(28 Mar 2014, 4:24 pm)Dan wrote Yes, which is why double deckers aren't particularly suitable. There's not many seats downstairs, so once they're full, the elderly would be forced to climb the stairs to get a seat. Also, you'll often find (particularly at Gateshead) that once a bus is fully loaded, it leaves. If the final passenger has boarded and is trying to get up a flight of stairs, the driver shouldn't really be pulling out.
Do we actually know that the X66 is going to be upgraded in frequency when upgraded, or is that mere speculation? I'd certainly suggest between certain hours of the day that the increase in frequency would be unjustifiable.
I didn't say that the frequency was changing when it was upgraded. I was simply saying that in theory, they wouldn't have to and keep the PVR of 4 which would save them money on paying for another bus that could be used to help bus upgrades elsewhere whereas if the service as to get single deckers at least 1 extra bus would need to be purchased and the frequency changed in order to keep up with the amount of seats currently provided by the artics.