(20 May 2018, 5:18 pm)S830OFT wrote Sampled Stagecarriage yesterday on their X8 service and I must say I was impressed with pretty much everything. I boarded the 13:00 service from Middlesbrough, whilst waiting I thought it would be the Omnidekka parked in the layover bay, but the Citaro came in then. The Citaro arrived 4 minutes late upon leaving, but easilly regained the time by Teeside Park. I also sampled rides on their Centro, Solo and Omnicity which were also allocated to the service. I also noted that the X8 journeys were timed to run infront of the S1 service, and when I seen the Pulsar on the S1 it was pretty much dead, I can't see that service surviving. Also all the drivers were very friendly and welcoming so I would definitely use their services again.
Just a quick question does anybody know what is the current fleet and the allocations to the X8, 88 and Asda Free Bus?
I'm surprised the S1 still runs, even with the X8 being in place for a while now. The S2 went fairly swiftly due to low usage - however the S1 clings on.
I can only assume that the bus does carry enough to justify existence.
To be fair, I've also seen the X8 looking very underpopulated on lots of occasions too. Swings and roundabouts I guess.