(25 Nov 2013, 4:05 pm)Adam Malarkey wrote So Daniel do you think the 56 justifies use of "Go North East's best double decker" Between Concord and Sunderland where Passenger Numbers are lower on that Section of the Route except for Sunderland Home Games?. And I do think that using a B9 is Justifiable when it'll be picking up Passengers from the X1 Between Newcastle and Washington and again with the 2A/2C/4 and 8 Passengers going from Washington to Sunderland and the fact that when the X1 was split 3 Years Ago it Struggled to cope Capacity wise when using a Mixture of Citaros/B9's, Do you not think you'd would be Downgrading that Section of the Route in which it Struggled by using a Citaro on the Proposed X2.
Yes I do, as I feel the passengers on the 56, even if lower on that section of the route, exceed the demand of a single decker quite often.
It would be, yes. That said, the 2A/2C and 8 cannot justify double decker use as the passenger numbers are just not high enough, however much anyone would like to suggest otherwise (excluding the fact deckers cannot be used due to various low bridges). The X2 never justified double decker use either, but the X1 did.
Best option? Keep the services separate, and let the network be the same as it is now. We've brought the resurrection of the X2 service up so many times now, and it is getting quite tedious I must admit.