(09 Jun 2015, 6:42 pm)Kuyoyo wrote Let's look at capacity:I don't think there is much need in increasing the frequency or making the service fully double deck operated on the 7 as I am a regular passenger on the 7 and you will often see the double deckers during the daytime going around not even half full during the daytime, the main reason why double deckers were purchased was because of peak time loadings.
The Pulsar seat 40
The E400 seat 78
So:
10 Pulsars with 40 seats = 400
5 Pulsars with 40 seats + 5 E400s with 78 seats = 590 (200 and 390)
10 E400s with 78 seats = 780
To go to every 10 minutes, you'd need 14 vehicles to cover the 2 hour 30 minutes round trip. I seriously doubt it will require a frequency increase and capacity increase at the same time.
The other reason I can't see there being a frequency increase/decrease on the 7 is because the 7 is also linked with services 5/5A, 8 and 21 to create a combined frequency of roughly 7/8 minutes between Darlington Town Centre and Newton Aycliffe Town Centre (although slightly different routes are observed in Aycliffe).