(09 Sep 2014, 8:31 pm)tyresmoke wrote They certainly will. I've seen the figures for the other Sapphire routes, and they're all out performing DB's expectations. We've had extra capacity added in July with the additional journeys, the new X5 express has helped with that, and they are now taking off on their own now the colleges are back.
Obviously we can't operate deckers on the 5s or X3/X4 so if passenger numbers grow we will have to add to the frequencies - and they're certainly expected to. For example one journey today (to Nunthorpe school...) I had 65 on my Pulsar, and left another 15 or so for the next one to get. There are known issues but there's only so much that can be done.
I bet the 4/X4 is popular too! I know Stockton won't have a problem, but I hope Redcar can keep them in a good condition.