(28 Sep 2022, 12:30 am)col87 wrote Ideally Teesside Park does need a service but not to many. Have always wondered why Stagecoach have not tried sending the 36 there as it could easily be done. At the minute there only the X12 goes there ( have always thought was the wrong choice to send there especially with how busy it already is.  The X22 makes more sense ).  I wonder if it possible to do Portrack Stockton - Teesside park.

Stagecoach always seem to have gone for the relatively direct and uniform 36, 37, 38 Stockton - Old Thornaby - Newport - Middlesbrough every 7/8 minutes and probably wouldn't benefit them sending one on a diversion to an out of town shopping complex. Arriva have always sent their Stockton to Middlesbrough buses all over the place via Thornaby centre, Teesdale or Teeside Park. So it could also be a case of not stepping on each others toes. I get the logic of sending the X22 there instead of the X12, although it gives the Teesside option to further flung places, potentially competing with Arniston Centre or MetroCentre, but I'm probably clutching at straws now. As I say, I've never had a reason to go there and looking at the shop guide of what's there, a bus every 30 minutes in each direction is probably more than sufficient.