(13 Mar 2015, 5:44 pm)Dan wrote The xx:17 / xx:47 departures out of Park Lane tend to do fairly well - but that's because they're running three minutes in front of the xx:20 / xx:50 departures of "Drifter" service 60. Some passengers do opt for the 60, of course, to use the free Wi-Fi offered on board.
The xx:02 / xx:32 departures out of Park Lane don't do as well - sometimes they even run empty out of Park Lane during the day. "Drifter" service 60 departs two minutes prior, so anyone on board tends to be passengers wishing to use the bus beyond the shared 60 / 61 corridor.
Even with the developments at Dalton Park, I wouldn't expect to see a frequency increase.
Although I'm not sure it justifies a frequency increase, I certianly don't think empty runs out Sunderland are common place, as someone who is frequent user of the 61- ive been on runs out of park lane during early afternoon which have been quite busy.
I also don't think anyone waits for a 60 because it's wifi, you have to get a StreetLite workinf (at one time Solars were quite common on 60s, less these days though) and the wifi has to be even workinf and I'm sorry to those that work on wifi at GNE, but it's sometimes hard to connect too. Plus most people have data packages on phones/tablets anyways, the idea of wifi is just to save using your money! Mind if they had plug sockets it could be a different story.