(27 May 2022, 9:41 pm)wibblejunior wrote If Arriva withdrew the 57/57a, then Cassop, Quarrington Hill and Kelloe would all be left without a bus service.
If they withdrew the 56, then Coundon would only have a bus service to Bishop Auckland town centre on an evening, and Cornforth would be left with only 5 buses a day on a weekday and none at all on a Saturday.
Despite Arriva's mediocrity, I'd argue that it's better for places to have an unreliable bus service than barely any or none at all.
Aye no arguments there mind, was just in relation if there's similar cuts to what GNE have done they're just the ones that are likely to be on the chop rather than Northumbria services. They're just routes that they've seem to forgot about bar endless minor changes.
I'm guessing there'd something there though, whether that's done by Arriva or subsidised then who knows. Stokesley wouldn't have a service either there but the 28/28A have been getting cut back and back for years now, I'm not sure they'd make much money really (sadly).
I could imagine Hartlepool could be ugly in general as it's become Stagecoach's dumping ground of old buses no-one else wants and a low cost unit at the same time.