(12 Apr 2023, 1:18 pm)Andreos1 wrote Interesting. Was it TVCA who put the tender out? They're winning quite a bit off them if it was TVCA.I think if you read the article they is no mention of park and ride it’s just that volunteers can use vouchers to get there for free and they sponsoring the event. Any news on if a park and ride and who is operating it if they is one is not actually known yet.
(12 Apr 2023, 11:40 pm)idiot wrote Excellent event for local businesses
Done wonders for Sunderland
not so much for Hartlepool some of the prices they wanted to charge for local businesses was ridiculous, a lot of them not been able to afford stalls for it.
(12 Apr 2023, 1:24 pm)Storx wrote Wonder if anyone else is actually going for them. GoAhead are miles away so wouldn't be very sensible and Arriva don't have any buses to run them even if they wanted to.I don’t think it really stops them though does it after all when Middlesbrough had the radio 1 big weekend back in 2018 2019 whenever it was they did services for that. When Classic coaches and Garnetts did it in 2010 they simply set up a temporary base here and did it that way so really nothing to stop anyone from bidding on it.
Is there any independents down Middlesbrough way which could take on that sort of work - I can't think of any off the top of my head.