(02 Sep 2025, 3:54 pm)Economic505 wrote Double deckers are needed. When I was a young bus enthusiast, all buses were double deckers , 1978 to mid 1990s. The electric singles don’t have enough seats for starters. If these were Metro trains, imagine the outcry.
I know they're hated but it's the sort of route where bendy buses should be used over deckers imo.
The dwell savings at places like Sunderland having multiple doors would massively speed things up.
Deckers doing the opposite because of people going up/down the stairs and the limited capacity on the lower deck.
Not sure whether they'd get around both extremes of the route but the rest of the route should be fine.