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Stockport Air Raid Shelters

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Brinksway Air Raid Shelter geograph.org.uk 189602
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The Stockport Air Raid Shelters are a system of almost 1 mile (1.6 km) of underground air-raid shelters dug under Stockport, 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Manchester, during World War II to protect local inhabitants during air raids. Four sets of underground air raid shelter tunnels for civilian use were dug into the red sandstone rock below the town centre. Preparation started in September 1938 and the first set of shelters was opened on 28 October 1939; Stockport was not bombed until 11 October 1940. The smallest of the tunnel shelters could accommodate 2,000 people and the largest 3,850. It was subsequently expanded to take up to 6,500 people.In 1948, the shelters were sealed off from the public.The largest of the Stockport Air Raid Shelters have been open to the public since 1996 as part of the town's museum service.

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Stockport bus station in Stockport, Greater Manchester was a bus terminus for approximately sixty-five bus services. It opened on 2 March 1981 on the site of a former car park. Before the bus station opened, most services terminated at Mersey Square. The bus station was located between Wellington Road (A6) and the Stockport Viaduct, a few hundred metres from Stockport railway station. The main bus station had 24 stands. Two additional stops, one for each direction, were located on Wellington Road, which runs between the bus station and Mersey Square; these were used by through services, including the high-frequency 192 route to Piccadilly Gardens. In 2014, plans to demolish the bus station and build a new a £42 million transport interchange on the existing site with a connection to the railway station were announced, but these plans were never carried out. In June 2018, plans were announced for a brand-new bus station (Stockport Interchange), that would be constructed on the same site underneath a 2-acre park. Other improved transport links will also be built, including a bridge to the railway station. On 29 August 2021 at 03:15, all stands at Stockport Bus Station (excluding the two Wellington Road stops) were closed after 40 years of continuous operation, being temporarily replaced by a new small bus terminal off Heaton Lane, as well as several bus stops spread out across Stockport town centre. The new Stockport Interchange facility is due to be completed in 2024.