(14 Sep 2013, 3:22 pm)stagecoachbusdepot wrote Was going to say they'd be better off just getting Stockton to send 8 of the deckers as theoretically they should be free in the depot all day Saturday anyway (or even give a bunch of Sunderland drivers a car to go down and pick up the buses if Stockton don't have the drivers to spare) ...but I guess Stagecoach don't need to care how rammed the buses are as they must just get a set amount of £, regardless of loadings (they're free to board, aren't they?)
Bit worrying if the suspension broke as a result of the loadings though as that would suggest they were allowing them to fill over capacity (unless they were just a load of bloaters on board!)
Yeah the whole reason Stockton drivers do them now is because it was cheaper than having Sunderland drivers go down every week to pick the deckers up...
They are free at point of use yes, Sunderland FC pay for it.
As for overloading.... No comment!