(14 Aug 2014, 7:30 pm)col87 wrote Hartlepool Council could not organise a p**s up in a brewery so not surprised there and as for stagecoach claiming to be testing the water well that to me is just an excuse as they will know from passaengers that they wany the full service back on an eveing

To run the Friday/Saturday evening service on the 6, it requires 4 buses so takings need to allow enough to pay for the fuel for those 4 buses and wages for at least 4 drivers (of course, some duties will be slightly different on Fridays compare to Monday to Thursday) plus the depot staff to work longer (as they have 2 extra buses to do). Simply put, the 2 buses Town Centre-Clavering evening journeys is called 'testing the water' to see if patronage would enable them to justify restoring a full route service on the 6 on Sunday to Thursday evening (even if it finishes about 2200, same as the 7 does). Everything has to make money these days.