(26 Mar 2023, 11:31 am)Storx wrote 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.

The idea is that it serves the estates in Loftus & gives them a link to Brotton Hospital & Skelton Asda, neither of which are served by the 5 or X4. Liverton Village, Moorsholm & Stanghow are currently unserved (if we disregard Flex…), Lingdale gains a link to Asda which the X3 doesn’t offer. The other side gives a link from Skinningrove & Carlin How to the hospital & Asda which again the 5/X4 don’t do.
Yes there is a small bit of overlap in Loftus & Carlin How to Saltburn (X4) or Lingdale to Saltburn (X3) but other than that it’s about opening up new links.
Just not sure I get the idea of paying for this while also paying to duplicate the Flex buses you’re already paying for…!


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