(05 Jan 2024, 2:48 pm)54APhotography wrote Not only pointless, but irresponsible.
the E400MMCs that came met with the withdrawal of E400EH, ultimately cascading to Lincs etc further reduces the available DD fleet for Newcastle. Stagecoach bid for and won several scholars without making any additions to the fleet, therefore DD's are tied up or only available on services outside of the pressure times.
Stagecoach are alienating far too many with their use of E200/E300 on traditional DD routes, SCNE just another cash cow with a Yes man in charge.
E200s should never be used on DD routes. I have saw it least once a day on the 38/22 in recent days. An E300 can work on some quiet journeys but not at peak times. You’ve got many deckers tied up on contract work. Surely if they bid for these contracts they should have obtained extra deckers for those rather than steal from main routes