(05 Sep 2015, 4:21 pm)Michael wrote Good news:
A new bus station for Hexham has been given the green light.
Northumberland County Council has been granted planning permission for a site at Loosing Hill.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-34162912
(11 Sep 2015, 6:39 pm)GX03 SVC wrote Arriva haven't bothered replacing any timetables in Ashington bus station since the changes.
- Stand F - still shows '20 Amble'
- Stand G - still shows '57 North Seaton'
- All stands - still have out of date timetables. eg. Timetable for 20 to Amble showing as 0903, and new X20 to Alnwick is scheduled for 0915.
Funny how they can splash out on 'Here to Help' stickers for the portacabin and replacing all the stickers in the main stand area.
(11 Sep 2015, 8:13 pm)mb134 wrote Sure it's down to NCC to update timetables?
(24 Sep 2015, 6:00 pm)Jimmi wrote Went to Hexham yesterday and the bus station is so unbelievably tight to navigate round with some of the buses having to reverse in the bus station to get in/out and onto the stands. Think a new Bus Station is a good idea but the problem is it would have to be further from the shops than it is now which I can't imagine some people will be too happy about.
(24 Sep 2015, 6:00 pm)Jimmi wrote Went to Hexham yesterday and the bus station is so unbelievably tight to navigate round with some of the buses having to reverse in the bus station to get in/out and onto the stands. Think a new Bus Station is a good idea but the problem is it would have to be further from the shops than it is now which I can't imagine some people will be too happy about.
(24 Sep 2015, 6:06 pm)Dan wrote The proposed new bus station is immensely better than the current one, and it's only a two minute walk down the road from the current bus station.
(24 Sep 2015, 6:21 pm)Jimmi wrote Anyone got a link or anything about the new bus station, as all I've found is articles on the Chronicle's website saying how people are against the move.
Really, only two minutes? The way some are going on you'd be mistaken for thinking it's going to be moved two miles away. I don't see the problem so much especially as I think bus stops would be put in place on the main road (Priestpopple) where the current bus station is although I'm unsure if all services would still stop there.
(24 Sep 2015, 6:05 pm)GX03 SVC wrote When I went last year, I was scared of being run over or a bus knocking down the shelter where the timetables are. It's rather tight to walk through the place with bus drivers hanging about having fags and alighting passengers etc.I was there in August and 4966 hit a TEN bus in the layover area
Also witnessed a couple of near misses with walls etc......
(24 Sep 2015, 6:21 pm)Jimmi wrote I think bus stops would be put in place on the main road (Priestpopple) where the current bus station is although I'm unsure if all services would still stop there.
(24 Sep 2015, 9:56 pm)G-CPTN wrote Expanding the current bus station eastwards would have solved all the problems of the current site.
(03 Oct 2015, 1:11 am)Simmy wrote Over the past few days I have been watching videos on Youtube of South Shields over the past 20 years. I watched a video from early 1997, which appeared to show South Shields bus station (in its current form) under construction. Does anyone have an idea as to when South Shields bus "station" officially opened in its current form?
(03 Oct 2015, 9:56 am)Simmy wrote Cheers! There did seem to be a lot of work around the installation of shelters.
(10 Dec 2015, 6:04 pm)Malarkey wrote Do you reckon you could merge Haymarket & Eldon Square Bus Station together without having to knock down the Multi-Story Car Park, and also have room for National Express/Megabus along with other Coach Services to operate out of the one Bus Station.
(10 Dec 2015, 6:04 pm)Malarkey wrote Do you reckon you could merge Haymarket & Eldon Square Bus Station together without having to knock down the Multi-Story Car Park, and also have room for National Express/Megabus along with other Coach Services to operate out of the one Bus Station.
(10 Dec 2015, 7:51 pm)markydh wrote They already have a shared stand sequence. But no, they will never be merged as there is no physical link between the two. It also wouldn't be just a case of demolishing the spiral car park either. The John Lewis and Fenwick freight docks are accessed via the entrance to Eldon Square bus station, as are the collect by car stations for those two along with M&S. And there are major plans to transform the public highway along Percy Street which should make a massive difference to traffic levels.
(10 Dec 2015, 8:29 pm)Andreos1 wrote I have started wondering how long that has left.
I can't remember the last time any major work was done on it.
(15 Dec 2015, 4:33 pm)cbma06 wrote I noticed today at Sunderland Interchange bus stands for the Arriva 22/23 etc.. and GNE service 60/61, that there changed the waiting area at the stands, so you have to go round the middle area at the stand and cant go straight along then onto the bus.
(14 Dec 2015, 7:54 pm)markydh wrote It had work done on it when Eldon Square Bus Station was being built as they needed to move the entrance and exit to where it currently is
(15 Dec 2015, 4:33 pm)cbma06 wrote I noticed today at Sunderland Interchange bus stands for the Arriva 22/23 etc.. and GNE service 60/61, that there changed the waiting area at the stands, so you have to go round the middle area at the stand and cant go straight along then onto the bus.