(18 Feb 2025, 11:55 pm)Storx wrote To be honest, from an outsider, it feels like there is no plan at all and it's just whoever shouts the most. The 1/2 in East Cleveland are bonkers routes when there's commercial routes doing the main flows and they're paying for Teesflex to do the bits inbetween. Just does not make sense.

How they can keep not having bus services in urban / sub urban areas, at all, is shocking aswell. Nexus gets slagged off, and rightly so at times, but there's not areas like Hartburn which are busless.

I know that's a big problem at the West side of Hartlepool aswell which are virtually busless or have the token 3/3A lingering around which is all good as long as you don't leave the house after 6pm.

Vast majority of the routes which they support were one of these: due to be withdrawn/cut such as the Arriva 12 (now 6), 17 & 18 in Darlington, councillors have kicked up a fuss wanting a service of some form or it serves some area of employment, so looks good for PR (Amazon, Teesport). If you lost your service years ago, then tough luck! Areas like Sadberge, Longnewton, Hartburn or Stillington have: a token, awkward council fleet service that you have to gain a membership to use, TeesFlex or nothing.

Some of these routes could likely be done better, better use of resources (17 had 20+ minute sit in Darlington Town Centre after each round trip, although has since been tagged onto the 8/8A cycle) and more areas served.