(15 Mar 2016, 5:47 pm)Deleted wrote The loop around the docks will never turn a profit to be fair, year on year the community of the East end is getting older and attractive to the less ambitious of society so very few cash fares are taken.
I guess a couple on here know who is going to operate this as a commercial service. Personally I think the planning department has gone mad, no scope for this service on that section unfortunately.
Not a lot stagecoach could do with timings to reduce a vehicle use here but a bit of scope to send it into doxford international at the Western end.
Sorry deleted i forgot to reply!
I agree, i won't gain a profit in the area, I've only ever used the 5/5A to the docks area once and very few get on or off, i'll be surprised to see if anyone wants to run it from Park Lane to Docks with no profit, of course someone will pick it up but for how long before its completely changed, merged to another route or even fully withdrawn.... which i hope we don't see.
To me, Stagecoach should get the 77/77A, withdraw it after so long and re-introduce it to the 5/5A, this means the routes will go back to as the current routes, keeping the secured runs as the 77 but it doesn't work like that so it probables won't happen.