(11 Jan 2016, 5:48 pm)Andreos1 wrote A little competition didn't do anyone any harm. Stagecoach compete along the northbound corridors in Hartlepool, so unsure as to why anything would be different on a southbound route.
As for the lack of residences on the A689... It doesn't do the routes that serve the A19, the east of Boro A66/A1073, west of Boro A66 or the A171 any harm.
You'd be forgiven for thinking that was one of the original myths for deregulation.