(21 Feb 2016, 6:50 pm)Adrian wrote I'd say the 53/54 gets busy enough as it is. Especially across the Gateshead section. Reducing the frequency would cause it problems throughout the day, and then you have the problem of where do the extra Streetlites come from, if you were to increase the PVR?
Well, I had thought about the PVR and although I haven't had a chance to look or work out what it was - either swapping allocations so that bigger vehicles were allocated, or cascading the current allocation and purchasing new. The cascades beig perfectly timed, with the end of Cadets and MPD's on the horizon.
The low fares on the service isn't going to generate a massive profit, but decent loads (increased from Durham Road), could aid the justification of purchases.