11 May 2017, 6:35 pm
#132
(11 May 2017, 4:28 pm)S813 FVK I think they could get away with leaving the Connections4, Saltwell Park and Fab Fifty Six vehicles as they are for now as from what i have seen, they seem to be in a good condition externally. It is only the Citylink 58, Venture and Cobalt Clipper that I think need a bit of a tidy up (and hopefully the Cobalt Clipper branding is altered to acknowledge the fact that it also goes to Blyth).
Rather than having the usual stuff about Newcastle and North Shields, would it not be better to have the following.
Between upper and lower deck panels on nearside and offside: Frequent links from the Heart Of The Blyth Valley and North Tyneside to Cobalt and Newcastle.
Also, if the 19 was to ever get treated to some refurbished Mercs, would it not make sense to put the 19 under the Cobalt Clipper brand with the follwing tagline:
Links from the Heart of Northumberland and North Tyneside to Cobalt
It would also allow some flexibility on Sundays (or even during the evenings if a swap could happen in Shields for the 310's) allowing single deckers to be allocated to services 309 / 310 alongside 4x B9TLs due to lower passenger numbers as long as there isn't any major events on or any particular weekends such as the run upto Christmas which attracts shoppers.
