(18 Feb 2020, 10:26 am)scanialover wrote The pots of money it makes over the summer must compensate for the winter months but then, looking  at things on a positive front, Arriva could do more to promote the service; a dedicated fleet would help. Who wants to travel from Middlesbrough to Scarborough on a Temsa or worse will a Solo? This is what happens and then, thinking about it 7424 et al aren't exactly what you might call a "quality" ride.

There is no doubt the service probably makes a loss in the winter but it is cut back to absolute minimum with 5 PVR running hourly end to end. I am sure the summer Moreno than makes up for it though! Talking of summer... this summer looks set to be the biggest timetable yet with the X94 variation into Scarborough. I am told there are later buses between Scarborough & Whitby too, as a trial that could lead to further services being added.
It will be interesting to see where they go next with it fleet wise as the B9s whilst still strong now are coming up 6 years old. The peak summer surge fleet is past its best let's be honest, though I've heard rumours of newer vehicles this summer so we'll have to wait and see what happens.
Interestingly the X4 gets later buses as far as Easington from Middlesbrough from April too so that's another one that has huge potential, running via the X3 route in Redcar which has been an area crying out for fast buses to Middlesbrough for a while in my opinion.