(31 Oct 2016, 3:50 pm)grandad wrote It is most unlikely the Red Kite would go to full 'decker allocation. There just aren't the loads to justify it. Even at peak times, Streetlites are only getting near full loads from Rowlands Gill. That's why deckers were introduced on the 47. The present allocation seems to work fine.
The Red Kite 'deckers are not popular for short journeys because there are so few seats downstairs.
Aye, I wonder if the high loads on the 47 were down to the reliability of the service before it started getting interworked.