The forthcoming round of service changes in the Redcar and Cleveland areas have hit the airwaves. It looks, on paper at least, the most comprehensive set of changes in those areas for some years. Most of them look pretty much workable but the, shall I say, removal of the fast links, X3/X4, is maybe a mistake? OK these are only diverting to run through Dormanstown but perhaps the retention of 1 or 2 journies an hour, if only at peak times, AKA the X5 and X17 could have been an idea?

The only other thing to watch out for will be the revised timetable for service 63. We've mentioned this before and there probably isn't a solution but hopefully it'll go some way to resolve the bunching situation.