Hartlepool Transport, Dennis Dominator No9, 1983

A close up study of Hartlepool Transport No9, one of the six East Lancs bodied Dennis Dominators purchased by Hartlepool in 1979 (8-13, BEF708T-713T). No9 is parked outside what was to become the new Hartlepool Transport offices on Church Street, fronting Lynn Street bus garage. No further examples were purchased, and all six 'Dominators' had short lives with Hartlepool being withdrawn in c1991-2 and sold on for scrap.

Their appearance was almost that of a cut down double-deck Dennis Dominator. However, the bolt-on, shed-like engine compartment and rear end structure was certainly a design malfunction.

Eight of these brutes were built to this awkward design, two of them going to Barrow Transport in Barrow-in-Furness. Further single deck examples were built for Thamesdown, Merthyr and Darlington a year or so later. By then East Lancs had improved the rear-end design by bringing the roofline over the top of the engine compartment.

Following the enactment of the Transport Act 1985, the Hartlepool Transport undertaking was transferred to the ownership of 'Hartlepool Transport Ltd' in October 1986, a private company who's shares were held by the Council. In 1990 the recently built Lynn Street bus garage was transferred into the ownership of the council, then rented back to Hartlepool Transport Ltd. This laid the ground for a management and workforce buyout that came into effect in June 1993.

As with many workforce buyouts it quickly fell victim to being sold off to one of the large private transport combines. In December 1994, Hartlepool Transport Ltd was acquired by the Stagecoach Group. The Company's legal address was transferred to the offices of Cleveland Transit Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees; Cleveland Transit having come into Stagecoach ownership in November 1994.

In 1996, the rental agreement with Hartlepool Council in regard to the Lynn Street bus garage ended and the bus fleet was transferred to more basic premises on Brenda Road, formerly occupied by the Tees & District Transport Co Ltd.

The Lynn Road bus garage continued to be used by Hartlepool Council for the storage and operation of other council department vehicles and equipment. By 2017, the council had moved out of the Lynn Street premises and the property was sold for use as film and TV studios.

Photo- August 1983.

My thanks to 'Hartlepool History Then and Now' for the background information of Hartlepool Transport and Lynn Street bus garage. www.hhtandn.org/notes/621/hartlepool-transport-ltd

Scanned from the original 35mm slide.

Taken on: August 1, 1983

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