21 Jan 2017, 11:40 pm
#362
(21 Jan 2017, 7:31 pm)S813 FVK Yes - it is something that I noticed myself and brought up on the forum, although in far less detail than yourself.
Could it have done purposefully to refrain from confirming that there will be a change to the brand of the 49/49A, leaving that job down to the Marketing team at Go North East instead or until the first vehicle that will be branded is spotted at Heysham/is delivered to the company? By showing all vehicles as being Red & Blue, it can easily mislead people and stop things from being released onto the public domain before the company wants to.
I only suggest that because it is very rare for them to purchase brand new vehicles for a route that will be unbranded. I don't really see the relevance of the Blaydon Racers brand being attached to the 49/49A anyway, only one of the services actually goes to Blaydon (49), I think they'd be better off dropping the Toon Link brand from the 12/12A and transferring the Blaydon Racers brand over, it would have much more relevance and would give people 1 less reason to moan about the company. No idea what replacement brand I would suggest for the 49/49A though.
Yea, I was also wondering whether the Blaydon Racers brand was being dropped and the 49's receiving a New brand still yet to be revealed.
I do agree, I've always thought that the 49's didn't best suit the Blaydon Racers Brand, where as the Toon Link 12's would be far better suited to the brand, since their route takes in more of the original route of the Blaydon Races.
We will just have to wait and see what colour the new Streetlites are when they start to arrive, whether this gives us an indication of an updated brand or a fresh new brand only time will tell. Wonder how long it will be before the next ones arrive?
