(23 Aug 2023, 4:04 pm)KingSlayerRBLX wrote The Station is now set for a November Opening!

*what are the actual chances it does*

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-66563158

Fairly high in my view, a lot of work seems to be going on at the minute.

Is there any reason why this has took so long? They literally nearly built the new Tyne Tunnel quicker. It seems a pretty simple job and not something that needs 2.75 years to do.

(26 Aug 2023, 7:24 pm)Storx wrote Is there any reason why this has took so long? They literally nearly built the new Tyne Tunnel quicker. It seems a pretty simple job and not something that needs 2.75 years to do.

I don’t know Durham at all, but I’m sure I read somewhere there was an unforeseen issue with one of the neighbouring buildings. It needing underpinning or supporting rings a bell, but I can’t for the life of me remember where I read it.

(26 Aug 2023, 10:14 pm)Chris 1 wrote I don’t know Durham at all, but I’m sure I read somewhere there was an unforeseen issue with one of the neighbouring buildings. It needing underpinning or supporting rings a bell, but I can’t for the life of me remember where I read it.

Aye I think there might have been something, but even still it seems an awful long time. Like we've seen massive redevelopments of whole city centres in 2 and half years etc. Someone must be cashing in having contractors that long.

(26 Aug 2023, 10:14 pm)Chris 1 wrote I don’t know Durham at all, but I’m sure I read somewhere there was an unforeseen issue with one of the neighbouring buildings. It needing underpinning or supporting rings a bell, but I can’t for the life of me remember where I read it.

"Structural works were required to the gable end of the Grade 2 Listed Manse, which were identified following the demolition of the bus station" plus some "unforseen circumstances" including some issues with the ground, structural conditions and difficulties sourcing some of the conservation area materials.

Believe the original time for opening was meant to be in the spring of 2023, the above pushed it back to summer but is now supposedly November 2023, seemingly they're hoping in time for Durham Luminaire 2023.

Link to council page on the project: https://www.durham.gov.uk/durhambusstation

Was in Durham earlier and the sandstone? cladding looks a right state in the rain where the water has soaked in!

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If bustimes.org is anything to go by. Gct have the 40 change listed from April 1st next year

(14 Nov 2023, 5:28 pm)Aaron21 wrote If bustimes.org is anything to go by. Gct have the 40 change listed from April 1st next year

Think that's a mistake, still running as before. They submitted some new registrations for the Durham services for whatever reason, all effective November 8th 2023.

The bus station reopening has been postponed. No idea on new planned opening date.

(14 Nov 2023, 5:53 pm)RobinHood wrote The bus station reopening has been postponed. No idea on new planned opening date.

I guessed that by the fact that they're planning to use it as a taxi rank for Lumiere.

Any update on the postponed opening date?

(01 Dec 2023, 4:51 pm)Iamtheone8483748 wrote Any update on the postponed opening date?

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/nor...ts-wrapper

The new bus station will supposedly now open on Sunday 7th January

List of what routes depart from which stand:

https://www.durham.gov.uk/article/23024/...and-routes

Only 18 months late...not too bad

About flipping time!

(02 Jan 2024, 10:49 pm)BusLoverMum wrote About flipping time!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-67861720

It could be worse.

(02 Jan 2024, 8:20 pm)Iamtheone8483748 wrote The new bus station will supposedly now open on Sunday 7th January

List of what routes depart from which stand:

https://www.durham.gov.uk/article/23024/...and-routes

Although it is good that Durham bus station is finally reopening, I am planning on being a party pooper by waiting until Bishop Auckland bus station reopens.  I realise it is easily a couple of years off.

I would probably have travelled from Bishop Auckland to Durham, hence my preferance to experience both on the same day.

I wonder if on the electronic display boards it will say if the bus is running late or cancelled, rather than using data from a timetable which doesn’t show. Won’t be long until Durham County Council will win awards for these electronic displays as the same in Nexus for Sunderland interchange electronic displays which there won awards but the displays doesn’t show buses that are running late or cancelled [emoji2955]


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(07 Jan 2024, 11:50 am)cbma06 wrote I wonder if on the electronic display boards it will say if the bus is running late or cancelled, rather than using data from a timetable which doesn’t show. Won’t be long until Durham County Council will win awards for these electronic displays as the same in Nexus for Sunderland interchange electronic displays which there won awards but the displays doesn’t show buses that are running late or cancelled [emoji2955]


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It's simply inexcusable in 2023 for local authorities to have digital displays which do not display real time data. It is literally open data. 

Might be a sign of the the times though. I've read in the last day that Nottingham City Council are looking to cut budgets by disabling the real time!

