Bus Station - Bishop Auckland Regeneration

In 2020, we successfully bid for £11.8 million of funding from the Future High Street Fund (FHSF) to improve Bishop Auckland’s transport and parking facilities. The funding is for regeneration projects to help increase the number of people visiting the town. Any new facilities will also significantly benefit the local communities and businesses for years to come.

Enabling Works have started on site which involve clearing the current site ready for construction, so the current bus station has closed.

Temporary bus stops are in place around the town to make sure you can catch the bus whilst works take place. Map and locations are below:

Temporary Bus Stop Locations are:

Saddler Street, Former B&M Store – STAND A

Service	Destination / Route	Operator
9	Woodhouse Close Estate	Weardale
81 / 81A	South Church/Auckland Park/Coundon Grange	Hodgsons
87 (daytime)	College/Escomb Village/Witton Park/Toft Hill	Hodgsons
88	Toronto/Witton-le-Wear/Hamsterley	Weardale
89	College/Etherly Dene/Escomb Village	Hodgsons

Tenters Street – STAND B

Service	Destination / Route	Operator
6	Spennymoor/Tudhoe/Durham	Arriva
35A	Coundon/Chilton/Ferryhill/Kirk Merrington/Spennymoor	Hodgsons
56	Coundon/Kirk Merrington/Ferryhill/Coxhoe/Durham	Arriva
X21	Spennymoor/Durham/Chester-le-Street/Newcastle	Go North East
87 (evening)	College/Escomb Village/Witton Park/Toft Hill	Hodgsons

Newgate Street, Specsavers – STAND C

Service	Destination / Route	Operator
1	Shildon/Heighington/Darlington	Arriva
5	Shildon/Newton Aycliffe/Darlington	Arriva
85	Barnard Castle	Weardale

Newgate Street – STAND D

Service	Destination / Route	Operator
101	Crook/Wolsingham/Frosterley/Stanhope/Cowshill	Weardale
101	Morrisons/ASDA	Weardale
104	Canney Hill/Binchester/Byers Green/Newfield	Hodgsons
108	Hunwick/Sunnybrow/Willington	Weardale
109	Hunwick/Sunnybrow/Willington/Oakenshaw	Weardale

Newgate Street, British Heart Foundation – STAND E

Service	Destination / Route	Operator
1	Howden-le-Wear/Crook/Tow Law	Arriva
6	West Auckland/Ramshaw/Cockfield/Barnard Castle	Arriva
56	Tindale Crescent	Arriva
X21	West Auckland	Go North East

Market Place, The Stanley Jefferson, Sportsmans Inn

Service	Destination / Route	Operator
B66	Blackpool	Jim Hughes
B66	Newcastle	Jim Hughes

The new Bus station will provide the opportunity to create a modern, fit for purpose bus station within the town centre, which will help support businesses by attracting visitors to Bishop Auckland, address shortages in car parking and also increase footfall into the town centre once complete.

The new bus station will provide improved transport infrastructure to support managing visitor growth plus improve the urban fabric of the town and create a positive impression for users.

The Bus Station will consist of 8 new drive in, reverse out (DIRO) stands with 2 layover bays. There will be more toilets, including an accessible toilet, changing places unit, a parent and child facility as well as male and female toilets.

The new Bus Station will have CCTV, improved passenger information compared to that of the current bus station as well as a retail kiosk.

To ensure the new bus station is fully accessible, it will have three level entrance and exit points, anti-slip flooring and seating including a wheelchair space at the front of each passenger waiting areas.

As well as improvements to the Bus Station, work will also begin on a new 124 space car park, which will include Electric Vehicle charging bays, motorcycle parking, disabled bays and a wheelchair accessible vehicle space. The parking bays will be longer and wider than the current parking standards to provide users with easier access getting in and out of their vehicles whilst parked.

Public space improvements will also be carried out which will include high quality paving, street lighting and landscaping. Cycle stands will also be provided as part of the design.

There is a 360 degree image of the bus station. Note that these just give you a visual overview of the proposals and require a mouse to use. Please contact us if you need this information in an alternative format.