(28 Jan 2024, 12:02 am)Storx wrote I know I've mentioned them before, but surely the X93 is the sort of the route for coaches.
It's literally limited stop bar the Scarborough end, but the 10 (EYMS) does most of that anyway. It would actually bring comforts that people might actually want, ie a toilet, and most people are likely travelling on it for long distances.
The time delay for people boarding, will no doubt be made up by the vehicles actually being able to do the route and not struggling everywhere.
I honestly don't think it is. They might be able to do the route, but capacity wise they aren't enough during the summer unless you go for a double deck variant which will be prohibitively expensive. At the point of a normal coach, you may as well get a heavy duty single deck (such as a B8RLE) which has the benefit of allowing standees.
I think a batch of E400s would be the best bet, until an EV has enough range to do it.