(22 Aug 2016, 5:16 pm)mb134 wrote If the 35A is a loss making service, the regular 35 can't be far behind. I saw 7446 leave Morpeth today with about 5 people on it, a Solo could operate that run with plenty of space!
They need to sort out punctuality as soon as possible, having said that I can't remember the 35 ever being a super reliable service.
I also don't understand the fascination with using double deckers on it, Scania single deckers was the allocation for years and there was never an issue capacity wise when I used it.
Think you might have saw 7446 when I was leaving on it at about 1pm? The 35A in front (7486) was running about 10 minutes late so picked up all of the passengers from the 35.
You'd be praying for deckers at peak times, and at 9am between North Seaton and Morpeth on weekdays. It's the same with services 1 and 2, passenger levels fluctuate, making it impossible to find a suitable vehicle type to run the service.