Friday, 1 August 2008

Stagecoach Services in Stockton

Some minor changes occured to Stagecoach's services in Stockton from last Monday, 28th July.

Service 52
This will no longer link with Service 61 to Elton Park from Stockton, instead it will link with Service 58 to Hardwick and North Tees Hospital during the Monday-Saturday daytime.

Service 58
This service will link through Stockton High Street with Service 52 to Norton, Billingham and Low Grange during the Monday-Saturday daytime.

Service 59
This service will operate to a revised timetable, running every 12 minutes during Monday-Saturday daytime. It will also link with Service 61 to Elton Park from Stockton to give a cross-town link to Fairfield and Elton Park.  This service will also be extended beyond North Tees Hospital to Summerville Farm Tesco Extra.
Service 59 will continue to run every hour on a night, linked with Service 568 from North Tees Hospital to Norton, Billingham and High Grange.

Service 61
This service will operate to a revised timetable, running every 12 minutes during Monday-Saturday daytime. Also, this service will now be linked with Service 59 to Elm Tree, North Tees Hospital and Tesco Extra instead of Service 52.

Tuesday, 3 June 2008

Farewell X14

From 20th July Arriva's Darlington network will be completely relaunched.... more details about that soon!
This means that service X14 that currently runs between Middlesbrough, Stockton and Darlington will be renumbered X66 (to suit the A66 that it runs along for most of it's journey). This will see the end of the service number X14 after many years.
7271 Stockton
The new X66 will run to a new timetable giving a half hourly service between Darlington and Middlesbrough during the daytime.
A new addition is an hourly service on Sundays between Darlington and Middlesbrough. Certain journeys will also be extended beyond Middlesbrough to serve Redcar, giving a through service between Darlington and Redcar again!

Monday, 12 May 2008

Some Service Updates

Well this month sees some minor service changes in the Tees Valley area...

From Sunday, May 4th
New improved timetables for the summer season were introduced on seaside services X56/56 and 93 between Middlesbrough, Whitby and Scarborough.
X56: Gives an hourly service during the day between Middlesbrough and Whitby, plus hourly short services between Middlesbrough and Loftus/Easington, giving a half hourly service between Middlesbrough and Loftus.
93: Gives an hourly service between Middlesbrough and Scarborough with some faster X93's in each direction during the morning (southbound) and afternoon (northbound).
Timetables: 56/X56 93/X93

From Sunday, May 18th
First off there's Arriva with their X3/X4 services between Middlesbrough, Redcar and Loftus - one minor change is that they will no longer serve the bus stops outside the old bus station at the eastern end of the high street. There are also a few minor timing changes during the day. See here for the new timetable.
Also a new long distance service X60 starts - between Newcastle Eldon Square and Scarborough, serving Gateshead, Peterlee, Billingham, Middlesbrough, Whitby and Scarborough and a few places in between. This gives Tyneside a link to Whitby and Scarborough in the summer months along with service X61 from Durham and Darlington. This service will run every Sunday and Bank Holiday from May 18th, and daily between Sunday 20th July - 7th September. It is anticipated that like Service X61, this service will also be run with a double decker providing plenty of room for your trip to the seaside! Timetables: X60 X61

From Tuesday, May 27th
Go North East will introduce a new early morning commuter journey on the X10 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service. This service will run Monday to Friday, leaving Newcastle at 0500, serving Gateshead, Peterlee, Norton (0559), Stockton (0604) and Teesdale (0608) arriving into Middlesbrough at 0615. The return journey leaves Middlesbrough at 0620 serving Teesdale (0628), Stockton (0633), Norton (0639), Peterlee and Gateshead, arriving into Eldon Square in Newcastle at 0740. Unfortunately this service will not run on Saturdays, the new timetable can be found here

Thursday, 13 March 2008

Essential Information

Here is some essential information on which buses go to which places....

North Tees Hospital
H1 (Hartlepool - free bus)
37/537 (to Roseworth, Norton, Tilery, Stockton, Middlesbrough, North Ormesby, Park End, James Cook Hospital)
58 (to Hardwick, Stockton)
59 (to Bishopsgarth, Elm Tree, Whitehouse Farm, Newtown and Stockton)
568 (to Roseworth, Norton, Billingham, Low Grange, High Grange - evenings/Sundays only)
588/589 (to Fairfield, Hartburn, Stockton / Roseworth, Norton, Billingham, Wolviston, Port Clarence)
69 (to Stockton / Thorpe Thewles, Sedgefield, Ferryhill, Spennymoor, Bishop Auckland)
214 (to Stockton, Thornaby / Sedgefield, Peterlee, Sunderland)

James Cook Hospital
27 (to Middlesbrough, Berwick Hills, Netherfields / Nunthorpe, Marton)
28/28A (to Middlesbrough / Marton, Nunthorpe, Guisborough, Lingdale, Skelton, Saltburn)
29 (to Middlesbrough / Marton, Nunthorpe, Great Ayton, Stokesley
37 (to Park End, North Ormesby, Middlesbrough, Stockton, Norton, North Tees Hospital)
63 (to Middlesbrough / Ormesby, Normanby, Eston, Wilton, Redcar)
X6 (to Middlesbrough, Ingleby Barwick, Stockton)

Teesside Park
66 (to Stockton)
520 (to Stockton, Hartburn, Elton - evenings only)
526 (to Stockton, Portrack, Middlesbrough - evenings/Sundays only)

Durham Tees Valley Airport
20 (to Yarm, Eaglescliffe, Hartburn, Stockton, Middlesbrough)
74 (to Dinsdale, Darlington, Neasham/Hurworth)
737 (to Darlington - free for air travellers!)

Middlesbrough Rail Station
get any bus to Middlesbrough Bus Station then a short walk

Thornaby Rail Station
get any bus to Stockton High Street and then a short walk
15 (to Thornaby / Stockton, Roseworth)
17A (to Thornaby, Acklam, Middlesbrough / Stockton)
36 (to Middlesbrough, North Ormesby, Park End / Stockton, Norton, Billingham, Greatham, Hartlepool)
37 (to Middlesbrough, North Ormesby, Park End, James Cook Hospital / Stockton, Norton, Roseworth, North Tees Hospital)
38 (to Middlesbrough, North Ormesby, Park End / Stockton, Norton)
66 (to Teesside Park)

University of Durham - Teesdale
20 (to Middlesbrough / Stockton, Hartburn, Elton, Eaglescliffe, Yarm, Durham Tees Valley Airport)
66 (to Teesside Park / Stockton)
X1 (to Middlesbrough / Stockton, Durham, Chester-le-Street, Gateshead, Newcastle)
X10 (to Middlesbrough / Stockton, Norton, Peterlee, Heworth, Gateshead, Newcastle)

For information on the timetables please see our timetable links page at www.teesvalleybus.co.uk.tt

Tuesday, 11 March 2008

Welcome

Welcome to a new blog designed to make travelling by bus in the Tees Valley area much easier. The main purpose of this site is to make finding out about your bus much easier, and also to let people know of updates to timetables and other information that people may need. It will also try to make people aware of just how easy it is to get around the area and to shake off the image of bus travel as being slow and expensive!