(11 Aug 2023, 5:00 pm)col87 wrote I disagree I don’t think it would and would hardly call it an express when it goes the long way out of Billingham and pretty much stops at every bus stop Billingham Town centre and Middlesbrough Bus station. An X36 could probably run the same route from Hartlepool to Billingham Town Centre then go non stop to North Tees Hospital - Then Roseworth then on to Teesside Park and Middlesbrough it would probably still be quicker than the 36 as well plus open up new links.
Not sure that would be any quicker than the 1 would it for Middlesbrough at least anyway. Just not sure you could realistically make it much quicker without killing other services for the sake of 5 minutes or so, even known the hospital link would useful.
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If you wanted a hospital link imo it would be better to extend the 59 through to Billingham every 30 minutes like so
Like so: https://www.google.com/maps/dir/54.60784...?entry=ttu