(03 Aug 2018, 6:34 pm)omnicity4659 Everything takes time. The Interurban repaint scheme wasn't a full rebrand, instead was just a "smarten up" project of the fleets.
Eventually, there'll be no more liveries than the Journey Mark "Standard", "Go Greener", "Sapphire" and any locally specified liveries (Cross Pennine, Whitby Park & Ride, TfL etc). Presently, the 308 Geminis are in for a repaint, then it'll move onto the next batch of buses.
Arriva don't have the budget to repaint buses in the North East like what Go North East or Stagecoach do. Even when they do a repaint, if it's on a major route (308 etc), extra money is spent on the interiors, whereas Stagecoach and GNE don't do that.
The new Arriva brand is very strict and is designed to be simple but consistent, however, it's down to cost whether or not vehicles get it...
This isn't true.
2817 was an in-house job, and seemingly was done to make it more Frequenta-y...
I'd like to think they'd rush 7524-28 through, to standardise the X21/22. In fact, I'd put 7527/8 into the generic livery as there seem to be always at least 2 14 plates on the X15/18 at the moment, and keep 7524-26 as dedicated X21/22.
Jesmond's Sapphire's could also do with a bit of TLC...
