Originally built in 1994, it lies next to and operates as a transport hub for Haymarket Shopping Centre.

The bus station was developed at a proposed cost of £2m in mid-1994, coinciding with a major refurbishment of the adjacent Haymarket Shopping Centre complex.

[2] Haymarket bus station is open seven days a week and is used for mostly local services operated by Arriva Midlands, Central Connect, Centrebus and First Leicester alongside Stagecoach Midlands service X7 to Northampton.

The main Leicester Shopmobility offices are located within the station at the Belgrave Gate entrance.

The bus station also has public toilets which have been recently refurbished alongside changing places accessible facilities.