RE: Stagecoach North East Latest News
(22 Apr 2023, 9:18 am)Storx wrote The problem is you also can't get a parking space at all the retail parks and supermarkets which is an awful lot more than 30 people.
The simple fact is people aren't using the buses at all because they can't.
The 18 is infrequent and doesn't serve the places either so it no use same as the 99. People don't want to go into Sunderland unless they have no choice there's nothing there, same as Hartlepool (which is even worse).
If people want car usage down and people using public transport a good start would be to have the public transport going to the place where people actually want to be.
Why not have a bus station at Teesside Park instead of Stockton / Middlesbrough. Why not have a bus station at the Tindale Crescent instead of Bishop Auckland. The Metro Centre does well there's no reason why they can't either and all arguably more central for people changing anyway. Same as Silverlink.
What do you mean there’s nothing in Sunderland? Great Sea Front; best Theatre in the North, some great pubs . Not arsed about shops. I also frequent Hartlepool - Marina, Headland etc .
(22 Apr 2023, 9:28 am)Economic505 wrote What do you mean there’s nothing in Sunderland? Great Sea Front; best Theatre in the North, some great pubs . Not arsed about shops. I also frequent Hartlepool - Marina, Headland etc .
If it were a choice of Hell or the Metrocentre, happy to spend time with the Devil.
