(24 Aug 2022, 6:09 pm)Storx wrote Aye agreed, only little things I think might happen is the 3/4 being dropped from every 12 minutes to every 15 minutes or the 20 being dropped to every 12 minutes etc. Little changes that won't really impact people tbh but drop the PVR a bit.Clearly you have no connection to Hartlepool then as you just making everything even worse. They nit going to make cuts to the 6/7 as they the two most profitable services in the town always usually quite busy even out of peak time. The 1 I don’t see getting cut either for the same reason. What might happen though is this.
It's Hartlepool and South Shields I have a feeling might get clattered. Both are low cost units which means to me don't make any money and that was before Covid not to mention Stagecoach conveniently moving the E's which are decent routes to Sunderland randomly.
Hartlepool I wouldn't be surprised to see desperate changes like which tax payers will no doubt have to fund alternatives:
1 - Dropped South of Seaton Carew
3/3A - Dropped altogether
6/7 - 6 withdrawn, 7 route extended to the South Fens via the 6 route and evening extension
36 - Extended to replace the top half of the 6
The place has been a basket case for years hence the lack of investment, low cost units etc.
1 Middlesbrough service dropped to hourly. Don’t forget if it gets cut completely that’s no service at all for Haverton Hill and Port Clarence so they will still be a service there. Then every 15 minutes to Seaton Carew.
3/3A. Works well enough as it is as usually gets enough passengers to continue. Maybe could reduce Bishop Cuthbert to hourly but it works as it is.
6/7 No changes. They tried going down to every 15 minutes during the emergency Timetables it ended up been a farce with a lot of complaints and people not having a service for nearly half an hour due to late running and breakdowns. I don’t see them trying again.
36. Your having a laugh. It did originally do the 6 route it was changed to the Marina for a reason due to it been easier. The same reason the Marina section was cut off was down to it been able to make up time if it running late by looping the Town Centre they no way it’s going to go back to doing the 6 route. If anything merging the 36 and 37 will be an improvement will save a bus or two and have the added bonus of a direct service between Hartlepool and North Tees Hospital.
Other than a couple of changes in 2017 then a few minor tweaks in 2018 the Hartlepool network for the most part has been stable since 2010 what’s needed is a few extra services and better buses not closing the depot and having buses that are no good.
Up until everything got decided at Sunderland Hartlepool actually worked fine it’s only since the creation of Stagecoach North East that Hartlepool started to get worse when it was just under Cleveland Transit it worked a lot better. It’s the management what’s actually ran the depot down to cut costs.