(02 Feb 2024, 11:13 pm)DaveFromUpNorth wrote See when I hear capacity issue I think NIMBY passengers

Not in my back yard...

These days a single decker say 40 seats is realistic 20 seats why

Every one sits and has a row to themselves
If alone with friends I'ts a little different as two would sit together

So capacity "perception is reduced" as the bus is full If a single decker If one person sits on each row of two seats...

I always recall the GCT BUS  I used to get on a morning before driving to work

17 people sitting on a bus and it looked full on a 30 ish seater bus

The aim should be not to feel cramped sniffing armpits listening to other music or standing on the bus from Durham to Sland

I'd agree with you usually, but right now there's other routes like the X30/X31/X45, in particular, which are running around with single deckers because of the shortages at Consett. Not to mention the X5/X15 going around with anything with 4 wheels lately, including a Solo earlier this week.

Surely they should be higher priority than some new bus route. The B5's would've been ideal to sort that mess out.

Obviously this all comes down to lack of investment mind, but I'm never a fan of robbing one route for another.