(26 Feb 2022, 12:01 pm)Storx wrote The problem is it's not unique to the GNE services.

Stand L (306/308)
Stand S (43/44/45)
Stand V (X7/X8/X9)

All have similar problems especially at peak times. The X7/X8/X9 quite often come in together when things play up around Gosforth Park and the 43/44/45 with the Great North Road.

If you gave the Coast Road services 3 stands then it's just more problems at the other end of the bus station (who block the entrance when they can't stop) and everything leaves at the same time heading North at around XX:30 / XX:45 / XX:00 / XX:15

Stand P with the X21/22 can be equally bad - one of them arrives more than 7L then the one behind is going to have to sit on the back or pull onto stand N or Q. 

Another issue with that end of Haymarket is that it's the traffic light controlled exit. For example if a 311 pulls in when a 309 is on stand, it generally stays on the back. This means that it's tight for anyone in a conventional vehicle on stand P or Q to reverse out (particularly if there are buses on the stands immediately adjacent), and so causes further congestion. 

Haymarket in reality is a horrendously designed bus station (for passengers and drivers), and badly needs reconfigured.