(06 Dec 2024, 4:26 am)Dan wrote If I recall correctly, it was two extra buses funded by the BSIP for the frequency increase and, effectively, one extra bus for punctuality. Three in total.

The latter does seem to have vastly improved with buses not bunching anyway near as often.

The downside, as I mooted a couple of weeks ago, is that the BSIP funding is being pump primed into a route that the operator isn’t showing enough care nor consideration for. Given GNE takes the revenue risk on this (the BSIP funding doesn’t cover the entire cost of the additional buses), they ought to be doing everything within their power to market the service, generate growth, and operate it to their very best ability, so that the entire cost is covered and this is something which is sustainable at the end of the BSIP.

Thanks for confirming, had a feeling it would've been 3 buses with all the layover still being there, I know in the years past it used to have ridiculously short turn arounds.

On the changes good to see the 2/2A/39/39A/39B/60/61 numbering mess sorted out. Just a shame they didn't sort out the 2/32/60/61/78 mess on Chester Road at the same time. Not to mention the 2 now being every 20 minutes the buses are going to be bouncing all over each other. Very messy.

The 25/26 are a mess. Hourly bus services are useless for anyone in urban areas and unacceptably infrequent imo.