(12 Aug 2014, 9:46 pm)busman101 wrote Needs a Bus Station man !

Don't we know, whenever there is an article about buses in Darlington in the Northern Echo there is always comments saying that Darlington needs a bus station.

"We need a bus station"
"Darlington needs a bus station"
"instead of a new cinema and 7 restaurants, lets build a bus station"
"Darlington doesn't feel like a market town anymore... Lets build a bus station"
"Arriva do what they want which is why we need a bus station"
"surprised no has been killed by a bus in Darlington, we need a bus station"
"knock down JJB and build a bus station"
"A bus station is what Darlington needs"

I'm sick to death about it, who is making these decisions the fairly recent changes to stands just seemed to make things worse and yet they are instant that its made things better but the only difference its made is that its easier to walk down Prebend Row.

Do the Locomotion thing is just a waste of time and money, when the stands were changed they said that there would be people out and about to help you find your stand and the first full day of the changes there was nobody there. Also at the end of 2012 Darlington Borough Council had withdrawn the subsidy for the more rural routes and the following Christmas they sent everyone in Darlington and surrounding areas a Christmas card and it wasn't even a very nice Christmas card either it had a left hand drive bus on too and I'd be very angry if I lived in somewhere like Brafferton and I received one after they lost their bus services in January 2012 because of council cuts.
http://m.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/1091...ly_cards_/