantgate. Rail Station and Rougier St stops will not be served.
- Service 37 – Tadcaster to York
Buses will terminate at Blossom St and turn via Nunnery Lane/Prices Lane gyratory. Clifford St, Rougier St and Rail Station stops will not be served.
- Service 59 – Poppleton Bar Park & Ride
Buses will terminate at Blossom St and turn via Nunnery Lane/Prices Lane gyratory. Tower St, Rougier St and Rail Station stops will not be served.
- Service 66 – University – City Centre
Buses will terminate and turn at the Rail Station. Nunnery Lane and Price’s Lane stops will not be served. Buses towards the University will pick up on the opposite side of Rougier St to normal.
- Service 67 – University – City Centre
Buses will terminate at Merchantgate. Rail Station and Rougier St stops will not be served.
- Services 74, 822 & 875 - Dalesbus
Buses will not serve Blossom St or the Rail Station.
- Services 82/83 – Ripon to York
Buses will terminate at Blossom St and turn via Nunnery Lane/Prices Lane gyratory. Piccadilly, Rougier St and Rail Station stops will not be served.
- Service 412 – Wetherby to York
From Wetherby, buses will divert via Nunnery Lane Skeldergate Bridge and Piccadilly. From Piccadilly, buses will divert via Coppergate, Skeldergate and Nunnery Lane. Buses will not serve York Station or Rougier St.
- Service 747 – Pocklington to York
Buses will terminate and turn at York Station.
- Services X46/X47 – Hull to York
Buses will terminate and turn at York Station.
- Services 840/843 – Leeds to East Coast
Buses will divert via Nunnery Lane, Skeldergate Bridge and Piccadilly. Rail Station and Rougier St stops will not be served.
- Open-top tour buses
Tour buses will not serve Nunnery Lane. Please check with the operator for diversion details.
For more information on bus route diversions and cancellations, please see:
Flood information
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