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"Dr Ivan D. Reid" wrote in message
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Saw a double-decker on the 222 route the other night. I don't
recall seeing one before, is this a new development?


Happens occasionally, presumably when they are short of the usual single
deckers.

There is at least one DD working regularly on the A10. The special
liveried
Darts for the A10 are now used randomly on any Uxbridge-based routes.

The 49 and 328 are both single decker routes desperately in need of
double deckers. Is there a process or trigger level that causes TfL to
ask the operator to provide DDs?

I'm not sure how it works, but the 183 was a single deck for a short
while, after which Sovereign saw the error of its ways and replaced the
double deckers. I presume the ticketing software must be able to tell
the loading levels.

I remember when the old No 28 buses (328 predecessor) were Routemasters...

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