The original bus station, which had 11 bays, opened in 1962 on the former cattle market site which is now part of Kings Square.

Also at this time, a new inner ring road through the city was built, with the first part being Bruton Way which runs east of the bus station.

At this time, an eight week archaeological project took place to investigate the area around the bus station before any major development work was undertaken.

However, in July 2017 the city council submitted a planning application for a smaller building than originally designed with the northwest side being external render instead of glass.

It also has solar panels to power the internal lighting and features a stained glass window designed by Thomas Denny costing £100,000.