(22 Apr 2023, 3:06 pm)tyresmoke wrote The existing services from/to Teesside Park run from both hubs in Middlesbrough & Stockton. I tried connecting Stockton & James Cook Hospital at Stagecarriage and the market just want there.
Also a lot of the 59’s route is also served by the 13/13a which offers links to Middlesbrough already.
I definitely think there needs to be a link between the two hospitals but the only way that would be viable is to run it around a handful of school contracts - and adding other employment sites and other unserved bits such as Amazon and Wolviston Village.
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Aye it's a bit of an awkward one. I just seen the 13/13A after reason I pulled the post after - forgot it existed.
They're just places without services, probably doesn't help that people are so used to just going in the car that they don't want to change. Not sure what the real answer is but if people are being serious about reducing car usage then something arguably needs to be done.
It doesn't help that Teesside Park sucks for buses, it's the sort of place where they need a bus link which links onto the roads around Thornaby and if even more optimistic a bridge linking across to Whinney Banks Road over the A19 but let's be honest that isn't happening. It must be the most disconnected place around and the current bus stop is just in the wrong place and is an afterthought.
The 12/17/17A could easily serve it if they did and that would link most of Teesside to the place pretty much or at least the places where right now it's an awkward doubling back and I don't even think the most optimistic person can seriously say Stockton and Middlesbrough are ever going to turn around for retail.