(07 Jul 2025, 5:48 pm)Andreos1 wrote And not a lot of places are served by buses at all. 

Conversely, I know people who have made the switch from say the 81 and use Teesflex instead because it is cheaper and generally quicker. 
I'd agree it (and the 1/2) have detracted from the 81, X3 or 5. But I would also say that it has in turn brought benefits to the wider population and brought people on to public transport, who couldn't or wouldn't use it prior to Teesflex m

I've used Teesflex quite a lot myself and in the main, between places where there is no direct alternative. 
What should I do? Not use public transport, pay for two buses (there isn't a day ticket alternative) or something else? 

It's far from perfect, but it's better than nothing.

Ironically this is what people had to do before Tees Flex, as they had been left behind from a commercial bus network. Teesflex is no doubt a lifeline to those people.

I'd love to see it improved in terms of marketing it properly, but I stand by that I feel it could be ran more efficiently and cheaper as an in house operation. If it's not a profitable service, as people suggest, then why pay a company to cream a % off the top?