(23 May 2022, 8:04 pm)Storx wrote Must admit I agree with mb123 that the Enviro's need replacing at Ashington tbf. 

Mind whether the X14 and X20 need deckers is up for debate or would 1493 / 1501-5 plus the two that came from Jesmond be enough for them. The Pulsars do well in other areas on similar routes. 

The X14 recently has been running with minibuses quite often lately with no real issues tbh and the X20 isn't particularly ever very busy either.

X14 has one board which requires a decker due to interworking with a PM school contract, the one that starts as the 0640(?) to Thropton also gets busy on the first southbound trip so arguably a decker is best on that. 

X20 wise, the board which does the first X15 to begin it's day requires a decker (and therefore realistically so does the board which finishes at Alnwick as there are no boards starting at Alnwick which a single deck is suitable for). Most X20s carry decent loads, even if not all the way to Newcastle. I've seen upwards of 20 get off at Ashington when the bus has arrived from Alnwick.