(14 Feb 2025, 9:54 pm)Storx wrote https://www.arrivabus.co.uk/latest-news/...wear-areas
The changes, not sure where these buses are coming from which are supposed to be running this X30 mind - which surely is the point of the new railway line anyway...? Similar to the extra buses on the X18 since the buses were took by Whitby. Neither can barely run a days service as it is.
The X30 will be interworking with the X20 I believe, so it’s an additional 2 on the PVR for Ashington. There will be vehicle movements ahead of these service changes, as the 4x Ashington 43 boards are moving across to Blyth ahead of the services converting to electric operation.
The extra bus on the X18 on a Saturday will be fine as there’s a reduced PVR at Ashington anyway on a Saturday with the X21/22/35 being every 30 mins. In the summer they’ll essentially use what is currently the school bus (although that’ll be used elsewhere, and a Pulsar will be sent for the X18…).
I believe the X20 was meant to be getting significantly retimed to improve punctuality too, which is allowed for by the interworking with the X30, but this has been omitted from the service update.
Just on the vehicle front, I believe Ashington currently have 1574, 1575, 1576, 7529, 7545, and 7547 off with either major unit failures or accident damage. You’d imagine at least some of those would be back by the time these changes come into effect.