Stagecoach North East

[kuyoyo]

RE: Stagecoach North East

(11/06/2013 15:08)riverside motors Wrote:  

(11/06/2013 08:30)kuyoyo Wrote:  

(11/06/2013 06:53)riverside motors Wrote:  At several points during the day nearly all the bus services look very full, so putting only doubles on the services which call Norton (yes the 37 and 38 stop at Park end but routes to M'bro and Stockton are frequent at Park End) wouldn't make the customers happy when an empty double decker goes past and there waiting for a alx300 to Coulby Newham. I wouldn't be suprised if DDA cascades come to town...

As I said, the 36/7 are the only routes that are busy all day. It's pointless getting deckers for the 12 when the only busy trips on there are peak time trips. The simple answer would be to have the school buses operate extra trips at peak times once finished on the Macmillan runs.

I'm not saying that the 12 should get doubles, i was using coulby as an example. My point was that giving both the 37 and 38 doubles would be pointless as they would not be as full as buses going out of stockton high street/middlesbrough on the afternoon and tea-time. I doubt stagecoach would run the macmillians after 2016 as, if they were to buy double deckers, they would be used on the 'principal' route service 36.
But lets not argue about this anymore and just wait and see what does happen before we all get too excited.

The 37 can get busy at all times of the day, the 38 not as much but the whole point is that should they get Deckers it would make more sense for all three routes to be upgraded.
As for the Macmillans, because they are school routes brand new buses won't be needed in 2017 when the current Tridents have to replaced. All that is needed are newer DDA-spec Tridents transferred in to replace them.