Probably thinking WTF writing this haha! But, will there be a Boxing Day offering this year?

If so, will there most likely be a lesser offering than usual?

This got me thinking and I seen a similar thread on a different forum and it was interesting some of the results which come up. Basically the question is about where there's multiple services using a specific corridor which are really uneven resulting in massive gaps between services.

To give an example in Holywell there are 2 services in an evening heading towards Cramlington however one is at xx:25 and the other xx:28 which means there's a service 3 minutes, then 57 minutes which is probably unbeatable for 2 buses an hour between 2 points.

Is there any others about? I believe Low Fell has a bit of a problem in an evening with 3 or so services then nothing for 20 minutes and what's the highest gap which exists in a day time service where there's more than 1 bus an hour? Operators are irrelavant for this so you can't do it only Arriva when there's a GNE service inbetween doing the same route etc.

Once this vehicle has been trialed and perhaps after a stint on the X9 & X10, what will the likelihood be of this vehicle being loaned to other operators as a demonstrator?

Posted on the ANE Facebook page this evening:

"Unfortunately, our Haymarket & Middlesbrough travel shops won’t be reopening and are permanently closed."

Not too surprising, wouldn't be too surprised if this was on the cards even before Covid. Probably has less impact for the overwhelming majority of punters than saving costs through turning off WiFi, for example. 

As a top speed post was created, perhaps we should do one for fuel economy.

Volvo:
- B5TL
- B5LH
- B9TL

ADL:
- E200MMC
- E400MMC

WrightBus:
- StreetLite MAX
- StreetLite MH (Cummins)
- StreetLite MH (Daimler)
- StreetDeck OM934
- StreetDeck OM936

Seeing that the spare E200 was running on the X10 got me a bit curious about vehicle top speeds. 
If they're running an E200 on quite a long stretch of motorway, it must be fairly nippy and capable of 'motorway speeds' 

I know the older StreetDecks are limited to 49mph (although at least one of them didn't seem to have this as it was sitting at 55mph on the A1 according to the GPS on my phone), and the B5/B9s have a higher limit. 
But what about the likes of the E200s,E400s, new StreetDecks, Streetlites etc.

Does anyone know which operators are doing the Rail Replacements between Darlington and Middlesbrough next Saturday (31st)? Thanks

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Looks like 22437 is back from the brink of death, Was my 11.30am bus to Wallsend on the 22 (22.10.20)

From the Chronicle
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/nor...x-19142115

To close all its travel centres.

I thought you needed to visit them to get week.y, monthly and annual Network one tickets. Seems like i was wrong!

Was hoping for a good few pictures but only 2 from 95!

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/his...n-19062863