(23 Aug 2023, 4:04 pm)KingSlayerRBLX wrote The Station is now set for a November Opening!
*what are the actual chances it does*
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-66563158
(26 Aug 2023, 7:24 pm)Storx wrote Is there any reason why this has took so long? They literally nearly built the new Tyne Tunnel quicker. It seems a pretty simple job and not something that needs 2.75 years to do.
(26 Aug 2023, 10:14 pm)Chris 1 wrote I don’t know Durham at all, but I’m sure I read somewhere there was an unforeseen issue with one of the neighbouring buildings. It needing underpinning or supporting rings a bell, but I can’t for the life of me remember where I read it.
(26 Aug 2023, 10:14 pm)Chris 1 wrote I don’t know Durham at all, but I’m sure I read somewhere there was an unforeseen issue with one of the neighbouring buildings. It needing underpinning or supporting rings a bell, but I can’t for the life of me remember where I read it."Structural works were required to the gable end of the Grade 2 Listed Manse, which were identified following the demolition of the bus station" plus some "unforseen circumstances" including some issues with the ground, structural conditions and difficulties sourcing some of the conservation area materials.
(01 Dec 2023, 4:51 pm)Iamtheone8483748 wrote Any update on the postponed opening date?
(02 Jan 2024, 10:49 pm)BusLoverMum wrote About flipping time!
(02 Jan 2024, 8:20 pm)Iamtheone8483748 wrote The new bus station will supposedly now open on Sunday 7th January
List of what routes depart from which stand:
https://www.durham.gov.uk/article/23024/...and-routes
(07 Jan 2024, 11:50 am)cbma06 wrote 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 [emoji2955]
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(07 Jan 2024, 10:00 am)MetrolineGA1511 wrote Although it is good that Durham bus station is finally reopening, I am planning on being a party pooper by waiting until Bishop Auckland bus station reopens. I realise it is easily a couple of years off.
I would probably have travelled from Bishop Auckland to Durham, hence my preferance to experience both on the same day.
(07 Jan 2024, 11:50 am)cbma06 wrote 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 [emoji2955]
(07 Jan 2024, 11:50 am)cbma06 wrote 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 [emoji2955]
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(07 Jan 2024, 11:50 am)cbma06 wrote 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 [emoji2955]
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(07 Jan 2024, 12:43 pm)Jimmi wrote 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.
(09 Jan 2024, 4:24 pm)streetdeckfan wrote 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 wrote 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