(03 Jan 2014, 9:42 pm)Kuyoyo wrote Express from Hartlepool Centre, take 30 minutes at most compared to the 1's 45 minutes.
30 minutes non-stop maybe, but do you think that enough people will use a direct non-stop bus between Hartlepool Centre and Middlesbrough to additional vehicles required to operate it (inclusive of relief in Middlesbrough) my maths make it at least 2 buses more?
I very much doubt it would. The service would need to observe more local south Hartlepool stops, plus either Billingham or Norton, then Stockton and Middlesbrough to be viable I think.
You would also need to extend both 23 each hour to make the cycle work, otherwise drivers would be away from Middlesbrough for around 6 hours by doing MB > SU > HP > SU > MB.