(10 Sep 2021, 3:24 pm)col87 wrote I personally thing if Stagecoach want to have all town services to themselves then they should do it properly including a good Sunday and Evening network and not just what suits them. Better buses in the fleet and and better evening would see more people using the bus or else the whole town should be giving to someone else. Same with Go North east in Gateshead should not be able to pick and chose what suits them. This is exactly the reason why I would be on favour of services been done on a franchise system as might actually get decent services then.
In fairness your slagging off Stagecoach here for picking the routes they want but the routes Stagecoach want are ran by Arriva. The 23, 24 and 57/57A/58 are the routes where the money is. Apart from the 1 and 36, no-one wants a bus which takes you to just Hartlepool, they want to go further afield.