Ideally what Hartlepool needs is new buses for the 1 6/7.

The Manviros struggle to do the route along Tees Road so something like Enviro 200 MMC would work well on it or even some of the 64 plate Enviro 300 Stockton have. I would think would need a PVR of 4 - 8 so order of 10 with 2 spares could go on other routes would be about right.

The 6/7 are probably the most profitable of the Hartlepool services and both can get quite so some decent buses on there are needed. Again the Enviros what Stockton have would be ideal for it.

All of the remaining fleet would then be used for the 3/3A and as spares. The fact is the buses are not good enough what Hartlepool have.