(17 Aug 2023, 1:07 pm)Kuyoyo wrote BIB: As previously mentioned, the 318/323 school runs, which are tied into the 95 and 96 boards, have a minimum seating capacity of 33 - the E200MMCs are only 30 seaters so are too small for use. Unfortunately that restricts them to Solos for now.
The Solos are only 29 seat, but I understand Arriva have agreement to operate them.
The actual reason none of the E200s are used at Whitby is because you need a 'wheel forward ' configuration of the vehicle to avoid the bus bottoming out at various points on the 96 route.
Also, 2866 operated the first 96 today, but was tracking at 1563 I believe, which confuses bustimes.org.
Whilst it's a good resource, using bustimes as gospel for deciding if a service operated or not is actually not ideal, as it isn't always accurate.