Go North East: Service Suggestions v2
Go North East: Service Suggestions v2
With the Post above, I'll share my route ideas for a 'Teesside and district' style depot depot.
Teesside Park Connect:
70 - Billingham Owington Farm - Billingham Town Centre - Billingham Stores - Norton Red Lion - Northshore - Stockton High Street - Teesside Park - Tollesby - Stewarts Park - Eston
71 - Ingelby Barwick Circular - Thornaby Town Centre - Teesside Park - Middlesbrough Bus Station - North Ormesby - Berwick Hills - Coulby Newham Parkway
72 - Nunthorpe - Newham Way - Hemlington - Stainton - Acklam - Teesside Park - Stockton High Street - Hartburn - Fairfield - North Tees Hospital - Tesco Extra
Main focus on giving Teesside Park some solid routes, as well as connecting areas to new places. For example allowing people from Norton go to Stewarts Park direct and people from Tollesby go to Norton High Street for a wonder. Remove the current battered Morrisons bus stop and place a new one on Newmarket Avenue (or just make a bus station out of ToysRus). These routes would also allow the X10 to serve the shopping park, with service 70 and 72 running Teesdale routes instead.
Lost Links:
67 - Thornaby - Teesside Industrial Estate - Hemlington - Coulby Newham - Nunthorpe - Skelton in Cleveland - Skelton ASDA - Saltburn
68 - North Tees Hospital - Billingham Town Centre - Low Grange - Port Clarence - Portrack - Stockton High Street
81 - Stockton High Street - Preston Park - Eaglescliffe - Yarm - Kirklevington - Stokesley - Great Ayton - Guisborough
83 - North Road - Darlington Tubwell Row - Morton Park - Sadberge -Redmarshall - Stillington - North Tees Hospital - Stockton High Street - Middlesbrough Bus Station - James Cook Hospital
86 - Saltburn - Marske - New Marske - Guisborough - Ormesby - Cleveland Retail Park - James Cook University Hospital
Linking up villages to towns they were once served whilst running some parts of the route alongside competitors to ensure stability of the routes.
Standard GNE Brand:
X19 - Hartlepool Town Centre - Cacote Road - The Fens - Wolviston Village & Court - Middlesbrough Bus Station
90/91- Tesco Extra Hardwick - Roseworth - Norton Glebe - Portrack ASDA - Stockton High Street - Fairfield - Darlington Back Lane - North Tees Hospital
92/93 - Middlesbrough Bus Station - West Lane - Acklam - BlueBell Corner - Tollesby - James Cook - Berwick Hills - Normaby - Eston - South Bank - Cargo Fleet - North Ormesby - Middlesbrough Lesiure Park - Middlesbrough Bus Station
These are to put competition on Stagecoach and Arriva as well as connect all of Norton/Stockton and most of Middlesbrough with a circular route, making a local zone ticket option more appealing and cheap. X19 puts competition on the 1/36 for quicker travel between Hartlepool and Middlesbrough but also relives apart of the old 45 which was very popular when Leven Valley were around.
