Durham Bus Stn
Durham Bus Stn
(07 Jan 2024, 11:50 am)cbma06 I wonder if on the electronic display boards it will say if the bus is running late or cancelled, rather than using data from a timetable which doesn’t show. Won’t be long until Durham County Council will win awards for these electronic displays as the same in Nexus for Sunderland interchange electronic displays which there won awards but the displays doesn’t show buses that are running late or cancelled
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(07 Jan 2024, 11:50 am)cbma06 I wonder if on the electronic display boards it will say if the bus is running late or cancelled, rather than using data from a timetable which doesn’t show. Won’t be long until Durham County Council will win awards for these electronic displays as the same in Nexus for Sunderland interchange electronic displays which there won awards but the displays doesn’t show buses that are running late or cancelled
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(07 Jan 2024, 11:50 am)cbma06 I wonder if on the electronic display boards it will say if the bus is running late or cancelled, rather than using data from a timetable which doesn’t show. Won’t be long until Durham County Council will win awards for these electronic displays as the same in Nexus for Sunderland interchange electronic displays which there won awards but the displays doesn’t show buses that are running late or cancelled
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(07 Jan 2024, 11:50 am)cbma06 I wonder if on the electronic display boards it will say if the bus is running late or cancelled, rather than using data from a timetable which doesn’t show. Won’t be long until Durham County Council will win awards for these electronic displays as the same in Nexus for Sunderland interchange electronic displays which there won awards but the displays doesn’t show buses that are running late or cancelled
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The ones along Durham Road either say please refer to timetable or show horrendously out of date route info
(07 Jan 2024, 12:43 pm)Jimmi They've barely even started on Bishop Auckland Bus Station, went past yesterday and about all that's changed is some fencing put up around it, despite the presence of diggers, most of the stands are still intact.Fairly sure they knocked down the toilet block, The Hut, and driver rest block before Christmas.
From pics I've seen so far at least, they're just showing the scheduled departure times, probs just as well considering most of these displays with countdowns to arrival time within County Durham are often incorrect.
(07 Jan 2024, 12:43 pm)Jimmi They've barely even started on Bishop Auckland Bus Station, went past yesterday and about all that's changed is some fencing put up around it, despite the presence of diggers, most of the stands are still intact.Fairly sure they knocked down the toilet block, The Hut, and driver rest block before Christmas.
From pics I've seen so far at least, they're just showing the scheduled departure times, probs just as well considering most of these displays with countdowns to arrival time within County Durham are often incorrect.
Somehow, they've managed to make the new bus station feel more cramped than the old one!
It's awful
There's also a severe lack of bins!
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(09 Jan 2024, 4:24 pm)streetdeckfan Somehow, they've managed to make the new bus station feel more cramped than the old one!
It's awful
There's also a severe lack of bins!
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(09 Jan 2024, 4:24 pm)streetdeckfan Somehow, they've managed to make the new bus station feel more cramped than the old one!
It's awful
There's also a severe lack of bins!
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(09 Jan 2024, 5:20 pm)Adrian I've not seen it in person yet, but I noticed that from a few photos of it last night. Doesn't look like it can handle an average Arriva peak time chaos service, that's for sure.It's so narrow, much more so than the old one.
You can see from this drainage plan (only thing I could find of the previous site!), that the old bus station extended further out. Even more so at one end: https://publicaccess.durham.gov.uk/onlin...070656.pdf
(09 Jan 2024, 5:20 pm)Adrian I've not seen it in person yet, but I noticed that from a few photos of it last night. Doesn't look like it can handle an average Arriva peak time chaos service, that's for sure.It's so narrow, much more so than the old one.
You can see from this drainage plan (only thing I could find of the previous site!), that the old bus station extended further out. Even more so at one end: https://publicaccess.durham.gov.uk/onlin...070656.pdf
The main difference in space is the removal of the shops between the concourse and North road. It's marginal gains, though.
The biggest gain is that there will only be about 80% of the buses using it, compared with 4 years ago. Probably not proportionally fewer passengers at chucking out time, though.
And if pasty guy is still around, he'll no longer be able to tape a. Cooplands bag to a random post.
Less than 2 weeks and there is a broken window and one of the sets of doors out of use
(18 Jan 2024, 12:32 pm)BusLoverMum Less than 2 weeks and there is a broken window and one of the sets of doors out of useAnd the fence at the end has been crashed into!
(18 Jan 2024, 12:32 pm)BusLoverMum Less than 2 weeks and there is a broken window and one of the sets of doors out of useAnd the fence at the end has been crashed into!
Ah yes, I believe this was a Prince Bishop on the 20A service. I've actually got photos of the bus with 2 missing side panels.
(18 Jan 2024, 7:17 pm)nova347 Ah yes, I believe this was a Prince Bishop on the 20A service. I've actually got photos of the bus with 2 missing side panels.
It was 5429, which happened last Friday. It was the two panels before the wheel arch, and the wheel arch took a hit as well, tearing the side up. The two panels fell off the bus.
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(18 Jan 2024, 7:17 pm)nova347 Ah yes, I believe this was a Prince Bishop on the 20A service. I've actually got photos of the bus with 2 missing side panels.
It was 5429, which happened last Friday. It was the two panels before the wheel arch, and the wheel arch took a hit as well, tearing the side up. The two panels fell off the bus.
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(18 Jan 2024, 8:41 pm)tyresmoke Believe GCT have hit it tooSurely not? I have it on good authority that GCT drivers are very attentive and avoid accidents at all costs. You must be thinking of another GCT.
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