(03 Jan 2014, 2:07 pm)cbma06 wrote 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
Id also struggle to see how any extension of the 23 would be any quicker than the current Service 1 either.