I think Go North East are making a mistake by not keeping a service in Hartlepool they could easily have kept a service there if they wanted to. They have played right into Arrivas hands by giving them a monopoly for Hartlepool to East Durham services. If and when Go North East decide to do a service from Hartlepool again they wont find it easy to get passengers back unless they do service to Newcastle again. The 55 never worked because Arriva 23 gets there in half the time. They would have been better the X6 and scrapping the 55 the other year but to late now.