Work begins on the new Hexham Bus Station on Monday 1st Feburary.

You'll never see intu or John Lewis give up that car park on Percy St.

(26 Jan 2016, 12:46 pm)Kuyoyo wrote Work begins on the new Hexham Bus Station on Monday 1st Feburary.

Thanks for letting us know, any idea how long it will take?

(26 Jan 2016, 5:51 pm)Michael wrote Thanks for letting us know, any idea how long it will take?

I have searched - but failed to find any estimate of finishing dates.

(26 Jan 2016, 7:46 pm)G-CPTN wrote I have searched - but failed to find any estimate of finishing dates.

I have to ask with you being our resident Hexham guy......are you in favour of the new bus station and where it is going to be built, or would you rather keep the old one?

(26 Jan 2016, 7:47 pm)citaro5284 wrote I have to ask with you being our resident Hexham guy......are you in favour of the new bus station and where it is going to be built, or would you rather keep the old one?

As a conservative (and a crumbly) I don't want the bus station to move from its current position.

There was scope (many years ago) to expand the current site east to embrace the long derelict George and Jobling garage (which burned-out in a fire some 40 - 50 years ago), but the Council dragged their feet until the site was granted planning permission for housing (which never happened as the owner who acquired the site died).
The justification is that 'it would be too expensive to acquire the site' - and NCC will get paid for selling the bus station site to Dysart and using the site at Loosing Hill (owned by NCC) for the new bus station.

In the pipeline during the year is the complete closure of the main road into town from the A69 trunk road, Rotary Way, for six weeks to allow for the re-waterproofing of the bridge over the railway line.

There will be massive disruption on Corbridge Road as work begins on the new bus station, which includes work on the two mini-roundabouts closer to the site.

Improvements to the pedestrian crossing on Station Road are also scheduled, along with the resurfacing of Alemouth Road.

How is the work getting on with the new Hexham bus station?

(14 Mar 2016, 11:56 am)Michael wrote How is the work getting on with the new Hexham bus station?

Whenever I go past (on the bus)it always seems like a hive of inactivity.

The site is surrounded by solid fencing, so it wouldn't help to walk past.

From observations, the workers on the site put in a shift on Saturday...

There's a very large impenetrable fence around the site, so it's difficult to see what's happening. I thought I saw work with perimeter kerbs, but I might be wrong. I understand there won't be any incursion into the roads nearby during the first three months, which gets us to May.

Team Valley 'Bus Station'.
A neglected and underused facility, with surrounding stops built nearby.

I propose the station is reintroduced and made in to a two-way facility.

Northbound services along Kingsway to turn left in to the facility and then exit via Tenth Avenue.
Southbound services (inc the X32) to use Tenth Avenue, the bus station and loop via Kingsway roundabout.

Improvements to pedestrians access to Retail World too, using space alongside the Halfords store.

So, not only does peterlee bus station have the 21a and 22 down for the same stand at the exact same time, it has all arriva services labeled DC.

I could be scratching my head for a while about that one.

So the boards at Durham now say DC instead of ANE, too. They weren't working at all, on Wednesday. Seems a rather odd update, if that's why they were down.  

This is the one I snagged at Peterlee, this morning.

(01 Apr 2016, 2:43 pm)BusLoverMum wrote So the boards at Durham now say DC instead of ANE, too. They weren't working at all, on Wednesday. Seems a rather odd update, if that's why they were down.  

This is the one I snagged at Peterlee, this morning.

DC will stand for Arrivas South of Tyne operations change 2 years ago, They changed all County Durham Depots ( and Redcar and Whitby ) to a new operator licence under the name Arriva Durham County

(01 Apr 2016, 3:05 pm)South Tyne Lad wrote DC will stand for Arrivas South of Tyne operations change 2 years ago, They changed all County Durham Depots ( and Redcar and Whitby ) to a new operator licence under the name Arriva Durham County

Although Arriva Durham County and Arriva Northumbria use the name "Arriva North East". Durham County Council haven't done themselves any favours changing to DC when it used to be ANE... especially when nobody calls it "Durham County"...!

