(09 Sep 2021, 1:59 pm)deanmachine wrote Absolutely bizzare putting solos on the 39 for that exact reason. They had double decker boards on the route at the end of the last school term then downgrade it to a Solo? I honestly cannot understand why.
The allocation of double-decks was a very short-term thing and done so school duplicate services could be removed at short notice. If loadings at schooltimes prove to warrant greater capacity, it'll be far more cost-effective to run a duplicate on one trip than run a big bus all day when loadings do not warrant a big bus being operated.
Let's not forget the 39 ran on a lower frequency with smaller buses (MPDs) for many years prior to the frequency being upgraded and Streetlites being introduced.