(06 Jul 2025, 2:00 pm)Storx wrote You can, 0330 678 1535 is the number. It's at the bottom of the Tees Flex page, albeit quite hidden must admit.

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SupermanExactly. Rarely used, generally empty, but money continues to be thrown.
Based on the Northumberland example, imagine how many buses this could pay for, that could provide all the same links, but on a timetable? 11 or 12 vehicles? It could probably be done with half of that.
TeesFlex literally competes with the existing bus network in East Cleveland, for example! It's an absolute waste of money.

It's only 9 vehicles all of that above and most those carry around fresh air aswell, especially the 58 and 19 shorts and a few of them don't run beyond 5pm either.

Teesflex isn't the problem, it's how it's advertised and the fact they've duplicated it in parts - the 1/2 should not exist at all, in particular. 

It's reasonable value for money imo as people would moan if there was a bus running to random villages carrying fresh air aswell.
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Spot on. Something like this needs a constant marketing effort, otherwise you end up relying on word of mouth on the fact it exists. It's not like a traditional service where there's a fixed stop and therefore the timetable displayed is your 'marketing'

I do think this is the best way to serve a lot of those communities, some of which don't have a stop within reasonable walking distance, and the road layout makes them difficult to serve with a normal bus service. I am however a bit surprised at the £6,000 a day figure. I wonder what Stagecoach are taking from that in profit, versus what it'd cost for TVCA to run it as an in-house operation?