(13 Nov 2022, 11:00 am)L469 YVK wrote Taking engineering into account and given that the 6 is now operated by Consett meaning remote reliefs at Lanchester and probably Stanley, would it not make sense to have the X30/X31 standalone using 6338-40 with 6336 & 6337 as Consett's 'low height' spares?
And then with other interworking patterns changed or made standalone, move 6341-51 to Riverside?
What that would mean is if all of 6341-55 were generic 'X-Lines', rather than 6352-55 getting a daily hammering on the X10, it could be spread out more evenly on a 4 day rolling rota:
- 8x X21 >> this could give the option to increase back to 9x with the long layover re-introduced
- 4x X10
Day 1 X10 - 6341-44
Day 2 X10 - 6345-48
Day 3 X10 - 6349-52
Day 4 X10 - 6353-55 & 6341
6337 isn't low height I believe, what would happen with x45/71/72 unless you are suggesting they also move to Riverside