(24 Jul 2022, 9:52 pm)Unber43 wrote I agree as someone who gets the 4/8/78/60/X20/65/50 quite often it certainly does especially on the X20 as the Citaro layout is quite bad.

Because I was thinking about this, on a route which takes 60 mins, you need atleast around 15-20 passengers, say they all pay avg. £1.50, 

10 - £15
12 - £18
15 - £22.50
20 - £30 

£15 say driver gets paid £12, £3 for fuel/bus insurance probs won't make money, where as as it gets to 12-20 people per bus per hour it will. 

I look at the 55/62, they are 60 mins, and 75 mins, if they got them down to 40 mins and 60 mins, needing only a PVR of 3 & 2. But aswell It shocks me with the 62 taking 75 mins, why didn't they extend it upto Parkside, or through Tunstall/Leechmere to get it to 90 mins to try and get the most passengers possible

Why would they extend the 62 to parkside just to go back on itself? If people wanted to get it that desperately then they could just get the 60 to dawdon or the harbour which basically stops on their front doors.