(17 Sep 2023, 11:50 am)Coastliner700 wrote During the day it carries nobody operating the 71 surely it would make more sense to run onto a 62/63
The 71/72/87 has been retimed to allow the 115 to work on and off them - that decker board does the morning trip then drops onto the xx04 71s from the city until 2pm when it drops off to do the afternoon 115 while the 71/72/87 drops down to a combined 20 minute frequency before dropping back in at Chapel Park about half 4 to boast it back up to every 15 for the PM peak, while also then ending up on 72s rather than 71s (incidentally the 72 board ends up on 71s during the PM 20 minute frequency and the other 71 board ends up on 72s before going back onto 71s).
If you had the 115 work onto the 62/63, you’d see trips dropped from the timetable on a morning peak and an afternoon to allow vehicles to go and work the 115. Notice that the 1, 39/40 and 62/63 are presently the only major Stagecoach routes that don’t have vehicles dropping off to work schools - I wonder why that is ?