Last I heard, as of a week or so ago, they were just receiving a last bit of mechanical TLC. I'm guessing that once they're ready they'll replace the B10s as and when they go in for their regular maintenance.
Totally agree, and if you are an intermediate stop, then you deserve nothing. Very poor.
Did they previously include every bus stop in their printed timetables then?
They included more than now. These typically have times from the start of the route and perhaps one intermediate point.
You can get hold of a proper timetable from the website as a pdf under the timetables section, Another problem is that they have changed the names of some stops. For example Garnet Lane in Tadcaster is shown in the app as Marlborough Drive, but in the timetable and on the displays in the bus it retains its older name. I suspect this affects other stops too, as locally stops immediately opposite each other have diffent names depending on the direction. That's daft.
I presumed they might have been done like this to save paper
The service is worked commercially (or at least most of it) so they cannot be "sacked". Nothing to stop another operator from registering as service. First tried such a service and gave in
Still issues on the X98/99… I’m just glad I can drive again.
“September” most I know
I wonder if Transdev will drop the X98/99 at some point? It seems have been nothing but a struggle since they took it on.
When franchising comes in (date dependent on which tranche those routes will fall under).
You're lucky the Headrow was clear. Last time I caught it, we spent 30 minutes on the Headrow.
Is franchising definitely happening in Leeds?
Yes, all of West Yorkshire
The fact that 3 miles of the X6 route is on a 60mph grade-separated dual-carriageway might have something to do with it, yesno? Good luck finding a fast road between Leeds and Wetherby. For most of its length, the X98/X99 is the only service, so if you want to make it limited stop then you'll need to provide an alternative stopping service to shadow the route. The X98/X99 takes just as long now as it did when First were running it – you know, First who run the X6 that you rate so highly. Maybe, just maybe, the fact that this route is slower is nothing to do with the current operator...
The X98/99 has multiple areas of 50mph, the only difference is that there a stops along the entire section and no free running.
They could divert some down Easterly Rd. Far quicker than via Oakwood. Might gain some recovery time. New route number needed.
The X99 runs the full route off peak so can be timed faster but I do not see where it does it in 50 mins
The X98/X99 remains in the area proposed for franchising however (West Yorkshire), the X41/X43 leaves Greater Manchester (franchising area) and terminates in Lancashire.
I'm not sure why Transdev would be remotely interested in doing that if the service is currently marginal/ loss making.
I was only wondering, I don't actually know the area too well so wasn't sure of the possibility. You're right though, I'm surprised Transdev haven't offloaded it yet. I know Connexions were after running it after First gave it up, but the then Transdev CEO wasn't so keen on that happening...
