(13 May 2022, 5:02 pm)Rob44 wrote think its gateshead turn after north tynside last month ( or month before). Thing is thats just for them.... i can imagine other services that go through gateshead into durham that make no money for the chop too..... 25? 28? see loads of 51/51 and 82/94 carrying fresh air. also the 49a that leave from gatehsead on an evening when I'm there at round 745 never has many on. could be major cull.
This is where Go North East should look at some of my most recent suggestions within the service suggestions thread in order to make our regions services more sustainable in the long term.
This week I went out just for a ride about and used the 47A from Consett Number One to Ebchester then got on the X45 from Ebchester to Newcastle as it was quicker than getting the bus into Consett then back out again and neither of those other than at peak times justify the use of a Double Decker, when I got off the 47A at Ebchester the driver was only person left on board, the X45 had nobody sat downstaires when I got on however there was 2/3 upstairs and it picked up a further 11 passengers on route to Newcastle with 50% of those getting on at MetroCentre.
The likes of the 58/93/94 are the same in which they carry fresh air however the majority of the double deckers on these routes in recent years have aided the withdrawal of older single deckers from the fleet.