(30 Dec 2018, 4:03 pm)Kuyoyo wrote Stagecoach Yorkshire
Due to the ongoing saga with Northern Rail and the Saturday Strikes, Stagecoach will be increasing the frequency of the X10 (Leeds to Barnsley) and X17 (Barnsley to Sheffield) to half hourly on Saturdays from the 6th January. The 'extra' journeys on the X17 between Sheffield and Barnsley will NOT be 'Gold' vehicles as they will be operated by Ecclesfield depot (using 2 deckers) rather than Chesterfield. The extra journeys on the X10 will be provided by the 3 Coaches alongside the spare Enviro400MMC. This is following the growth in demand on the X10 on Saturdays which has seen deckers used on most journeys instead of the coaches.
As these would have needed to be registered by 23rd November (and bus station slots agreed up to 4 weeks earlier?), how did Stagecoach know the Strikes would continue through January (and beyond?) Also, I would have thought demand would be relatively low for weekend services with people having spent up for Christmas and likely poor weather.