Lack of local knowledge. It only goes one way round the Deighton Road estate so some people who want to go to Leeds will have to get on the before it reaches the Deighton Bar terminus.
Ever choosing a Saturday to end the service 13 timetable is completely nuts, as the big fall in holiday camp holidays will be after the weekend at the end of the half term holidays. The buses would go very quiet from lunchtime Monday. Maybe they will rethink next year? Similar to them missing out on lots of trade during cheap holidays from 1 March. I see some drivers had extra work yesterday, as a convoy of out of service DDs headed south from Scarborough.I stand corrected on my original comment, EY published the following for April service changes:
(My bolding)
March and April 2025 Service Changes
We're making some changes to some of our services from Saturday, 29 March 2025.www.eastyorkshirebuses.co.uk
Most service changes across the country happen on a Sunday because it's the quietest day so it's the standard approach. The more sensible thing would be to have the timetable and rota change and then have a single special day operation/registration.
Probably on transfer back to Hull following the summer uplift finishing. Looks like 729, 753 and 762 back in hull now.
If people want to use the bus that way a smart company would accommodate that sort of usage. It could easily be registered as a circular allowing people to purchase one ticket similarly to how it works on the 372.
I thought you had an intimate knowledge of the route and its use. What do people living on Ainsty do?
See my earlier comment about the working week at EY for local drivers
Been doing since at least beginning of September
Do you know why? Currently, the 46 is operated out of Pocklington, Elloughton and Bridlington depots.
Yh they are , also just seen on Facebook it’s to test the new charging points
And quite frankly, if the weather is bad or cold, I don’t blame them for wanting to get the bus slightly earlier!
It's certainly possible to not change a service on a day most likely to suit operational convenience, Arriva's changes typically occur on a Sunday but Arriva always have the last day of their summer season X94 journeys being the Sunday of Whitby Goth Weekend, meaning the X93/X94 winter timetable changes actually come into effect on the Monday rather than the Sunday.
Wonder if that’s a sign that the older buses going on schools/college when electrics come
A few Olympuses intended for EY that never actually arrived have also been sold to the same dealer
seems sensible, not the most reliable so will be used a bit less and can still cover service work if needed
Whereas I, and many other residents of Wetherby, have been able to ride the full loop previously. It used to ‘change’ just after the Morrison’s garage and if ever it hadn’t, we’d be allowed ridership. I can understand why people would question this. There not trying to board at Wetherby bus station and do it because they can.
It says 'This is the X99 to Leeds' same as Transdev buses say 'This is the 7 fast to Harrogate' after every stop between Wetherby and Harrogate. It's called keeping the passenger informed.
The engine stops if the handbrake is on and the doors are open. If just the handbrake is on or doors are open then nothing happens.
Changing operators was never going to really improve reliability without drastic timetable changes and other measures to traffic from the local authority. Saying "This is the X99 to Leeds" is the same to all buses with announcements across EY's fleet, "This is the Eastrider X46 to Hull" as an example, so not surprising. The driver can always turn off the engine during traffic jams and at traffic lights.
From what I’ve heard, they’ve actually made some real strides recently by bringing in industry professionals who genuinely know how to run bus operations. It’s a big shift after a period where, frankly, the tail was wagging the dog — leading to those long spells of labour shortages and inefficiencies.
As far as I'm aware the Temsa is staying at EY.
