Capacity reduction observed on bus service 243. Probably because
they want to rationalise resources with bus service 258, there are
fewer Volvo B9TL Double-Decker buses and more Mercedes-Benz Citaro
Single-Decker buses on bus service 243. Meanwhile, bus service 258
continues to enjoy a full fleet of Volvo B9TL Double-Decker
buses.
In other news, there's one Volvo B9TL Double-Decker bus
permanently deployed on bus service 242.
242 has had 1 perm DD for years now. 243G was full fleet SD, now
50% DD. 243W has a lot of DDs. I have suggested before also: In PM,
they should have the fleet between 243G and 243W reversed.
Anyway, frequency is 03 mins on both services so not so bad
actually + no new development along their route - so loading will
remain constant for now.