Bus 19

Please see Cllr. Lee’s letter with the great news below:

The new Number 19 bus started running on 28th September, 2026.

I’m still receiving questions about the timetable, so I’ve copied it into the attachment above for easy reference. Please feel free to pass it on to anyone who might benefit from knowing the times the service will operate.

I would also ask all Chestnut residents receiving this message to forward it as widely as possible. And to the organiser of the Chestnut Facebook page — could you kindly share it there too. One of the key reasons I was finally able to persuade the Council and the Tees Valley Combined Authority to introduce this new service was because of your constant emails over the years, highlighting the unfairness of students having to walk up to Heighington throughout the long, cold and dark winter mornings just to catch a bus into Darlington for Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College.

So thank you for your persistence as it has helped enormously and tomorrow we see the result.

Cllr Lee