(24 Jan 2023, 10:52 pm)Jimmi wrote Notably, there's two new scheduled bus services with funding from TVCA (Tees Valley Combined Authority) due to start in March which will connect with Saltburn train station, the hospital and Skelton and also take in a number of remote East Cleveland communities, including the likes of Liverton Mines, Moorsholm and Stanghow.

Info sourced from an article which reports on complaints about a lack of service in parts of Easington after the Redcar & Cleveland Council bus services were withdrawn in March 2020: https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teess...e=linkCopy&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar

The last paragraph states: "Tees Flex was an initial three-year pilot. Options for when the pilot period comes to an end in February 2023 have been under review."

I said Teesflex wouldn’t and it hasn’t. They might actually be better off bringing the supported bus services back with routes to tender such as the 516 and H1 used to be. The problem is though the current TVCA won’t do that because Houchen has to much of a big echo and Tees flex allowed him to have special buses saying it’s from him which he wouldn’t get on normal service buses. 

They probably is a place for DRT but under the current it clearly is not working and the fact is even with an increase in taxi fares for a family it would still be cheaper to use one.