La gare routière de Bordeaux change d’emplacement mais pas de visage
No sign to indicate the location. No roof to hide under. No display of bus timetables … If the Bordeaux bus station changed place on October 1st, she hasn’t changed her face much. Place behind the train station, rue des Terres de Bordes, it boils down to five locations along the route.
450,000 users
Pour the 450,000 long-distance bus users (2019 figure), this is an aberration. “One wonders if it is really the station. “” There is nothing except the paying toilets at the SNCF station. “” There is no shelter or food. ” “It is very poorly indicated.” Critics are raining in, and point out the significant deficits of the structure.
In 2018, the complaints piled up so much that the coach company Flixbus had carried out an investigation. The results of this had led the Metropolis to install a food truck in the Descas car park and to abolish the transit tax for the company. Since then, Flixbus has talked a lot with the metropolis and a good hope. “The Metropolis told us that the station project had been voted, so there is only construction“explains Olivier Descard, communication manager of Flixbus.
Not completed before 2024, or even 2025
A little more on the reserve, the vice-president of transport of the Metropolis, Clément Rossignol Puech nuance. “We are still in the process of studying the development of the St-Jean station, which will eventually include the bus station, but that won’t be before 2024, 2025, I think.“
He points out that in the meantime, car passengers can now “_take advantage of the railway station infrastructure_, such as washrooms, drink vending machines, or newsstands. “