(21 May 2018, 6:50 pm)Andreos1 One for Scott. When it makes millions, just remember where the idea came from

Operating on market days only: Darlington - Stockton via Great Stainton, Bishopton and Carlton then on to N Tees and current route as variation of existing Stillington runs.

Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday connecting outlying villages to the two major towns in the area.

(21 May 2018, 7:16 pm)Jimmi Funny you mention this, a thought that I had the other day was merging the 88 with the Scarlet Band 20 route to create one through Darlington - Stockton route to open up more links to the likes of Longnewton and Sadberge (maybe even restore a bus service to Brafferton?), although it may be a struggle to fit in a decent number of journeys on the service if it interworked around college contracts, also it would no longer run to Yarm and also no longer run between Darlington and Neasham.

Darlington market ain't what it once was though, even from when I was a bairn.

(21 May 2018, 8:03 pm)Andreos1 I forgot about the Scarlet Band 20 to be honest.

I think a couple of journeys a day would probably suffice. Couple in the morning/afternoon in each direction.
The idea of extending the X8 was to supplement the short runs, but it would need an increase to the PVR - which may or may not be sustainable.

(21 May 2018, 7:16 pm)Jimmi Funny you mention this, a thought that I had the other day was merging the 88 with the Scarlet Band 20 route to create one through Darlington - Stockton route to open up more links to the likes of Longnewton and Sadberge (maybe even restore a bus service to Brafferton?), although it may be a struggle to fit in a decent number of journeys on the service if it interworked around college contracts, also it would no longer run to Yarm and also no longer run between Darlington and Neasham.

Darlington market ain't what it once was though, even from when I was a bairn.

(24 May 2018, 7:23 am)tvd Does the X56 college service have dead mileage at both ends?  Seems odd that Stagecarriage has been able to win this contract rather than a Whitby operator.

(26 May 2018, 9:58 pm)RobinHood Probably an 'unregistered' operating centre (i.e someone's driveway...).

I'm sure the DVSA will find out one day.

(24 Jul 2018, 6:26 pm)Michael PB1118065/23 Registered
STAGECARRIAGE LIMITED
Route: Stockton High Street, Stand E to North Tees Hospital Grounds
Service number: 6
Service type: Normal Stopping
Effective date: 03 Sep 2018


PB1118065/21 Registered
STAGECARRIAGE LIMITED
Route: Stillington to James Cook Hospital Grounds
Service number: X8
Service type: Normal Stopping
Effective date: 03 Sep 2018

loads of school services canceled.

(25 Jul 2018, 2:00 pm)tyresmoke Don't worry they've all been re-registered with different numbers & routes

The 6 is just minor timetable changes to take account of changes to the X8 which will now (hopefully!) extend to James Cook Hospital bus terminus hourly through the day.

(01 Aug 2018, 8:37 pm)Michael Confirmed now by Stagecarriage..

We've had our busiest day ever on our X8 buses today with well over 500 passengers in one day - it's great to see so many happy people using the services!

We've got some great news for you too... from Monday 3rd September our X8 buses will extend from Middlesbrough to James Cook Hospital once an hour, running via North Ormesby and Longlands giving direct links to the hospital from Stockton, North Tees Hospital and Stillington!
What's even better is our buses will operate directly into the hospital grounds, dropping you right outside the door.

Watch out for the new timetables available soon

(01 Aug 2018, 8:46 pm)RobinHood Isnt the X8 three buses? Still sounds very poorly used. I hope they have success with James Cook Hospital, but worry that it will fall foul of the same problems that plauged the 37 and X6 when they went in. Peak times, you simply couldnt get out of the grounds!

I think Stagecoach are also running via Longlands again from September, which means 5 buses per hour where the 28/28A currently run on their own. I wonder if Arriva will react? Although they tend to make changes in July and February.

(02 Aug 2018, 11:21 am)Cock Robin The 10 used to run that way anyway. The X8 uses 4 buses, though two interwork with the 6.

(17 Sep 2018, 3:59 pm)Kuyoyo Goodbye 88 at the end of October after just less than 4 years

PB1118065/14 Cancelled
STAGECARRIAGE LIMITED
Route: YARM TOWN HALL to STOCKTON HIGH STREET
Service number: 77
Service type: Normal Stopping
Effective date: 30 Oct 2018

(05 Oct 2018, 4:48 pm)jimmoc Would a service from easingwold to Teesside park work only way to that village now is by train and people in easingwold can only go to York I think if their was bus service to take them Teesside it would get used alot gives people more choice where to go and would be a great service for stagecarriage to run expand the Teesside park service more

(05 Oct 2018, 8:01 pm)tcts24 Think you could have some difficulty getting to Easingword by train. According to Wikipedia (always a valuable source of information ), it'll be 70 years next month that a passenger train last served the town. The bus service on the other hand is fairly good for a small North Yorkshire market town. Theres hourly links a couple of other towns such as Sutton, Helmsley and Thirsk. And of course there's up to 4 buses per hour to York. I'll be honest, If I was rich enough to live in Easingwold, going to Teesside Park or anywhere near Middlesbrough wouldn't enter my head for a second. Seriously, think about it... York or Teesside Park?