Paignton Bus Station

I read in the paper yesterday that the bus station in Paignton had been given a face lift as part of Torbay's ' Grot busting' scheme. Paignton bus station was grotty, crumbling concrete, pealing paint and no public toilets. The concrete has been cleaned up and repainted but there still aren't any public toilets and as you can see from the photo not exactly many places to sit while waiting for your bus.
The big yellow posts in the bus bays are there to protect the travelling public should a driver misjudge his speed, or much less likely, the brakes fail. In the 10 years I drove in and out of Paignton I only heard of the previous, grey painted barriers being hit on three occasions and I was standing waiting for a bus when one of the incidents happened. Since the new barriers have been erected they haven't been hit. Unlike the garage behind the bus bays which seems to get hit all the time judging by it's comprehensively bent state. Shame some of the reported £100 000 didn't go on public toilets though. If a driver is standing around doing nothing on the bus station and is approached by a passenger with an enquiry, the most likely destination he is asked for are the toilets. Out the bus station, cross the road at the pelican crossing, turn left, over the level crossing and first left, toilets at the end of the street on the left, takes about 3 minutes to get there, "What time does your bus go?" 3 minutes back. "I rush if I were you."