(03 Jan 2014, 1:02 pm)andreos1 wrote Passengers in Hartlepool are very insular, in that they stay in the town unless they need to go somewhere else.
I have even heard stories of residents from The Headland, never leaving The Headland.
Those who do use the current buses to Stockton, Middlesbrough etc complain they take too long.
Going back to the previous point on handovers, is there nothing via Hartlepool that could work?
Haven't looked at timings here, but:
Durham - Hartlepool. Hartlepool - Sunderland. Return - rest period.
Or
Durham - Sunderland. Sunderland - Hartlepool. Hartlepool - Durham - rest period.
When Stagecoach took the reigns of Hartlepool and Cleveland Transit, Arriva/United struck a deal with Stagecoach, the deal was Stagecoach was given Hartlepool area but Arriva/United kept the Northern side of hartlepool 230 242 etc.. while some Cleveland Transit areas down Cleveland were given to Arriva/United as an exchange.
The agreement saw Transit give up services in Yarm, Eton and much of Thornaby, but gain large areas of Hartlepool, Billingham and Hemlington.
The 23 will never go to Middlesbrough as Hartlepool to Middlesbrough is Stagecoach area now.
Years and years ago the 230 used to go to Middlesbrough from Sunderland hourly