(07 Oct 2017, 5:39 pm)Malarkey wrote With the 50 it tends to be busier between Durham and Washington than the latter part of the route, same with the 1 it tends to be busier between Wrekenton and Newcastle than again the latter part of the route, unless of course it is a nice summers day whereby the services are rammed. For me with these services much like the Red Kite & Toon Link I think it would be better to have a split allocation of double/single deckers, placing the deckers on the peak time boards when it is likely to be busier.
I disagree there it’s quiet between North Shields and Whitley Bay then busy between North Shields and Newcastle. Most of the time I get on at Newcastle heading to Wallsend it’s empty when it arrives in Newcastle.
(07 Oct 2017, 5:40 pm)Jimmi wrote That's true, although I don't think it's quite busy enough when it's not really hot to justify double deckers and let's face it, this is Britain, we could possibly only have about 10 really hot days in a year.
I'm struggling to think of anything other than the Coaster where they could be displaced to (providing they do come off the 21), really of the services that are already double deck operated, it would probably have to be something like maybe be a split between Chester-le-Street and Stanley depots for stuff like Toon Links, 15/15A, 13/X25 and 14/X22 although excluding the 15/15A all those services seem to be a mix of singles and double deckers and most other double decker routes have relatively modern stock (56, 309/310, X1).
I remember Dan saying why they were unlikely to go on the Stanley services but can’t recall why - someone might want to find the post haha