(24 Nov 2015, 10:25 pm)Andreos1 wrote Although the design has changed, the footprint (as far as I am aware), hasn't changed much, if anything since the days of United owning the site and building it way back when.

Obviously Eldon Square is a new bus station, moved from its previous location - supposedly designed to suit modern requirements.

I'm not a fan of either, but taking into account the limitations Durham bus station has, I think it copes as well as it can.
The road network around Eldon Square, the car park and Haymarket just aren't suited to additional bus station.

The old Eldon Square bus station was horrific (the last time I used it, I was pregnant with Big'un - and instantly told Husband that if he was a girl, I was NOT going to call her Caitlyn because I'd heard enough of it being yelled to have decided I hate it!). Not many people used it. IIRC, fewer buses ran from there, too - I think the only services via Low Fell were the Arriva runs of the then equivalent of the 21. The GNE 21 went from Haymarket and the 1 from outside the Odeon.

Access to Newcastle city centre from the South is and always has been problematic.

And, while it wouldn't do much to improve access, given that the plans online for Durham look to be trying to incorporate the North road stops into the footprint of the station, I think it would be better if it took over that section of North road. ith the area where the current bike shop, newsagent etc used as a central island, past the church (which would obviously have to stand, but wouldn't get in the way) a lot more stops could be fitted in and buses being more equally divided between 2 exits from the roundabout would ease congestion, somewhat, as it's always inbound.