(10 Aug 2023, 6:25 pm)Storx wrote Not too sure on the X36 tbf.
The 1 is only like 45 minutes though isn't it? Not too bad either really, it takes like 25 minutes to drive it and with parking etc won't be much in it.
The only area I could really think of is an express down to Coulby Newham, maybe something like running limited stop from Middlesbrough to Bluebell Corner:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ash+Gr...?entry=ttu
With the 10 terminating at The Derby (or withdrawn it's covered by Arriva anyway), 12 dropped to 3 BPH and extended to Lingfield Drive and 13 terminating at Stainton.
They probably deserve something a bit quicker.
I think a smaller operator did try a fast Coulby Newham to Mbro service in the not so dim and distant past, but unfortunately it simply didn't work.
The end to end demand probably doesn't justify the resources needed to cater for it (at a reasonable frequency).