(17 Aug 2023, 6:51 pm)RobinHood wrote The Solos are only 29 seat, but I understand Arriva have agreement to operate them.Seems that is definaetyly the case with Arriva.
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.
But that means the only thing which can replace the 96 is another Optare Solo or a Van