(08 Oct 2015, 9:39 am)Jimmi wrote Durham Bus Station is getting beyond a joke now...I got in on the 22 at about 10:30. The driver ended up sitting at the bus stop on Millburngate bridge for a few minutes. When we did get into the station, he still couldn't get to the stand as there were only stands E&F free, by the look of it, at the time.
The X12 I'm currently on ended up leaving Durham Bus Station 6 minutes late thanks to the mess that is Durham Bus Station with buses on various incorrect stands, when the X12 arrived Service 50 was on stand A, Service 44A was on stand B, Service 48 was on C and the 6 was on D, this meant that the X12 was unable to pull onto a stand near enough so ended up dropping the passengers off at the opposite side of the bus station then had to come back round although had to wait a minute until the 44A left meaning it had to pull onto stand B and because of it being unable to get straight onto a stand to pick up the passengers it left 6 minutes late. This happened the last time I got the X12 as well.
Ridiculous!
From what I've seen of the proposals for the new station, there aren't going to be any more stands and, if anything there will be fewer, with fewer layover bays and only one set down place. The outline I've seen has 10 stands inside, 3 outside (but loses the on street stops) and only space for 3 buses on layover.