(28 Sep 2023, 7:31 am)54APhotography wrote When is a decker full on the 701? I haven't even seen an E200 full on the 701 in the past. The service avoids the town and the bus station, just like the E200s tripping between Clanny House and St. Peter's.May be so but this is a totally different scenario. The 701 was an extra service alongside a 700/702 15 min freq with better connections and better timetabling (also recognisable livery). This is supposedly the replacement for the 700/701/702 duplicating eachother. However the direct connections to tesco, stadium, glass centre, west sunnisde & park lane have been lost for Clanny House & surrounding students.
If anything the use of deckers is overkill given the loading JH reported for the service. Pretty sure despite being 11 years old these B9's are fit for short hop work, it's what they have proven all over the world.
If you say they are fit for service then why do they have almost daily breakdowns...?
(28 Sep 2023, 3:26 pm)morritt89 wrote Loadings on the 700/701 varied throughout the day. Some trips were nearly empty and others were rammed (near lunch time for example). Don't think I ever picked up anyone at the Glass Centre on the 702 though.This year it has changed and the Uni took it off the SU. Even though it is branded by the SU it is run by the uni. This is another pointless duplication when they're funding 3 bus routes going similar ways.
I remember having one of the hybrid Solos and it being so heavy it kept grounding (great lean going round bends).
The 700 also picked up non students from Clanny House and took them to the City Centre.
The Student Union did (maybe still do) have a minibus service for students too.
Thats probably why it is jointly funded by nexus...