This is what happens when areas get carved up

When stagecoach purchased Hartlepool transport, there was an agreement between united/Arriva and stagecoach , Arriva let stagecoach have Hartlepool south area towards billingham , Stockton and Middlesbrough. While stagecoach let Arriva have chunks of the Cleveland transit areas. In Hartlepool you can’t go east unless you got a boat, to go west Arriva withdrew (streamlined)there services towards bishop Auckland , Darlington etc.. and to force passengers heading that way to go via Durham to get to there destination, direct services don’t exist as there are not profitable and making the passenger/customer to travel the route the bus company wants and the times that there want, no wonder more and more are turning to cars etc…
Am surprised stagecoach Hartlepool didnt go the same way as stagecoach Darlington


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