(22 Apr 2023, 12:07 pm)col87 wrote It’s the same with Teesbay retail park if they had a service actually going into it I reckon it could do well.
At the moment especially this time of year it’s quite funny how both the costal areas where people will want to go to only has a single service yet all all services apart from the 1 go to Owton Manor. You can’t get to Seaton from Owton Manor again it means getting a bus to the town then trying to connect with the 1. You can’t even get a bus between Seaton and the Headland anymore either because again getting the 1 to the town and then getting the 7.
The point about a service between Hartlepool and North Tees Hospital. Yes actually that is mostly Stagecoach fault because them and Arriva decided to carve areas up between themselves with an agreement they wouldn’t compete in each others areas which is why Arriva won’t do a service even though it’s not difficult to do one but either having it as a Via point as an additional service to Stockton or a proper service between both hospitals.
(23 Apr 2023, 12:45 pm)col87 wrote Like I put in the last post all of them the 1 3/3A 6 and 7 are all commercial.
the 20 980 and UTC are all contract services. All Sunday and Evening services are commercial as well hence they are not many services at all after 6:30 an hourly service 1 a split service 7 from Owton Manor and half a service 6 been the only services on an evening using a total of about 5-6 buses if that.
(23 Apr 2023, 12:47 pm)tyresmoke wrote After 8pm you’re left with just 4 buses out, 3 on the 6/7 and one running service 1
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Not sure which part of Tees Bay Retail Park your suggesting the buses should go but I certainly wouldn't fancy turning a bus around in that car park.
Personally I would prefer a larger network of lower frequency routes, altough I'm not sure that would work in Hartlepool as I've found the majority of customers in the town to be incredibly dimwitted so the current position of a handful of high frequency routes to keep things simple is probably the better option. If Hartlepool had the network we have here at Gainsborough customers heads would probably explode!
I could be wrong but I believe UTC is the only contract they have.
Tyresmoke is indeed correct. There are 25 buses on the road Monday - Saturday days, 9 on Sunday days and 4 every evening. At least 2 of the Monday to Friday evening drivers will be the same every night. I was one of them for my final 6 months there.