(14 Mar 2026, 8:33 pm)220631612 wrote It’s a rather big shame the TVCA don’t have an ounce of common sense. With the 2 buses currently used (on paper) for the 1 and 2 you could achieve a fair amount more by limiting the duplication of the 5 and X4 and reworking of what currently is the X3. A consultation with Arriva could see them have the Sunday 3 be the norm Mon-Sat between Saltburn and Lingdale. Which would allow the buses used on the 1 and 2 to focus on providing links between Skelton Asda-Brotton-East Cleveland Hospital-Loftus Estate-Easington. Although there’s calls for a Guisbrough-Saltburn service I can’t see there actually being enough demand to even warrant a TVCA funded service.

Not even sure the 1/2 would need to exist there either.

Not a suggestion per say, but if they worked with each other something thrown up like this:


Would deal with all the problems, with a new Saltburn to Guisborough service being added.

Obviously you'd have to consult on stuff but it's easily doable without another service. It's not a million miles away from what is anyway really. The current 5, should be going via James Cook hospital imo, it's a major destination but instead they queue at Brambles Corner.

The X4 does the quick Middlesbrough links, so there's no need for the 5 to be fast East of Skelton bar saving resources.