11 Oct 2015, 6:30 pm
#418
(11 Oct 2015, 6:06 pm)B10man Away from speculation at the moment due to the relatively last minute annoucement that the 11/96 is no longer going to be toon link livery bus nothing has been confirmed and discussion still under way as to what to find for the 11/96 services. It could be the blue mercs but its unlikely.
Nothing is going to happen with the service 10's there are not going to put streetlites on them or change the service. Reason, because 10s,10A,10B all work fine the way they are. The 27s is not going to get double deckers any time soon niether is the 58s.
I wonder whether GNE will actually use a specific vehicle type now that the 11/96 are not part of the Toon Link brand, or whether the services will be operated by various vehicle types of which are Red Corporate liveried vehicles.
With the fact that the 11 is no longer part of Toon Link, but the Stanley services X30, X31, X32 are joining Toon Link Brand, along with the 12 and 12a Winlaton services, is there currently enough Omnicities to cover the whole Toon Link PVR's or are there some to be painted and branded up. I'm guessing the vehicles GNE are saving from service 11, won' t be enough for the PVR of the X30, X31, X32.
Also, going back to a few comments the other day that people thought that the new 12/12A would be better suited to Blaydon Racers brand (like service 32 used to be) I tend to agree with that... as the Blaydon Races used to start in Newcastle and carry along Scotwood Road into Blaydon, and I think it finished in the Stella area, if I am correct! So Yes, I Think Blaydon Racers would be more appropriate than Toon Link.
