(08 Dec 2023, 8:29 pm)col87 wrote This is one question I would actually like to get an answer to with how packed the 1 6 and 7 can all get I find it unlikely that they are not making any profits off them considering in most cases they no isn’t any other services for parts of all 3 routes.   I don’t think can anyone can argue though that stagecoach have ran Hartlepool into the ground with the amount of services cut over the years and buses quite literally falling apart.

Yeah, I don't think it's the fact that Hartlepool isn't profitable is that they don't care enough about it not to just cascade old stuff there. Although with Stagecoach atm it seems like Newcastle is the only place that really gets invested in anymore.