(25 Jul 2017, 5:38 pm)omnicity4659 wrote Speedo apps are regularly off, I recommend sitting at the front and spying on the cab speedo
(26 Jul 2017, 10:15 pm)BusLoverMum wrote I don't think the 24 would miss an E400, tbh. Not so much for capacity - I'm sure there are particular journeys when it can easily fill one - but because those vehicles are huge and terrifyingly cumbersome on the narrow, windy roads through the villages on the route. With the lack of long, straight, roads, the 24 (and 22) between Durham and Peterlee aren't particularly double deck friendly for all but the sprightliest of passengers, either.
The 7 fills deckers easily (and without passengers risking breaking their necks before they can sit down) at just about any time of day and could probably stand the same 12 minute frequency as the 6, tbh.
(27 Jul 2017, 7:49 am)cbma06 wrote I live on the 24 route and I've seen the pulsars wedged at times with standees , there used to be double deckers and coaches used to be used on these routes in United days
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(27 Jul 2017, 8:56 am)James101 wrote In the last decade or so of Peterlee doing the the 230/242/22 the allocations seemed a bit random. Consecutive workings could be ran by an Olympian then a Metrorider.
(27 Jul 2017, 8:56 am)James101 wrote In the last decade or so of Peterlee doing the the 230/242/22 the allocations seemed a bit random. Consecutive workings could be ran by an Olympian then a Metrorider.
(27 Jul 2017, 7:28 am)Pulsar wrote 7802 is now fully branded for the 308. The route details now feature Blyth - Whitley Bay - Coast Road - Newcastle. At least this has been corrected since 7806 was done as this originally had North Shields which had to be removed.
(27 Jul 2017, 7:49 am)cbma06 wrote I live on the 24 route and I've seen the pulsars wedged at times with standees , there used to be double deckers and coaches used to be used on these routes in United days
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(28 Jul 2017, 3:20 pm)BusLoverMum wrote Aye, the Shotton - Peterlee leg of the 22 and 24 get pretty busy, at times and the 22 fills with St Leonards students at a particular point in the afternoon. There's also long stretches of tumbleweed at points, too. I'm not sure the particular peaks and troughs warrant having a large double decker running the full length of the routes at all times of day.
(28 Jul 2017, 3:58 pm)mb134 wrote What would the alternative be though? Having a fleet of deckers sitting in the depot all day, only to come out for 3 hours during the morning/evening peaks?
(28 Jul 2017, 7:19 pm)BusLoverMum wrote GNE could probably clean up if they extended to 201 to shotton, tbh.
(28 Jul 2017, 7:30 pm)mb134 wrote I'm struggling to understand the issue with double deckers on the route as it is? The route is clearly profitable enough with them operating it.
The X18 runs with double deckers in Northumberland, on far more challenging roads, and gets by just fine for the vast majority of the time - and when there is an issue, it isn't something a single decker would be able to deal with any better.
