(19 Apr 2016, 2:15 pm)northern156 wrote Regarding Durham Bus Station - a somewhat far-fetched idea, but until developments take place to ease the station, some less-popular routes terminate at different locations away from the city centre (ie the Park & Ride with a 5-minute shuttle running), or even terminate 'in' it? ie running buses through the city centre and terminating on the main street right outside the bus station. ANE go one way round and GNE go the other way?
Quite a few services, from ANE, GNE and Scarlet Band already use North Road, opposite the station. Any more would probably be dangerous because pedestrians already have to try to see past parked up uses to get across the road, whilst also paying attention to buses turning left, leaving the station. There's a fair few accidents, there - I stopped some poor frustrated old guy from stepping out in front of a bus, just a couple of weeks ago.
Any plans for a new station really need to take up the current site, plus the road in front, plus the shops opposite. IIRC the last displayed plans moved the station and North road services in together, so adding another 15 or more vehicles an hour to the existing 60-ish that use the station.