(17 May 2023, 6:12 am)busmanT wrote Busy buses are profitable buses, why increase?
Evening buses, certainly Sunday to Thursday evenings, carry very few passengers in most areas.
Quite a few of the ones I've seen and been on, in the case of the X66, have been very full - one board has already been increased to decker operation. Given it was a higher combined frequency before, and it looks like it has recovered, I think it's more than reasonable to think it might be improved further, either by a slight frequency bump or increase in vehicle size across the board.
I'm well aware evening and Sunday buses are very quiet, it doesn't change that this screams of Arriva wanting the council to pay them to run them to increase overall profitability.