(07 Jan 2024, 10:00 am)MetrolineGA1511 wrote Although it is good that Durham bus station is finally reopening, I am planning on being a party pooper by waiting until Bishop Auckland bus station reopens.  I realise it is easily a couple of years off.

I would probably have travelled from Bishop Auckland to Durham, hence my preferance to experience both on the same day.

They've barely even started on Bishop Auckland Bus Station, went past yesterday and about all that's changed is some fencing put up around it, despite the presence of diggers, most of the stands are still intact.

(07 Jan 2024, 11:50 am)cbma06 wrote I wonder if on the electronic display boards it will say if the bus is running late or cancelled, rather than using data from a timetable which doesn’t show. Won’t be long until Durham County Council will win awards for these electronic displays as the same in Nexus for Sunderland interchange electronic displays which there won awards but the displays doesn’t show buses that are running late or cancelled [emoji2955]

From pics I've seen so far at least, they're just showing the scheduled departure times, probs just as well considering most of these displays with countdowns to arrival time within County Durham are often incorrect.

(07 Jan 2024, 11:50 am)cbma06 wrote I wonder if on the electronic display boards it will say if the bus is running late or cancelled, rather than using data from a timetable which doesn’t show. Won’t be long until Durham County Council will win awards for these electronic displays as the same in Nexus for Sunderland interchange electronic displays which there won awards but the displays doesn’t show buses that are running late or cancelled [emoji2955]


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Or the fact Stand R in Park Lane still shows the 9's times despite the 9 not stopping there for about 5 years.

(07 Jan 2024, 11:50 am)cbma06 wrote I wonder if on the electronic display boards it will say if the bus is running late or cancelled, rather than using data from a timetable which doesn’t show. Won’t be long until Durham County Council will win awards for these electronic displays as the same in Nexus for Sunderland interchange electronic displays which there won awards but the displays doesn’t show buses that are running late or cancelled [emoji2955]


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Hahaha ha. The ones at the college are still just warning us about the strike and the one opposite the hospital bears no relation to current timetables whatsoever.

The ones along Durham Road either say please refer to timetable or show horrendously out of date route info

(07 Jan 2024, 5:15 pm)Ambassador wrote The ones along Durham Road either say please refer to timetable or show horrendously out of date route info

those ones used to work great years ago.

(07 Jan 2024, 12:43 pm)Jimmi wrote They've barely even started on Bishop Auckland Bus Station, went past yesterday and about all that's changed is some fencing put up around it, despite the presence of diggers, most of the stands are still intact.


From pics I've seen so far at least, they're just showing the scheduled departure times, probs just as well considering most of these displays with countdowns to arrival time within County Durham are often incorrect.

Fairly sure they knocked down the toilet block, The Hut, and driver rest block before Christmas.

Honestly surprised the council managed to get it done that fast considering the amount of Asbestos that would have been in them!

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Somehow, they've managed to make the new bus station feel more cramped than the old one!
It's awful

There's also a severe lack of bins!

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(09 Jan 2024, 4:24 pm)streetdeckfan wrote Somehow, they've managed to make the new bus station feel more cramped than the old one!
It's awful

There's also a severe lack of bins!

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I've not seen it in person yet, but I noticed that from a few photos of it last night. Doesn't look like it can handle an average Arriva peak time chaos service, that's for sure. 

You can see from this drainage plan (only thing I could find of the previous site!), that the old bus station extended further out. Even more so at one end: https://publicaccess.durham.gov.uk/onlin...070656.pdf

(09 Jan 2024, 5:20 pm)Adrian wrote I've not seen it in person yet, but I noticed that from a few photos of it last night. Doesn't look like it can handle an average Arriva peak time chaos service, that's for sure. 

You can see from this drainage plan (only thing I could find of the previous site!), that the old bus station extended further out. Even more so at one end: https://publicaccess.durham.gov.uk/onlin...070656.pdf

It's so narrow, much more so than the old one.
It was absolutely packed when I was there, the only way to get up and down was to push through people up the back wall, or cut across the designated wheelchair 'parking bays' next to the doors, which is what most people did when changing buses.

I was lucky in that I managed to nab a seat after the 16 left, if it wasn't for that I would have been sardined in with the rest of the riff raff!

Maybe I'm blind, but I didn't spot a single bin in there, I had to just shove my meal deal wrappers in my bag. Probably explains why the floor was covered in litter.


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The main difference in space is the removal of the shops between the concourse and North road. It's marginal gains, though.

The biggest gain is that there will only be about 80% of the buses using it, compared with 4 years ago. Probably not proportionally fewer passengers at chucking out time, though.

And if pasty guy is still around, he'll no longer be able to tape a. Cooplands bag to a random post.

Less than 2 weeks and there is a broken window and one of the sets of doors out of use