(15 Nov 2022, 7:59 pm)toward6931 wrote i would advocate that 4 or 5 of the E200s from slatyford are replaced by E300s and go south to either Sunderland or shields allowing those depots to release vehicles to hartlepool. and maybe 6 of the older double decks get put on an X47/X78/X82 Duty as they are getting busier compared to before the pandemic, especially the X47. i would say 2 of those single decks could be cascaded owing to the age of the double decks replacing them and the age of the other single decks.
Remember reading this last night wonder if they might come for the 685 now instead with them taking it over. Potentially could see the X82 scrapped completely (or dropped to hourly) with a short 685 from Newcastle to Throckley every hour. Otherwise they're going to be running the X82 in front of the 685 by 3 minutes which seems wasteful. That should be a PVR 4 and with the magic number of 15 that someone said, no doubt made up, the 38 is a PVR of 10 I believe so you'd have 14 for the 685 + 38 and a spare. Would work out. Then you'd have the 60 plates on the 1 or 12 and the rest to do the 1 or 12 and 22.