(01 Jun 2022, 6:41 pm)Storx wrote I hate being negative but Hartlepool is a bit of a basketcase of a depot and I have a feeling the area could be in big trouble when the BSIP payments end.

Other than the 36 there's nothing really strong there hence it's low cost and is dumped with any crap they can find with the 36 conveniently ran from Stockton instead.

You'll get Hydrogen buses on the 36 soon'ish but the rest of the depot won't ever get a new bus again imo.

South Shields is the same with the E1/E2/E6 moved to Wheatsheaf.

The thing is if the fleet was a lot better and Stagecoach had some better services then it might just become profitable. The Headland and Seaton for example get busy this time of year when the weather gets nice but you have 1 service to each place using buses that are knackered which can often result in breakdowns meaning the service can get unreliable. Better buses to places people want to go to Seaton, Headland, Teesbay Retail park, maybe Tesco, the Marina, Hospital both Hartlepool and North Tees then you would probably see better profits.  There not really anything else they can cut from the service here either. Most of the town has nothing after 6:30 the only service to the villages is a minibus service operated by a local minibus company a few times a week or the so called Tees flex. Some areas barely get a service every 30 minutes and parts of the town have no Service at all. Reducing the 6 and 7 which can get busy at times as it is will just cause more problems so really can’t see what else they could cut.