(08 Mar 2015, 8:34 pm)Kuyoyo wrote And what has happened before when operators have tried pushing their way into well-developed corridors - Arriva's 153/154 attempt in Saltwell Park failed, as did Go North East's D4 in Durham.
No denying the X12 and 56/57/57a could do with better capacity but the issue is for them to get capacity improvements, someone else loses out (and for the X12, many millions will have to be spent and Stockton depot would have problems for months while it was being rebuilt) as Durham are presently destined to lose the majority of its Pulsars in the forthcoming months to replace Stockton's non-DDA Cadets.
I can't see Arriva willing to modify Stockton Depot in order to accommodate X12 deckers, mainly because prior to the recession the council compulsory purchased all of the land on Boathouse Lane for redevelopment excluding Arriva and Speedy Hire. This led to Arriva anticipating the depot would also be bought by the council and did make some plans if this happened, but due to the recession this never happened, but potentially it could still happen if the council wish to redevelop that area, but I would say that's unlikely in the short term.