(Yesterday, 10:18 pm)ReDemPTiion wrote Do GCT have any “big capacity buses”? I’m just thinking most of their buses are small. Stagecoach use E200’s on the 32/32A 37 seaters and they fill up during rush hour so I hope GCT have buses big enough but still small enough to fit around Montagu Estate and Jesmond Vale.
Edit: the question is will people still use the service if it’s not Stagecoach. Newcastle college kids have term passes for Stagecoach they won’t be able to use the 32/32A with that.
Depends which capacity were talking about the legal one which can win a tender or the one which actually fits people on.
I can't remember the exact numbers but their 8.9m E200MMC's have enough capacity for full size tenders (60 PAX I think?). They've somehow and god knows how managed to register the buses with a crazy number of standees.
Nexus badly need to change the tenders to seating capacity to stop the loophole imo. It's no doubt why GCT win so much anyway as they're the only operator with 'full size' midibuses.