(26 Dec 2017, 12:13 pm)Jimmi wrote Would this be the rumour that was mentioned on here of the possibility of a service to York? Would be an interesting one, according to Google Maps you would only be roughly 10-15 minutes longer from Middlesbrough or Stockton than the TransPennine Express service (if going direct). Think it would need bargain fares to entice fare paying custom on-board otherwise it probably won't last long. May be an idea to have it call at Thirsk as I think it would just be short enough to avoid having to use Tachographs.

All this is subject to whether there is any truth in this. If it is, just hope they would run it at more sensible times than the X55 did.

Thornaby station on a Saturday is just as busy (if not busier), than Hartlepool.
There's obviously a demand for transport to Newcastle from Hartlepool. Just as there is from Teesside to York.

The transport (whether it train or bus), needs to meet the demands and needs of the people. Not the other way around.
As it stands, the train is doing that from Hartlepool. Buses (of whatever colour) haven't been able to meet the demands or entice enough people to switch.

Gonna take an awful lot of effort again, if the rumoured service to York is going to work.
I would suggest that last service out of York on a Saturday afternoon is a little later than the last one out of Newcastle.
It may not be appealing for drivers, but if they wan't to get enough people to use the service TO York. It needs to work so that they can get back FROM York.