(16 Jan 2021, 12:12 pm)Rob44 wrote just seen on FB the worsick streets old bus station has eventually come down. Anyone know what's going up in its place or has it just ben taken down for some other reason like safty?

A shame it's gone and a shame it stood empty for so long.
I didn't use it much pre-86, as like most, I made the switch to the Metro with the bus feeding in to the metro at Gateshead.
Post-86 and the extension of buses over the river, meant I used it more often.

There was always something about it that I liked.
Whether it was the danger aspect, the fact H&S had obviously missed it when doing their rounds or something else.
The left hand turn in off Market Street, the dip in the road as it entered Worswick Street and the ramp up in to the bus station...

Then straight out and back over the bridge and no faffing about with traffic lights across the town. 
The time and resource saved compared to now and the 15mins in/15mins out it takes must be massive.

A shame.