(22 Feb 2023, 12:29 pm)Unber43 wrote Does it really need 8 stands tho? I've only been to Bishop maybe 4-6 times however its never been that busy

I believe it forms part of the Bishop Auckland Town Masterplan to regenerate their Town Centre, so maybe they're forecasting extra footfall once regeneration is complete? Whether that happens or not, like most other regeneration projects, remains to be seen.

As with a lot of infrastructure projects like this, it becomes difficult to add capacity after completion, so you'd be daft not to future-proof it.