(02 Sep 2023, 7:51 am)busmanT wrote The former PTEs are obsessed with having bus stations. In Nexus case it’s to encourage more people to travel by Metro by having buses stop outside at Metro stations.

See, I could get that if it was a sensible place to connect but can't really see where anyone would want to.

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Personally I always think bus stations are bad as one of the massive advantages of buses is they can get right into the heart of the city and stop at numerous spots which a car can't where you usually have to park away from where you want to be. So let's say if it was Newcastle, you could get your bus from Gosforth right through to Central Station and then gradually head back to the top end of Northumberland Street and get on (which you can do with the Metro). Once you start sticking a bus station at places like Haymarket it loses that advantage over the car, so why bother?

It's even worse if it's somewhere like Sunderland, Durham and Bishop Auckland where all 3 bus stations are in the backend of nowhere and the car actually has an advantage.

I know I've mentioned it before but it works well in Darlington where you can get on/off at Northgate but then have the choice to use Tubwell Row instead which are pretty much both ends of the town. I'd also love to see some councils to reverse some pedestrianisation schemes and get buses closer to the action in some places aswell.