(16 Feb 2024, 11:22 am)L469 YVK wrote Then why are 6356-63 on the X21? The dead mileage and recovery costs must be high especially all the way in the Wear Valley.
At least if they were on the X71/X72 or any other Derwent to Newcastle service such as the Sunday X45/X72 cycle, Consett or Riverside could easily pick them up.
With 6377 and 6102 thrown into the mix, it's definitely possible to change the allocation on the X21 to E400MMCs (including more choice for the X10) and still keep the X30/X31/X45 working pattern with suitable low height spares.
They’re on that service because that’s what the business has decided to do.
The answer to buses being unreliable cannot always be to move them onto another service. The answer is to fix them.
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