(20 Jun 2024, 12:56 pm)Coastliner700 wrote Don’t get me started on that! Apart from the two school runs it carry’s fresh air. I was on Shields Road two E200s one on 22 full and standing and another on 12 similar story then two 18s both less than 10 people on them
Tender specification dictates all 18s must be allocated deckers - the capacity requirement is greater than any single decker. And let's not forget, before anyone whinges about how Newcastle have lost deckers to the other depots - South Shields' pair of E400s are intended for schools, likewise Sunderland's are mainly used on schools (and don't forget Sunderland, as well as running Nexus Scholars, also run 2 Durham County Council school runs - the Deaf Hill to Sedgefield Community College run and the one from Murton to Easington School) and Stockton's trio are used on their Sedgefield College contract as well as school time capacity requirements on local routes.