(16 Feb 2014, 2:17 pm)gtom wrote I imagine the reasoning is the cost of installing a temporary bus shelter would probably be very high.

The stop where TB14 and M2/3 stop opposite the BP garage in Birtley doesn't have a bus stop either.

There was something published a few years back, which outlined the need to improve temporary stops.
It obviously hasn't came to fruition.

Granted, a week or two couldn't justify a shelter, but in this example, the two on Birtley Front Street, the time of year and the duration of the works, could justify a more hard standing solution.