I wonder whether the New Northern 6 - will be operated using the current Red Omnideckers, with the New Northern vinyls added.
(I'm sure Dan did mention recently, that the current Omnideckers were painted not that long ago, so would be unlikely to be re-painted again quite so soon)
I'm not saying they aren't getting New/Newer Vehicles for the New Northern 6 route, but might this be the plan for now?
Also as for the Omnicities on the ToonLink, are there enough Red or other Omnicities around to paint Black to meet the PVR of the New ToonLink X30, X31, X32 services.
I can't see them interworking much with the current ToonLink brand, as the Vinyl destinations along the side of the vehicles would be wrong - eg: current ones show = Blackhall Mill - Crawcrook - Winlaton - Blaydon - Newcastle, where as the New ones will need to show destinations for the New Routes = eg: Stanley - Sinniside - Whickham - Newcastle.
I suppose they may only need enough for the PVR of the X30 & X31, as has already been mentioned with the X32 only running at peak times, that will probably be operated by Red spare vehicles.
Abit like the current 11A service Prudhoe - Newcastle, only peak time runnings - Morning journeys to Newcastle are usually operated by X66 branded Streetlites, whereas the evening return journey is operated by a mix of single & Double decker Red vehicles.
