I was very pleased to see a DD being utilised on the 16.35 333 from Worcester today (School Holiday). This is only the second time I've seen one on the 16.35, the first time being during the Easter school holiday.
This is the working that continues as the 365 from Upton to Barnards Green, and a few years ago the usual single-decker used to get very full in Worcester, sometimes with customers having to stand, and with the bus making painfully slow progress in the regular traffic jam, so I hoped for a double-decker during school term.
Unfortunately I haven't seen such good loadings recently
This Mon-Fri working is (or was) No.59 (Sch) on the Bus Graph, and runs "dead" back to Worcester (at least during the school term) --
and I'm wondering if it would be better, after Barnards Green, to put it on the 44 from Link Top (say) to County Hall at 17.58, as this was the bus that got missed off (to my "annoyance") in May, due to a peak of short-term driver sickness.
Also, the 17.58 from Link Top, originates (or did) as the 17.20 X43 from Worcester Crowngate, even though there are also departures of the 44 at 17.15 and 17.30 to Malvern, so is the X43 at 17.20 really needed ?
Focussing again on today's 16.35 333, I only caught a quick glimpse of the driver, but it may have again been that old stalwart, Mr.Mansfield (?) --
-- did anyone see a DD on the 333/363 before the 16.35 today please ??
