(02 Jun 2022, 1:33 pm)F114TML wrote Well Stagecoach must be doing something right. I just had a ride around Sunderland and plenty of buses were quite busy (yes it's a bank holiday, but still), only saw one bus that was empty, and that was because it was closely following another on the same route.
I noticed the 'open top' E1 board that 19645 was covering was literally trailing an E300 on the same route for much of the day, effectively competing with themselves!