It looks like T-side is a long way behind as usual.
Transport infrastructure is appalling.
Local buses owned by Stagecoach and Arriva are disgusting - many old and unsuitable for modern needs. Dirty. Worn out. Cramped. Infrequent. Cherry-picked - services. Bluddy awful services after peak times. The railway "stations" on T-side are an embarrasment, as is the railway infrastructure. Services (?) to Stockton, Billingham, Hartlepool and beyond are slow and infrequent. Its been going on for so long - people deserve better. But when its all privately owned, no one can tell any of them that you want cheap reliable clean efficient public transport, meeting social need not profits. Unless public money is used to subsidise their poor services they arent interested.