(21 Sep 2021, 6:38 pm)Adrian wrote Yep, a massive lack of planning and foresight. There's no way that both of those locations should have been redeveloped with a change of use. 

The issue now is of course where would you put a new bus station? The site on the junction of Westmorland Road and Blandford Street would probably be most suitable, and of course not too far from the original Marlborough Crescent.

Personally I'd go for the opposite end of town, either on the Dex Car Park, Newcastle Building Society, New Croft Centre, The Newbridge Hotel. Take your pick which as they're all eyesores and mostly abandoned.

Least the Gateshead head services can then come in straight off the Central Motorway and go out without touching Newcastle at all, if they want to use the High Level Bridge they can go via Mosley Street.

I know someone will say people don't want a bus from there but there's no issues with Haymarket at the other side of town which is just as far out the way for the main shopping places. It'd also help regenerate what's the absolute toilet end of Newcastle to be polite especially when Blackett Street and Pilgrim Street is pedestrianised, it would connect quite well.

Depending where you built it you could possibly link Manor Metro and Manors Railway stations to them aswell.