(04 May 2020, 10:03 am)LeeCalder wrote With buses getting evidently busier, I wonder whether Go North East will start to introduce bigger buses on certain routes (like they have on the 58) or up frequencies slightly, although the latter may be a trigger for more people to make yet more unnecessary journeys.
I travelled to Chester-le-Street on the 21 on Saturday to get some groceries in (£2.30 again!!) and the bus I travelled on had a decent load, the first time I have had to sit upstairs.
Doris and Maude sat gossiping like a normal day....
I had a similar experience when I got the 49 to Gateshead last week (or the week before, I can't keep track!), it was fine until Bolam Street Flats where it just filled up, it was impossible to keep two seats apart.
Everyone was huddled together at the bus stop and while they sat on separate rows, they turned so they could talk!