(10 hours ago)robisdave4554 wrote Is this the thin edge of the wedge. Stockton are acquiring service 81 currently worked out of Dormanstown.
It will become an extension of the current service 28 trips worked by Stockton.
Now, and thinking about it, given the route the 28 takes currently its gonna be one hell of a journey start to finish and can a round trip be done in the 4 hours suggested?
And looking a bit deeper, come the end of March, what else have Arriva got up their sleeves?
Ohh really?
I remember the 28 used to go all the way to Saltburn years upon years ago via Charltons, Boosbeck, Lingdale, Skelton Green and Skelton. It used to arrive at Skelton at the Same time the X3 did so people could swap and go to Redcar. Since then the 28 has been cut to hourly and its route was halved and only terminates at Guisborough. Unsure why Redcar would lose the 81 considering they have to run the 5A atm which was the 28's replacement to Lingdale. Theres soo many easier options Arriva could do to fix routes and stuff but they always choose to make it difficult.
Stagecoach and maybe other operators might see all these changes going on with Arriva atm and offer their own services to replace Arriva in some areas.