North East Buses

(23 Oct 2023, 6:55 pm)RobinHood wrote [ -> ]Durham Bus Station is reopening on 12 November yes.

Never thought I'd see the day of it opening with the delays 

I think they were trying to get it done before Lumiere.

GNE have uploaded a map with what stands each service will use within Durham Bus Station: https://images-gonortheast.passenger-web...2023_0.pdf

The 61 and 62 might as well have stayed on North Road because they'll never get a look in on the guaranteed Arriva layover bay that is stand A.

(24 Oct 2023, 6:39 pm)Iamtheone8483748 wrote [ -> ]GNE have uploaded a map with what stands each service will use within Durham Bus Station: https://images-gonortheast.passenger-web...2023_0.pdf

Interesting its not similar to the old station.

(24 Oct 2023, 8:10 pm)BusLoverMum wrote [ -> ]The 61 and 62 might as well have stayed on North Road because they'll never get a look in on the guaranteed Arriva layover bay that is stand A.

I really don't understand the logic of them leaving from stand A, in an ideal world, the 62 at least would've left from the same stand as the 50 given they run the same routes up to the Arnison Centre (although think the 50 & 62 leave Durham around the same time) or leave from North Road with the 64.

40 having to go onto North Road when heading towards the Rail Station is questionable, too, given it has to double back on Millburngate.

(24 Oct 2023, 8:10 pm)KingSlayerRBLX wrote [ -> ]Interesting its not similar to the old station.

I was expecting it to be pretty much exactly the same.

Anyone got a stand layout for the old bus station?

Wasn't the previous layout of Durham Bus Station famously awful?

(24 Oct 2023, 8:32 pm)streetdeckfan wrote [ -> ]Wasn't the previous layout of Durham Bus Station famously awful?

Unless I'm missing something, it's identical to old awful designed bus station.

(24 Oct 2023, 9:03 pm)Storx wrote [ -> ]Unless I'm missing something, it's identical to old awful designed bus station.

Also leaving the bus station if your going left there are buses parked at the stands and there are buses coming down its going to be awfully tight.

Yeah I just looked on Google Maps not a single extra stand literally just the building changed, nothing has been changed road wise

(24 Oct 2023, 9:09 pm)Unber43 wrote [ -> ]Also leaving the bus station if your going left there are buses parked at the stands and there are buses coming down its going to be awfully tight.

Yeah I just looked on Google Maps not a single extra stand literally just the building changed, nothing has been changed road wise

Yeah it's a naff bus station, always has been but there's not really any space in Durham to do anything better tbh (the church is listed). It was also the cheapest option.

wasn't there another proposal for the bus station but someone called it an absolute disgrace or smth

(24 Oct 2023, 8:24 pm)Unber43 wrote [ -> ]I was expecting it to be pretty much exactly the same.

Anyone got a stand layout for the old bus station?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durham_bus_station

They should have just built the bus station at Sniperley then utilised the P&R buses to provide a shuttle into the centre.

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speaking of the P&R its halved in use since 2019

(24 Oct 2023, 9:23 pm)Unber43 wrote [ -> ]wasn't there another proposal for the bus station but someone called it an absolute disgrace or smth

Aye was going to be at the end of North Road instead, but if I remember it had no layover space at all.

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/nor...n-11999000

(24 Oct 2023, 9:36 pm)Unber43 wrote [ -> ]speaking of the P&R its halved in use since 2019

Probably because Durham is an absolute crock!

I can't be arsed with trekking up and down mountaints just to go to run of the mill shops.

Plus Durham seems to attract a particularly arrogant type of student that makes it all the more off-putting. Especially those from far away lands that don't understand the concept of queueing and just barge their way through.

And to top it off the Spoons on North Road closed so there's literally no reason to go now. The Walkergate one just isn't as good.

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(24 Oct 2023, 9:46 pm)streetdeckfan wrote [ -> ]Probably because Durham is an absolute crock!

I can't be arsed with trekking up and down mountaints just to go to run of the mill shops.

Plus Durham seems to attract a particularly arrogant type of student that makes it all the more off-putting. Especially those from far away lands that don't understand the concept of queueing and just barge their way through.

And to top it off the Spoons on North Road closed so there's literally no reason to go now. The Walkergate one just isn't as good.

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Doesn't help you can save the bus part of it and just go to Arnison and save time and there's ample parking in the centre with, I believe, free parking after 3pm now anyway so absolutely no point in wasting you're time using the P&R.

