(18 May 2016, 11:50 am)James101 wrote In the current state I think it is very much a lost cause. As Cleveland College of Art & Design expands into converting the council's Lynn Street Depot into their campus hopefully this will spur improvements along Church Street between the CCAD buildings at the top & bottom. Coupled with the Council's 15 year plan featuring Church Street as a key area for improvement, there's possibly hope for the interchange serving a purpose. 

In an ideal world the Tees Valley Metro would come to fruition using the existing tracks between Hartlepool - Nunthorpe with an upped frequency and more interim stations. More trains through the station would justify more buses to the interchange and integrated ticketing would allow Hartlepool residents to take the bus from their suburb to the interchange and the Metro on to their employment across Tees Valley.

There's some big housing projects planned for hartlepool, south west extension & High Tunstall (totalling 2,500 new homes). It's no secret many professionals purchase cheaper homes in Hartlepool and commute to Teesside & Durham for work. Now's the time to ensure public transport is a viable option for these new developments from the start. Promoting lower car ownership in new developments makes it easier to ensure developers are obliged to make provisions for not only buses; but schools, shops and other community facilities.

The old bus depot? (it is ghost bus infrastructure!) I didn't realise the council had moved out of there. I know a lot of the council admin services had departed the building across the road (the building name escapes me), but had no idea about the depot.

The potential down there (especially with the inevitably cheap land) as opposed to green land construction elsewhere, is massive.
The housing on the old Steetly site is progressing rapidly. Let's just hope coastal erosion doesn't happen too quickly!

edit: Re Tunstall - http://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/loc...-1-7916779