(26 Jun 2014, 7:07 am)AXG675 wrote Hi Jimmi. I really do regret your dreadful experience of the Leven Service to Teesside Park. We are trying to save services lost as a result of Government cuts. It is an ongoing process and investment cannot be made until we think demand would justify that investment. Sadly whilst we seek that evidence some of the buses needing replacement have to be used. Chicken and egg? Poor service further undermines possible investment as potential customers choose alternative means because of dreadful experiences that can easily happen with buses whose name cannot be spoken by me.
Sincere apologies. Sincere regrets that you experienced such a shambles. No one here is happy about the way we let you and others down.
Paul Thompson

(26 Jun 2014, 7:07 am)AXG675 wrote Hi Jimmi. I really do regret your dreadful experience of the Leven Service to Teesside Park. We are trying to save services lost as a result of Government cuts. It is an ongoing process and investment cannot be made until we think demand would justify that investment. Sadly whilst we seek that evidence some of the buses needing replacement have to be used. Chicken and egg? Poor service further undermines possible investment as potential customers choose alternative means because of dreadful experiences that can easily happen with buses whose name cannot be spoken by me.
Sincere apologies. Sincere regrets that you experienced such a shambles. No one here is happy about the way we let you and others down.
Paul Thompson

(26 Jun 2014, 11:49 am)Roland Pratt wrote T14CRT must have been running for Leven yesterday as I was it on Borough Road about 6.40pm coming into town with passengers on.

(24 Aug 2014, 11:21 am)jaimz13 wrote Does LevenValley do Day tickets

(10 Oct 2014, 8:33 am)AXG675 wrote Re post on Stagecoach over the evening and Sunday 61 'taking on' Leven
On behalf of LVC Ltd can I say that I can see a great deal of common sense behind the December Stagecoach changes. I do not subscribe to the 'take on Leven Valley' approach. The appearance of more Leven services in the Stockton area was largely driven by attempting to keep options open for areas that could have been left 'busless'.

Our approach has largely been successful and though some changes will be inevitable Leven's approach has never been to undermine or 'cherry pick' the excellent efforts of Arriva and Stagecoach. We see ourselves as Public Transport SERVANTS rather than utterly commercial and try, not always successfully, to enhance rather than to conflict in provision of services in Cleveland.

Obviously additional services may detract from numbers using  Leven's routes and affect viability. That is part of life in public transport. I have dealt with that reasonably well over almost thirty years and though I am taking less and less daily control of matters plans are afoot on both vehicle and service fronts to continue, hopefully, enhancing public transport alongside (and occasionally underfoot) the two excellent major operators.

It is vital in this divisive and combative world to expect the best and try to keep a sense of good humour on the rare occasions that it does not happen.

Paul Thompson.

(12 Oct 2014, 8:43 am)Cock Robin wrote Pleased to hear that Paul. It certainly sounds like an attack on Leven Valley at first glance but I will reserve judgement until I see the actual timetables. Strange that they didn't take any retaliatory actuon against Arriva when they put the 28B 5 minutes in front of the 610. No doubt they are too big to risk a bus war with, they only like to bully the little boys.

Have you reported them Jimmi incl the times?

(13 Oct 2014, 12:59 pm)Jimmi wrote What is the last stop at Teesside Park for the A66/H66 before it goes out of service, as the driver booted us all off at Morrisons when every other time I have been able to get off at Toys R Us. Driver also drove through lights that had turned red the second he could have definitely stopped in time and left Stockton early.

On previous trips the bus has missed out the cinema and just U turned at the roundabout at Morrisons.

You may remember I had problems with the A66/H66 before. From now on I'm going to get Stagecoach and walk the rest of the way.

(27 Oct 2014, 12:17 pm)David McGloin wrote Leven valley NX59 BYC repainted 

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(29 Oct 2014, 6:05 pm)Kuyoyo wrote To follow on, a second vehicle has entered the paintshop for a repaint into the revised plain yellow livery - this being MPD MX05ENE.

(13 Oct 2014, 12:59 pm)Jimmi wrote What is the last stop at Teesside Park for the A66/H66 before it goes out of service, as the driver booted us all off at Morrisons when every other time I have been able to get off at Toys R Us. Driver also drove through lights that had turned red the second he could have definitely stopped in time and left Stockton early.

On previous trips the bus has missed out the cinema and just U turned at the roundabout at Morrisons.

You may remember I had problems with the A66/H66 before. From now on I'm going to get Stagecoach and walk the rest of the way.

(11 Nov 2014, 1:13 pm)tyresmoke wrote It will be interesting to see what these next changes entail... I can see the 45 going half hourly all day myself, in retaliation to the 34