(16 Aug 2023, 10:00 am)mb134 wrote 7575 seems to just have a dodgy ticket machine, I've checked a few of the days where it's stopped tracking and nothing ever appears to replace it. 

Reports on the MMCs on there seem to be quite positive, and certainly from my experience of them on other express routes they're more than capable of intense work. 

Given the need for investment in Redcar generally, an order for 8 MMCs for the X93 would definitely solve some of the issues. If you then kept all 6 B9s there, you'd have a pool of 14 deckers for the X93, P&Rs, and X94. Obviously that's in a world where Arriva have the cash for that, though.

I know this will all cost but imo they'd be better ordering 

20x Enviro 200 MMC 
10x Enviro 400 MMC

Then move everything around like so:

4x Enviro 400 MMC + 10 Enviro 200 MMC - 1/5 (Darlington) + Spares
6x Enviro 400 MMC - X93/X94 with 7401 - 7406
10x Enviro 200 MMC - X4 Redcar + Spares

14x Streetlite at Redcar - 63 (Redcar)
13x 67 Streetlites at Darlington - 1/2 (Ashington)
13x Pulsar at Ashington - X2/X3/62/64 (Redcar)

Temsa's - Withdrawn

It would sort out the worst of the problems at both Redcar and Darlington and give Ashington and the 63 an upgrade in vehicles the second which definitely deserves one. Everyone wins pretty much and the 1 is a busy enough route to deserve an upgrade aswell.