(22 Jun 2014, 8:09 pm)Robert wrote When 9131 moves over to Crook, id imagine that it will be based at the depot on a Sunday, when the depot isnt in operation due to the X21 falling under the 'Angel' brand and only going as far as Durham before connecting to the 21 and running from Durham to Newcastle like an ordinary 21 weekday journey would. So, my question is, when the depot is closed, what will happen to 9131? Will it just sit in the depot until the next morning and waste a trial day or will they send it down to Chester for the day to operate the Sunday timetable which operates the service between Durham and Spennymoor and compare with the current Angel branded B5s.
I'd imagine it'll have the day off.
(22 Jun 2014, 8:37 pm)nk55 wrote My point being, if it goes out on 1st run out but is late back then its gonna stand for 30 mins before being sent out again, if its then late back again then its 1hr behind the board it started on so in theory it could end up doing the X21/X46 run. And to be fair it'd get a good hill heading up high jobs hill, i know some of the current B7s struggle up.
I guess we'll have to wait and see.
Two of the six Pronto boards work onto the evening X46s. I am confident when I say that Crook will be told that they cannot allocate 9131 to these boards. They will be told that it can work any of the four remaining boards that run off onto an X46.
If it works out that 9131 is running late and it has been replaced at Bishop Auckland, it will simply move onto the next board which does not work onto the X46.