New service X11

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20 Apr 2021, 5:40 pm #391

(20 Apr 2021, 5:09 pm)Micheal Aaron Parker This service isn't for us enthusiasts to get so high up about it. This is a holiday service bus. I don't see such a big fuss. If the X11 serves said stop. Nobody gets on. Why would it serve that stop on the way back. You have to think. Its a nearly 3 hour bus journey. Plus that driver is doing Newcastle to Scarborough then Scarborough to Whitby and back to Scarborough then back to Newcastle. Like someone said before. Why would a driver serve a stop and picks Nobody up. Why do u think the coach wasn't needed after Middlesbrough. Why compare Go North East to GCT. Its a first weekend service. Of course not everything is gonna be great first time. It could have been worse. 6377 could have broken down halfway down to Scarborough say it broke down in Whitby. That means you would have to wait for a new bus or be advised to take another bus. Missing one stop possible because Nobody had gotten on the way down. If it was a public service that was used everyday. Yes I could understand. But its a holiday service. Nobody bar us enthusiasts and the person motoring the bus would care. To a normal person. Its not gonna bother them. After a day out and your tired. Do you really think a regular person is gonna care that they missed out a stop thay Nobody got on the way down. Its just something us enthusiasts have pointed out.

It's a brand new service and yet nearly everyone is picking it to bits already. Yes if it did it over the next coming weekends yes I'd understand but it's a brand new service. Obviously there is gonna be a slight bit of problem

They legally have to serve every stop that's why people are moaning regardless to whether someone wants to get on/off. People are picking it up as certain members attack GCT for doing the exactly the same thing in particular with the Doxford Park services where they have no-one on the bus so why bother running the rest of the route approach.

(20 Apr 2021, 5:32 pm)L469 YVK But what about if you have 2x 308's chasing each other at Billy Mill towards Newcastle? If Arriva had radios, communication could be established to do the following:
* Any punters wanting stops en route go on bus behind
* Any punters wanting St Mary's / Haymarket stay on but bus is non stoo.

That way it's a win win. Punters heading to town will be less late and outbound journey will leave on time.

Yeah that's a fair point but does that ever happen? Unless the first bus is having serious issues then it should be a very very rare occurance for one to get delayed for 15 minutes somehow yet the one behind can run perfectly fine since they would've already been regulated at Blyth 20 minutes beforehand. Can't remember the 308 ever stacking with itself but I can't say it never happens. Stagecoach is the one who usually has the serious stacking problems especially with the 1 and 62/63 where sometimes you can get 3 following each other - not sure Stagecoach do any regulating at all tbh.