(05 Oct 2021, 4:22 pm)Keeiajs wrote Maybe but Middlesbrough don't have buses going through the bus station as much as sunderland you have all the Stagecoaches bar the X1/e's. And 20/35/2A/2/39/39A/38. So you need two stands or each of those obvs 2/2a each way can share.
Aye that's true but in fairness it would likely still be enough, you have to remember services that don't stop can get in and out in seconds. So you could easily have 10 buses an hour on a stand as long as it's a drive up and drive out service. So stuff like the Stagecoach 3/4/12/13/16 could easily all leave from 2 stands which they do already on Fawcett Street and that's the majority of their North services.
You only really have bother when it's a stopping service as they'll usually have a 7 - 8 minute layover and that's when you have bother like 8 buses an hour on the 306/308 stand at Haymarket and 9 buses on the 309/310/311 stand.
Gateshead has 15 buses an hour on one of their stands to show how much you can 'push' it. It's too much though in fairness and does cause bother.