(03 Apr 2021, 5:18 pm)Adrian wrote I don't understand why you'd think the number makes no sense but then suggest the X60? How many people, outside of the enthusiast community, are going to remember the X60? I don't understand how it provides free marketing either. It's been dead and buried for years.
As for X90, again, I don't see how this provides any benefits over being an X11? 9x services may well be traditionally allocated to Whitby services, but there's no regulation on route numbers, and it probably makes little difference to passengers in Tyne and Wear, what had its own traditional numbering system.
I'd suggest this service is not trying to primarily attract those customers more local, when they already have an existing local bus service. Although they may end up using it, after the frustration they encounter in trying to find ticket options on the god awful Arriva website
Someone might remember it, people are weird and remember little things like that. For instance everyone around here remembers the 363/364 (current X7) and that's been dead and buried for even longer.
For the X90 it was more thinking about picking up passengers from Middlesbrough who didn't need another service. It's a fair bit quicker nearly 30 minutes quicker to Scarborough and if there's only 2 people on before then why not fill it up. It's money afterall. If the bus is full, well they're not getting on anyway so it's no loss to GNE. Surprised there's not a slightly cheaper ticket more around the £10 mark for those from those 2 points (still dearer than Arriva but it's a premium service afterall) who want to save the 60 minutes - if it was the times I wanted to be there I'd pay it tbh but £15 is just too much.
The Arriva website is terrible agreed mind spent about 10 minutes trying to find a X93 ticket there (but guessing there's not one bar the North Yorkshire 3 Day Tickets for £19 I think they were which I've never heard about before ngl)