(21 Apr 2023, 9:34 pm)Economic505 wrote The vehicles in Hartlepool are pretty rank now. I would also like to see some new services. Parts of the town have no services eg West View Road (unless you live at each end , in such the 6 or 7 is available).
yes most of the fleet is. The only reason 34605 is one of the decent buses in the fleet is because it spent months of the road been sorted not really something they can do with the rest of the fleet. Investment is desperately needed but Stagecoach over the past decade have shown though spending no money and reducing services that they don’t really care about Hartlepool. 3 buses on loan is quite frankly ridiculous and shows that despite the best efforts of the engineering staff that the fleet really is knackered and even though I not a fan of them I think withdrawing and scrapping some of the better Manviros last autumn like 39666 has partly caused this situation when you have heaps like 36461 which is lucky if it manages a week without problems still in daily use. I can’t speak for the drivers but I get the feeling the majority are fed up and in last year quite a few have left with a high turnover of replacements coming and going so really Stagecoach either have to invest or sell because frankly the fleet and network is not good enough and I have to wonder how much longer people will put up with it.