(10 Aug 2025, 10:29 pm)DaveFromUpNorth wrote the 787 ran by stagecoach is a fantastic example which I think is running through the night at £50-60 an hour with a pvr of two buses and a min of 84 passengers to board (inc suitcases I think) ??? but it has BSIP funding where has the marketing been to promote that bus service...
See personally I'm not a fan of the 787. I'd rather see some of the Stagecoach services like the 1, 30 (via Jesmond), 40, 62 and X88 with possibly the X88 and 30 extended to the airport all running as Nxx buses.
These are busy routes during the day and are the sort of routes which could easily get a reasonable load overnight with proper advertising - especially with students if they were actually advertised this time. You have remember Stagecoach even tried them on a commercial basis so there's clearly a chance there.
Least you've now got local journeys being done, rather than a 787 which means nothing to no-one without going out of your way to find out what it is. I've used the 1 in particular at around 23:00 in the past before and it's quite busy - I don't believe for a second that in an hours time, everyone just decides - nope not using a bus now.