(08 Apr 2016, 8:50 pm)Tom wrote I think some new bigger buses for the indiGo 208, 265 etc. are needed even though they were just bought a year ago they can't cope on the 208 or 265 judging by what I've seen today. The 265 into Durham was heaving with 5 or 6 standees and the 208 I saw arriving into Durham was also quite busy though not as busy as the 265. Or maybe an express to Peterlee to compliment the 208 (X28 maybe) would work possibly operating via Haswell and Shotton Bruce or just extending the short 208 to Durham. As for the 265 not sure what you can do about that other than having bigger buses.
Have passenger numbers always been like this? Or has the growth on the services since indiGo was launched just been very high?
The 265 (and its predecessors) has had deckers and Prestiges allocated in the past.
It was one if the routes where bigger vehicles were allocated for a period and then swapped for smaller ones.
Despite the patter at the time, saying bigger vehicles were being added to meet demand - it wasn't long before that decision was backtracked on and smaller vehicles were used instead.