(22 Jul 2014, 6:56 pm)col87 wrote Well living in Hartlepool theres only Stagecoach I can use. I do like the Go North east buses though when I have been to Newcastle.

(22 Jul 2014, 7:11 pm)Marcus wrote I thought Arriva had a service from Hartlepool to Durham, or something. Not much of an Arriva or Stagecoach expert, prefer GNE myself.

(22 Jul 2014, 7:13 pm)marxistafozzski wrote Arrival have the 22(Durham-Hartlepool) and 23(Hartlepool-Sunderland)...

Scarlet Band has the 58(Durham-Hartlepool)

(22 Jul 2014, 7:13 pm)marxistafozzski wrote Arrival have the 22(Durham-Hartlepool) and 23(Hartlepool-Sunderland)...

Scarlet Band has the 58(Durham-Hartlepool)

(22 Jul 2014, 7:12 pm)col87 wrote Yes well the town is full of Turds the civic centre is full of them but that for a different topic Now i would like to see Go north east make more of an effort in Hartlepool and Teeside like i think they should be doing

(22 Jul 2014, 7:12 pm)col87 wrote Yes well the town is full of Turds the civic centre is full of them but that for a different topic Now i would like to see Go north east make more of an effort in Hartlepool and Teeside like i think they should be doing

(22 Jul 2014, 7:20 pm)marxistafozzski wrote But as things stand, GNE would probably be out there depth if they tried to make a big commitment to the area, I agree they should venture into other areas, and new opening up new routes to Hartlepool and the surrounding would be interesting, but they will be limited as to how far they would want to take it

(22 Jul 2014, 7:26 pm)danpick wrote They should really have a bus between Durham and Middlesbrough.

(22 Jul 2014, 7:47 pm)col87 wrote Not sure it would work Arriva already have the X1 between Durham and Middlesbrough but nice idea

(22 Jul 2014, 8:20 pm)Tom wrote Could work if there was a twist to it?

(22 Jul 2014, 8:28 pm)RGR756V wrote I think GNE had their fingers burnt with the OK1. The trouble we had in Darlington, which as we all know is Arriva dominated, is that people had weekly tickets to get to the town centre from the outlying estates. Also coupled with the fickle nature of passengers who are quite content to get the first bus that turns up, regardless of operator, fares charged and route taken.

(22 Jul 2014, 8:35 pm)aureolin wrote I think it'd work if it went express between Durham and Middlesbrough. Arriva irritated a lot of passengers when they made the X1 stop at every stop between Durham and Coxhoe, as it adds a good 15-20 mins on a busy run.

(22 Jul 2014, 8:39 pm)Jimmi wrote I used the X1 between Durham and Stockton recently and it stopped at every stop between Durham and Coxhoe, it was painful.

Also since they've done this the reliability has gotten worse.

(22 Jul 2014, 8:42 pm)aureolin wrote Yep, and it makes zero sense. There's already 5 buses an hour with the 56/57/57a/58 along the Bowburn and Coxhoe corridor.

(22 Jul 2014, 8:42 pm)aureolin wrote Yep, and it makes zero sense. There's already 5 buses an hour with the 56/57/57a/58 along the Bowburn and Coxhoe corridor.

(22 Jul 2014, 8:45 pm)Andreos Constantopolous wrote I have used it quite a bit recently and there are always passengers who get on at these stops who continue all he way to Stockton (and beyond) on the morning runs.
Obviously these need to get off on the way back to Coxhoe, Bowburn etc.

Then, there are those who use it for a short hop.

(22 Jul 2014, 8:47 pm)aureolin wrote I tend to use it various times daily nowadays, and i'd say you get the biggest footfall between Bowburn and Durham. Not passengers that are particularly waiting for the X1, but more the first bus that turns up.

(22 Jul 2014, 7:24 pm)col87 wrote Yes Arriva Go North East and Scarlet band do run out of town services but Stagecoach have the monoply on services in the town in fact in the south of Hartlepool there is only Stagecoach so if anybody from GNE is reading this there is I belive a chance to do something in Hartlepool

(22 Jul 2014, 11:15 am)Dan wrote I could be wrong, but I believe it's operated commercially by Go North East.

Judging by information that I have available; in spring 2010, nPower re-located from Newcastle, Gateshead and Peterlee to new state-of-the-art offices at Rainton Bridge Business Park near Houghton-le-Spring.

As such, transport had to be provided from the sites nearby the previous buildings to the new building - with nPower turning to Go North East to provide said transport.

I think the contract was for Go North East to operate the services commercially, with nPower giving Key Cards to all existing and new employees who started there. In with the contract was the transport between (iirc) Newcastle Airport and nPower for conferences which are occasionally held at Rainton Bridge.

(22 Jul 2014, 9:13 pm)col87 wrote But there nothing to stop GNE from starting there own services because in Hartlepool most of the town has no bus service on an eveing

(22 Jul 2014, 9:30 pm)cbma06 wrote GNE are not going to run services on Stagecoach territory and cause an upset. Most of the town has no evening service because it's not profitable to run the service and the council had stopped funding the evening services because their have to cut back paying out services.

(22 Jul 2014, 9:48 pm)marxistafozzski wrote And if GNE tried to seriously compete in Hartlepool, Stagecoach could run them out of Town with very little effort.

There may be a market there for interurban services out of Hartlepool i.e. to Newcastle or something quicker to Sunderland, but let's face it, GNE will never be able to start a competitive suburban network in Hartlepool or Teesside pretty much for the reasons cbma06 has stated