(31 Jan 2022, 8:10 pm)Omega54 wrote For me, I think if someone is in every pair of seats, daily (on maybe twice a day services) they should be upgraded, because I just feel like it is better for passenger comfort. That is why when I can get a lift in peak times as I don't really want people who I don't know sitting next to me and I have a feeling that will be for most.

The problem is there's always the bus going in the opposite direction. People seem to forget that for every bus going out there's one coming in which can potentially carry fresh air if it's heading into Newcastle/Sunderland.

See it quite often on here, the xx was busy tonight it has 20 people on but ignoring the fact the journey going in is dead and it picks no-one up en-route either. In reality there's only 10 people on averaging both it's journeys. Most last journeys are like that pretty much.

20 passengers each with a £2 fare is £40 over 2 hours potentially. There's no money there.