(21 Jun 2018, 10:37 am)Andreos1 wrote Tend to agree with what you have said in this post.
Of course we know what the nature of both the X4 and X93 routes and I can't see much scope at all for it to grow any further.
I can't see demand for public transport increasing beyond what is seen now on those routes.
They must have plateaued out by now - even with that increase between Whitby and Scarborough.
The moors-road the X93 uses isn't exactly the highway through a bustling metropolis either.
The corridoor up to Guisbrough is boxed off and would leave little scope for any additional stopping service or limited stop.
Go back those few years you mention and I think the opportunity was there to nip in and offer up some competition.
Pretty sure that time has been and gone. For now anyway.
Too much to invest with no guarantee of a return.
Middlesbrough - Whitby section of the X93 seems to be busiest on a morning towards Scarborough and back to Middlesbrough in the evening from my observations at least, the busiest section of the X93 seems to be the Whitby - Scarborough stretch and I imagine the fact that EYMS have recently almost completely pulled out of Cloughton and Burniston will only further put Arriva in a better position.