(17 Aug 2013, 7:16 pm)gtomlinson wrote You can see why some bus users get a bit peeved when they pay the same as folk on more 'popular' (or I guess in business terms 'profitable' routes) and get very poor stock and get this perception that some routes get upgraded a lot more whilst they get stuck with rubbish.
Of course some routes simply won't make as much money for GNE as others but conversely a way to attract more passengers is to have better vehicles? I'm not suggesting once hourly buses get brand new Geminis or Citaros of course.
It comes across as being very random to me. With exception of the X1/TEN that is. Despite it's popularity and high use, the high frequency Angel services were downgraded several times for example, before the Hybrids were bought in. The Prince Bishops, MetroLINK and Fab Fifty Six are both high frequency services, yet are still running round on 9+ year old vehicles.