(06 Oct 2023, 12:15 pm)V514DFT wrote Would it not be better to send them over the weekend ready for the start of the week

Unfortunately, the summer timetables at Whitby don't actually finish until the end of service on Sunday 5th November - that weekend happens to be the last Goth Weekend of the year so they retain the summer timetable for the extra day every year. So they were still be required on the Sunday.