(16 Mar 2014, 4:40 pm)Dan wrote So clearly, Middlesbrough Bus Station is a hell of a lot better than Park Lane Interchange.
Buses running late and having to use the wrong stands may only be an occasional issue for you down in Middlesbrough, but it's a completely different story here in Sunderland. Nine times out of ten, it has a knock-on effect, and at peak times more so, causes chaos.
Was hideous in Park Lane this evening.
Arriva's service 23 was running approximately 15 minutes late (arriving into Park Lane at roughly 16:15), with two Go North East service 60s, one Go North East service 61 and one Go North East service 42 entering soon after it. A free-for-all was had for the stands.
On the other side of the station, everything seemed to be running in twos. All at once; service 73, services 2A and 2C and services 8 and 78 tried to occupy three stands - blocking a service 35, service 20 and service E2. Oh, and two B9TLs on service 56 blocked off service X36 too - but this wasn't a major issue, as service X36 would have been stuck behind the aforementioned services anyway.