(11 Sep 2015, 9:50 am)tyresmoke wrote I don't think it will be a long term arrangement but it solves the problem for now.
The flexibility of the college cards being valid through the day should allow the loadings to settle out once the first week or two are out of the way.
Unfortunately to dupe it you need another driver, something that Darlington don't really have!
The first fortnight is usually the worst, one morning in the second week of my last year at college on the 7 we had no seats after my stop and was fully loaded by Chilton. After that it does settle down a bit like you say.