(10 hours ago)tyresmoke wrote Issue with that is Durham CC (/NECA) pay for the 59, and I can’t imagine they’d want to fund a bus to Darlington (TVCA)
But they already do fund the same bus into Tees Valley when it enters Hartlepool? TVCA don't pay anything towards it.
This is the underlying problem with the wider "bring busses back into public control" argument. Politicians have their imaginary lines that the regular bus passengers couldn't care less about. It could make things worse if they are not careful.