(15 Sep 2015, 7:56 pm)tyresmoke wrote Interesting to hear of capacity issues on an E400 operated service though... Where do we go next!?
The Pulsars tend to run the contra-peak services which is where the lower capacity vehicles will have to stay... I dare say that if passenger numbers continue to grow then they'll have to look at solving that equation!
I presume the Pulsars must be able to cope with the loading on that specific 5A journey now otherwise they would still be using a decker on it - it might well be wedged though, like many other services are. Great taking all these college travel contracts on but it doesn't half push the available capacity more than ever before... Middlesbrough College for example has 15000 students!
It's more the morning runs though. I think that if both happen next year, knowing Arriva, they'll mix and match with both running classic E400s and MMCs.