(01 Apr 2016, 3:05 pm)South Tyne Lad wrote DC will stand for Arrivas South of Tyne operations change 2 years ago, They changed all County Durham Depots ( and Redcar and Whitby ) to a new operator licence under the name Arriva Durham County

So why just DC instead of ADC? It just seems odd, dropping any reference to the A.

(01 Apr 2016, 3:27 pm)GX03 SVC wrote Although Arriva Durham County and Arriva Northumbria use the name "Arriva North East". Durham County Council haven't done themselves any favours changing to DC when it used to be ANE... especially when nobody calls it "Durham County"...!

Haha yes, its pretty pointless changing it.

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(01 Apr 2016, 3:29 pm)BusLoverMum wrote So why just DC instead of ADC? It just seems odd, dropping any reference to the A.

I'm not sure why theve dropped the A, They might be a reason behind it.

(01 Apr 2016, 3:33 pm)South Tyne Lad wrote Haha yes, its pretty pointless changing it.

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I'm not sure why theve dropped the A, They might be a reason behind it.

It does make having the abbreviation for the operator a bit pointless from the passenger point of view.

Maybe if the bus doesn't turn up, no-one knows who the operator is by looking at the departures board

(01 Apr 2016, 9:16 am)PBusLoverMum wrote So, not only does peterlee bus station have the 21a and 22 down for the same stand at the exact same time, it has all arriva services labeled DC.

I could be scratching my head for a while about that one.

Durham county is what 'DC' stands for, meaning Arriva Durham County probably

(01 Apr 2016, 8:48 pm)NK53 TKT wrote Durham county is what 'DC' stands for, meaning Arriva Durham County probably

18 hours too late with that one! haha

Kinda related...the Nexus digital screens on Durham Road don't seem to able to cope with X21 and 21 on evenings and Sunday's.

They either show X21 or both X21 and 21 at the same time. I did raise this with Nexus but was told it's based on the info the operator provides which seems to be a cop out. Common sense not prevailing....well it's nexus

Passengers dont look at who the operator is, simply the service number. And in reality they rarely look at the service number on the front of the bus anyway, they only see a bus coming and think its what the want.

(02 Apr 2016, 7:51 am)wise owl wrote Passengers dont look at who the operator is, simply the service number. And in reality they rarely look at the service number on the front of the bus anyway, they only see a bus coming and think its what the want.

Sometimes they only look at the destinations. It's pretty common for people to catch the 22 to Sunderland before they realise that it takes 40 minutes longer than the 20/20a

I think we're in a position at the moment where there is no duplicate numbering between arriva and gne services around co Durham but there has been, even in the recent past, so if DCC are going to have the operator on display in their bus stations, they may as well make it useful.

(02 Apr 2016, 7:51 am)wise owl wrote Passengers dont look at who the operator is, simply the service number. And in reality they rarely look at the service number on the front of the bus anyway, they only see a bus coming and think its what the want.

Quite often the colour of the bus is what they look for.
The perils of route branding and wrong allocations!

Ashington bus station has been fitted with free wifi.

(02 Apr 2016, 9:23 am)BusLoverMum wrote Sometimes they only look at the destinations.

This certainly happens at Hexham, with passengers trying to board Arriva buses with GNE tickets (and vice versa) or electing to board the TEN when the 685/X84/X85 would get them to Newcastle sooner - even though it means waiting for a later departure.

Park Lanes busy tonight, around where stands A-G are.

(11 May 2016, 4:27 pm)Michael wrote Park Lanes busy tonight, around where stands A-G are.

A19 has been closed
http://m.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/local...-1-7905294

(11 May 2016, 5:45 pm)BusLoverMum wrote A19 has been closed
http://m.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/local...-1-7905294

Oh i forgot haha

(03 Apr 2016, 2:01 pm)G-CPTN wrote This certainly happens at Hexham, with passengers trying to board Arriva buses with GNE tickets (and vice versa) or electing to board the TEN when the 685/X84/X85 would get them to Newcastle sooner - even though it means waiting for a later departure.

A similar issue occurs at the Haymarket, passengers look at the destination on the board and it may say the number 51, this is much slower than the 308 or 309 for example. Sometimes however the numbers can be misleading. The 308 is faster than all the MAX buses Newcastle to Blyth