(Yesterday, 4:21 pm)col87 wrote I suppose Coatham Coaches or Hodgesons could be interested in the East Cleveland 1 and 2 which is probably a bit of a hassle for stagecoach now. One of the taxi companies such as Boro Taxis or 23 Taxis could maybe be interested in Tees flex but not other than that since they is really no one else in the Teesside area anymore I would think Stagecoach and Arriva will keep the majority of contract work. We really could do with some new independent operators on Teesside but sadly it seems unlikely it will happen anytime soon even though Northstar and GCT have shown it can still be successful.
I don’t think Coatham will put in for any of it now I’m not there. You never know though. It would be a bit far for Hodgsons even from Darlington to run the 1/2?
I’d be watching Go Ahead personally. They outbid everyone on Conyers, and have a base in Whitby that would be equally easy to run contracts from.