The new bus station with 8 stands is still a reduction of 3 stands from what's currently in place, for reference, this is the current stand breakdown:

STAND A
101 Rail Station
108/109 Willington
B66 Blackpool
STAND B
9 Woodhouse Close
81 Auckland Park
89 Escomb
STAND C
6 West Auckland & Cockfield/Barnard Castle
86 Bishop Auckland College
87 Toft Hill
104 Ramshaw
X21 West Auckland
STAND D
1/X1 Darlington
STAND E
5/5A Darlington
85 Barnard Castle
101 Stanhope
STAND F
1/X1 Crook/Tow Law
STAND G
86 Trimdon Village
STAND H
88 Hamsterley / Woodhouse Lane Schools
104 Newfield
STAND J
6 Durham
35A Ferryhill
STAND K
X21 Newcastle
STAND L
56 Durham

Stand G is virtually unserved and H is only really served by the 104 which runs every 90 minutes, with this in mind its still 9 stands in frequent use which is one more than in the new one.

Stand C could do with some stuff being moved off owing to its position as often there's a 6 on Stand and another bus which uses said Stand ends up having to pull up behind with barriers blocking a safe exit to unload/load passengers and also can block the road.

It's good to have some extra wiggle room on the off chance there's an increase in service provision in years to come and also offers more to play with should road/building works need to occur and also comes in handy when Kynryn is on when shuttles are running from the bus station.