RE: Arriva North East: Upcoming Service Changes
Surely the point being made there was the 59 in current form is a County Durham route that pops over the boundary into Hartlepool for a short section, but by sending it to Darlington instead it'd become a route largely beneficial to Tees Valley rather than County Durham, starting and finishing in Tees Valley at both ends and only serving a small section of County Durham where other transport links are largely already available, albeit not directly. It reduces the social necessity value of the route for Durham County Council.