(20 Aug 2023, 3:01 pm)Storx wrote On all this X93/X94 talk I'm not sure if Deckers are even the best option.

Couldn't another option be to get 14 or so full length Enviro 200 MMC's for the X4/X93/X94 in the Winter months with the B9's supporting busy boards.

Then in Summer time swap some of the Enviro 200 MMC's and Enviro 400 MMC's around between Ashington and Redcar to make up the PVR and run a few boards in Ashington with brand new singles instead which are more than enough when the schools are off for some.

Fixes everything imo as the Deckers are overkill in the winter and sorts the X4 mess out at the same time.

They've got 10 months on paper to sort it as Pulsars are more than enough in 3 weeks time bar Goth weekend.

Maybe in the middle of January deckers aren't needed on the X93, but I was down there early March and the X93 I got definitely required one. 

Even aside from that, what Ashington boards? Realistically you'd probably need to send down at least 3 to cover the X94, probably 4 so there's a spare. 

Single decks couldn't cope with any X14/15/18 board in the summer for a start. There's maybe one X20 board, but even then that's left people in North Seaton recently when a Pulsar had to be allocated. There's already more than enough single deckers there for the 1/2 and the one 35 board which is booked a Pulsar. Then you get to the X21/22 boards. No Saturday X21 board is a pleasant experience with a single decker, and despite it being the summer holidays the AM peaks still get busy and the loads throughout the day are pretty healthy too, and anecdotally passenger numbers have continued to grow with the current £2 fares.