I understand these are tenders but just been looking at the route, I really don't understand why they didn't work with Arriva and extend the X3A and X3 or 28 through instead.

It would literally offer the same routes without duplication and offer more ie links through to Middlesborough and Redcar or Guisborough depending which one they extended through and potentially be hourly

I also don't understand the numbering aswell as it's two different bus routes unless you like sitting around for 20 minutes at Loftus. The Southern 1/2 is a complete waste of time imo and duplicates the X3 for the bigger places. The Northern one duplicates the 5/X3A and offers nothing new. Damn right bizarre.