(25 Oct 2016, 4:32 pm)tvd wrote The thing is though, that when people had to get used to that being the last bus, they made alternative arrangements.  Or had to finish work earlier and so on.

I'm not saying run buses all night, but if they had one even every couple of hours - 7, 9 and 11, back as far as Redcar - it'd not be a big investment and those extra couple of journeys would make all the difference.

Totally agree with your points.

What I would add though, is if that specific Saturday evening service out of Whitby at the back end of the summer can't take decent loads, for a decent trip back towards Teesside - I am not sure services extended in to the evening will either. 
However much we want them to.