Other than workers, I don't understand why anyone would use it tbh.

(24 Oct 2023, 10:05 pm)Storx wrote [ -> ]Doesn't help you can save the bus part of it and just go to Arnison and save time and there's ample parking in the centre with, I believe, free parking after 3pm now anyway so absolutely no point in wasting you're time using the P&R.

Other than workers, I don't understand why anyone would use it tbh.

We used to use it all the time, but now we either pay to park up Crossgate since we're rarely there over half an hour, or just park for free down by the river after 2pm.

(24 Oct 2023, 11:25 pm)streetdeckfan wrote [ -> ]We used to use it all the time, but now we either pay to park up Crossgate since we're rarely there over half an hour, or just park for free down by the river after 2pm.

We did too, however we wanted to go one sunday and the P&R doesn't run on a Sunday so we just parked in the ODEON carpark (or Wilkinsons (i think) is what it was called) and it was much cheaper so we always park down and just walk.

(24 Oct 2023, 9:31 pm)streetdeckfan wrote [ -> ]They should have just built the bus station at Sniperley then utilised the P&R buses to provide a shuttle into the centre.

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Convenient for people coming in from the East or from within the city itself. 

The only real difference from the old layour is that the shops are gone and the passenger concourse is closer to North Road so there is a bit more space for buses to manoeuvre.

And hopefully you can walk around without tripping over buckets.

(25 Oct 2023, 6:25 am)BusLoverMum wrote [ -> ]Convenient for people coming in from the East or from within the city itself. 

The only real difference from the old layour is that the shops are gone and the passenger concourse is closer to North Road so there is a bit more space for buses to manoeuvre.

And hopefully you can walk around without tripping over buckets.

Have they announced what the toilets will be like?

Presumably they won't be free, and now that Spoons is closed opposite you'll have no choice but to pay up. I haven't tried the new pub out that's replaced it yet, so not sure what they're like for people popping in and out just to use them.

(25 Oct 2023, 10:10 am)streetdeckfan wrote [ -> ]Have they announced what the toilets will be like?

Presumably they won't be free, and now that Spoons is closed opposite you'll have no choice but to pay up. I haven't tried the new pub out that's replaced it yet, so not sure what they're like for people popping in and out just to use them.

Yeah on one of there plans they literally labled it "pay station" or something like that. 

The ones at Middlesbrough are contactless, hopefully theses one will be too, no doubt so they can just increase the price, Doubt it'll be 20p

(25 Oct 2023, 10:10 am)streetdeckfan wrote [ -> ]Have they announced what the toilets will be like?

Presumably they won't be free, and now that Spoons is closed opposite you'll have no choice but to pay up. I haven't tried the new pub out that's replaced it yet, so not sure what they're like for people popping in and out just to use them.

Plan was for a double Male WC and double Female WC, both behind pay gates. In addition, there'd be an accessible toilet and parent & child (baby changing) toilet, but presumably these will be controlled by keys. There were also plans for a changing places toilet.

Oh, and there's staff toilets upstairs.

(25 Oct 2023, 10:10 am)streetdeckfan wrote [ -> ]Have they announced what the toilets will be like?

Presumably they won't be free, and now that Spoons is closed opposite you'll have no choice but to pay up. I haven't tried the new pub out that's replaced it yet, so not sure what they're like for people popping in and out just to use them.

Here's the plan

(24 Oct 2023, 8:10 pm)KingSlayerRBLX wrote [ -> ]Interesting its not similar to the old station.

Why would it be similar to the old one?

Lots of services have revised timetables since then, so won’t fit on the same stands as they did.

If the 20 is no longer running between Langley Park and Durham, will there be a replacement?

(25 Oct 2023, 2:14 pm)gc802002 wrote [ -> ]If the 20 is no longer running between Langley Park and Durham, will there be a replacement?

Where did you get that from? There's not much changing with the 20, just a few extra 20As running.

(25 Oct 2023, 2:44 pm)deanmachine wrote [ -> ]Where did you get that from? There's not much changing with the 20, just a few extra 20As running.

Yes , still running to Langley Park, and as mentioned 20A will have a few more trips on an evening .

(25 Oct 2023, 2:44 pm)deanmachine wrote [ -> ]Where did you get that from? There's not much changing with the 20, just a few extra 20As running.

Ah , Apologies, I saw on Page one that the 20 was showing as Durham to Sunderland.... Guess registration has always said that... Apologies again.