New Tees Valley bus routes: hospitals, colleges and villages

New Tees Valley bus routes link hospitals, colleges and rural communities

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New services 31 and X60, hospital links and expanded Arriva routes are operating across Tees Valley following a September rollout. Here is what has changed and where to check timetables.

By The Tees Editorial Desk · 17 October 2026

Archive photograph of a Stagecoach North East bus travelling through Norton in 2018; not a vehicle on the newly introduced routes. Image: Cark-in-Cartmel / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Norton, 2018. Archive illustration, not a new 2026 route; photograph unaltered.Image source CC BY-SA 4.0

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New bus services introduced across Tees Valley in late September are providing additional links to hospitals, colleges, workplaces and town centres.

Stagecoach's new Service 31 connects Port Clarence, Billingham and the University Hospital of North Tees. The X60 links Teesside Park, Stockton, Elton, Long Newton, Teesside Airport and Darlington. Changes to Services 39 and 39A also improve connections between Middlesbrough, Park End, North Ormesby and James Cook University Hospital.

Arriva's revised Service 19 improves links between Darlington, Faverdale, West Park and Newton Aycliffe, including access to Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College. New Services 86 and 87 also connect rural communities between Darlington and Stockton.

The announced the rollout on 28 September 2026. More than £8.6 million is committed to supporting the wider bus network until at least March 2028, not just the new routes.

Some stopping arrangements have changed since launch, including for the X60 at Teesside Airport from 12 October. Check current operator timetables before travelling.