(03 Apr 2021, 1:48 pm)Andreos1 wrote Except it's not that clear. As has been pointed out umpteen times.
Passengers are passengers. Some more intelligent than others. If there's not very many obvious differences to enthusiasts. Then how are ordinary passengers going to tell the difference?
You can apply all sorts of theories and methodologies to analyse this project and with each one, obvious flaws jump out.
If the destination display reads "Scarborough via Whitby" on the southbound journey, not referencing Middlesbrough at all, it carries a unique number (i.e. not X9 or X10), all marketing and promotion shows the X11 as being a separate entity (but is promoted as a 'day out' to Whitby and Scarborough along the route), and the service uses different stands in bus stations... How isn't it that clear?
Whilst you're very quick to point out alleged flaws, you're yet to acknowledge any of the flaws in your own argument, or acknowledge any of the points made in counter-argument.