Durham Bus Stn
Durham Bus Stn
Looks like they want to give it a bit of an uplift.....
http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/nort...am-6682720
(07 Feb 2014, 6:01 pm)citaro5284 Looks like they want to give it a bit of an uplift.....
http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/nort...am-6682720
(07 Feb 2014, 6:01 pm)citaro5284 Looks like they want to give it a bit of an uplift.....
http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/nort...am-6682720
(07 Feb 2014, 6:06 pm)gtom Doesn't help it opens up onto North Road which is the arse end carbuncle of a beautiful city like Durham (well that and the IPS Offices)
(07 Feb 2014, 6:06 pm)gtom Doesn't help it opens up onto North Road which is the arse end carbuncle of a beautiful city like Durham (well that and the IPS Offices)
This is an a step in the right direction, tbh I'd like to see a new bus station completely for Durham as the current area is just awful. Once inside it feels a bit run down, but outside from North Road it looks terrible.
On the subject of a possible new bus station there's not really many sites for a new one is there.
(07 Feb 2014, 7:13 pm)CatsFast101 This is an a step in the right direction, tbh I'd like to see a new bus station completely for Durham as the current area is just awful. Once inside it feels a bit run down, but outside from North Road it looks terrible.
On the subject of a possible new bus station there's not really many sites for a new one is there.
(07 Feb 2014, 7:13 pm)CatsFast101 This is an a step in the right direction, tbh I'd like to see a new bus station completely for Durham as the current area is just awful. Once inside it feels a bit run down, but outside from North Road it looks terrible.
On the subject of a possible new bus station there's not really many sites for a new one is there.
(07 Feb 2014, 7:17 pm)aureolin Will be in the same location I would have thought, but if they demolished the empty shops and offices joined to it, there'd be a lot more space to work with.
I think it has been talked about for years now, there was ideas and plans being floated all the time I lived in Durham(1997-2001)...
That Bus Station is dangerous imo, more buses have hit the wall coming off the middle stands than I care to remember and seen buses reverse into other buses as it can be a real tight squeeze getting out...
North Road is a Skidmark on kegs of Durham...they should pull the Bus Station and the top end of North Road down and completely rebuild a brand new bus and coach station it's place
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Have to agree as a driver its a bloody nightmare to go in and out of. Thankfully I don't do X1s very often.... Got one next week though, our morning trip that just does Durham and back.
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It doesn't seem like it is in the 21st century with the amount of people it has that use it but the significant lack of space. I do agree it doesn't put a great first impression of the city out.
However, to me the area generally looks too filled up anyway? Looks like it will be a challenge to redevelop it; I'll certainly look forward to diagrams etc.
Work on the new bus station in Durham is expected to start soon, expected to take 18 months to complete. I can only but imagine the utter chaos that's going to be caused.
(16 Mar 2014, 12:52 pm)palatine3833 Work on the new bus station in Durham is expected to start soon, expected to take 18 months to complete. I can only but imagine the utter chaos that's going to be caused.
(16 Mar 2014, 12:52 pm)palatine3833 Work on the new bus station in Durham is expected to start soon, expected to take 18 months to complete. I can only but imagine the utter chaos that's going to be caused.
(16 Mar 2014, 1:25 pm)aureolin Any plans of it anywhere? I'd assume services would use a mixture of Sutton Street, and then North Road/Millburngate as a temporary measure. Still be utter chaos as you say though.
(16 Mar 2014, 1:25 pm)aureolin Any plans of it anywhere? I'd assume services would use a mixture of Sutton Street, and then North Road/Millburngate as a temporary measure. Still be utter chaos as you say though.
(16 Mar 2014, 1:34 pm)Andreos Constantopolous Beat me to it!
Was just about to say the same thing - maybe adding that a couple of stands in the bus station are taken out at a time for work, rather than shut the whole place down completely (if only to aid the surrounding area).
(16 Mar 2014, 1:34 pm)Andreos Constantopolous Beat me to it!
Was just about to say the same thing - maybe adding that a couple of stands in the bus station are taken out at a time for work, rather than shut the whole place down completely (if only to aid the surrounding area).
(16 Mar 2014, 2:15 pm)cbma06 Cant find anything about proposed applications for anything to do with Durham Bus Station on County Durham Planning Applications?.
(16 Mar 2014, 2:15 pm)cbma06 Cant find anything about proposed applications for anything to do with Durham Bus Station on County Durham Planning Applications?.
(16 Mar 2014, 2:27 pm)Andreos Constantopolous The only thing I can find (apart from newspaper reports from the budget meeting), is this: http://www.cyclescape.org/issues/957-dur...evelopment
(16 Mar 2014, 2:27 pm)Andreos Constantopolous The only thing I can find (apart from newspaper reports from the budget meeting), is this: http://www.cyclescape.org/issues/957-dur...evelopment
(16 Mar 2014, 3:17 pm)cbma06 The County Durham Plan has been ongoing for a few years but nothing concrete at present its mostly up in the air with chit chat, it states that the Durham bus station will be relocated, but where could it go?
Cant see nothing happening with Durham bus station for at least years to come. Just wish Sunderland Interchange got blown away at least then their would try and build the bus station with so called bricks and maybe a Middlesbrough design bus station instead.
(16 Mar 2014, 3:17 pm)cbma06 The County Durham Plan has been ongoing for a few years but nothing concrete at present its mostly up in the air with chit chat, it states that the Durham bus station will be relocated, but where could it go?
Cant see nothing happening with Durham bus station for at least years to come. Just wish Sunderland Interchange got blown away at least then their would try and build the bus station with so called bricks and maybe a Middlesbrough design bus station instead.
(16 Mar 2014, 3:25 pm)Kuyoyo Funny, I rank Park Lane along with Middlesbrough and Gateshead as one of the better laid-out Bus Stations in the North East. Admittedly it could do with being enclosed but then the same could be said about Bishop Auckland 'Bus Station'.
(16 Mar 2014, 3:25 pm)Kuyoyo Funny, I rank Park Lane along with Middlesbrough and Gateshead as one of the better laid-out Bus Stations in the North East. Admittedly it could do with being enclosed but then the same could be said about Bishop Auckland 'Bus Station'.