(26 Mar 2023, 7:53 pm)tyresmoke wrote 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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I'm not sure that's really the case though. How many buses are needed between Brotton and Loftus for example? You've already got the frequent X4 and 5. Any need for the 1 & 2?

There's going to be people making local trips between Lingdale or Boosbeck and Skelton. Are they additional punters to the ones already using the X3 or will they just spread the load even thinner than it is already? 

There's the mention of the connections with the train in Saltburn. Other than with the likes Moorsholm or Liverton Mines, the majority are already connected to the rail network already (even if you exclude Teesflex).

Wouldn't the funds have been better used extending existing services to the hospital and Asda?
It's not as if it would have been any more expensive than tendering out these services (and associated dead mileage) to SNE.

I'm all for improving public transport, but I can't see anything other than a colossal waste of funds here. 

I mentioned the other week that the P&R site at Steel House might be offered out to SNE as some sort of sweetener after the Teesflex will it stay/will it go fiasco.
Can't help thinking the same has been done here...