(17 Apr 2021, 10:12 pm)Jimmi wrote I believe 2862 was allocated to the X93 this afternoon as a result of a passenger being sick on 7401 and 2862 was all that was spare at Whitby to replace it, can't say I enjoyed that one all the way from Scarborough to Middlesbrough this afternoon.

I do wish Arriva would do more to try and minimise the liklihoods of single deckers doing X93/X94 during the peak season especially atm with reduced capacity, don't help that some B9s are off for repaint.

Arriva could've easily allocated 7609/7610 as the Whitby P&R's carried nothing but fresh air throughout the day for the journey's I seen in both the morning and afternoon rather than allocating a Solo, Pulsar or a Streetlite but I see this as going to be a repeat occurance throughout the summer.

As noted by someone else the B9's should've been repainted and sorted mechanically in the winter prior to the summer timetable coming into effect, saying that all 4 B9's were out in service at one point yesterday.

I'm sure Jesmond could spare some E400's off of the 43/44/45 as again I don't see these ever been at full capacity and a single decker would be more than justified.

---

(18 Apr 2021, 1:22 pm)streetdeckfan wrote I wonder if it might be viable to have the X11 jointly operated by GNE and EY if things go well.
I could see a northbound morning journey being quite good, with there being a driver change over and an additional southbound journey at lunch time using the EY vehicle (and presumably a GNE driver)

I think having EY doing shorts between Whitby and Scarborough via Robin Hoods Bay and Peasolm Park operating Every 30 Minutes would offer a massive improvement but then you still have issue of more journey's being needed back to Middlesbrough, maybe increase the X93 from Hourly to Half Hourly with X94 short from Whitby to Scarborough staying Houry creating a service Every 20 Minutes from Arriva and Every 30 Minutes for EY resulting in a service Every 12 Minutes between Whitby and Scarborough as loadings on RHB seem to be quite unpredictable as I noted yesterday. The X11 would then remain as it is with the potential of EY operating a NB journey to Newcastle.