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JP6004



1,833
10 Aug 2020, 8:15 am #361
Fleet update states Consett solos due for repaint over summer. Hope they keep venture branding.....although if PM solos are anything to by, look out for the Little Diamonds Tongue
JP6004
10 Aug 2020, 8:15 am #361

Fleet update states Consett solos due for repaint over summer. Hope they keep venture branding.....although if PM solos are anything to by, look out for the Little Diamonds Tongue

Andreos1



14,155
10 Aug 2020, 9:23 am #362
(10 Aug 2020, 8:15 am)JP6004 Fleet update states Consett solos due for repaint over summer. Hope they keep venture branding.....although if PM solos are anything to by, look out for the Little Diamonds Tongue

Sounds like some retro jazz band, full of kids playing kazoos!

'Illegitimis non carborundum'
Andreos1
10 Aug 2020, 9:23 am #362

(10 Aug 2020, 8:15 am)JP6004 Fleet update states Consett solos due for repaint over summer. Hope they keep venture branding.....although if PM solos are anything to by, look out for the Little Diamonds Tongue

Sounds like some retro jazz band, full of kids playing kazoos!


'Illegitimis non carborundum'

10 Aug 2020, 10:09 am #363
(10 Aug 2020, 9:23 am)Andreos1 Sounds like some retro jazz band, full of kids playing kazoos!
I genuinely quite like the idea of having 'Little' brands for the minibuses.
In fact, I'm probably alone in thinking this, but Little Coasters is one of my favourite route brands they've done in a while!

I can just imagine having Little Diamonds, Little Angels, Little Drifter.

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streetdeckfan
10 Aug 2020, 10:09 am #363

(10 Aug 2020, 9:23 am)Andreos1 Sounds like some retro jazz band, full of kids playing kazoos!
I genuinely quite like the idea of having 'Little' brands for the minibuses.
In fact, I'm probably alone in thinking this, but Little Coasters is one of my favourite route brands they've done in a while!

I can just imagine having Little Diamonds, Little Angels, Little Drifter.

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JP6004



1,833
10 Aug 2020, 10:43 am #364
(10 Aug 2020, 10:09 am)streetdeckfan I genuinely quite like the idea of having 'Little' brands for the minibuses.
In fact, I'm probably alone in thinking this, but Little Coasters is one of my favourite route brands they've done in a while!

I can just imagine having Little Diamonds, Little Angels, Little Drifter.

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Dont forget Little Connections  Smile yes it is a lot better than the uninspiring Cobalt & Coast. Saying that they could just end up in corporate yet
JP6004
10 Aug 2020, 10:43 am #364

(10 Aug 2020, 10:09 am)streetdeckfan I genuinely quite like the idea of having 'Little' brands for the minibuses.
In fact, I'm probably alone in thinking this, but Little Coasters is one of my favourite route brands they've done in a while!

I can just imagine having Little Diamonds, Little Angels, Little Drifter.

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Dont forget Little Connections  Smile yes it is a lot better than the uninspiring Cobalt & Coast. Saying that they could just end up in corporate yet

10 Aug 2020, 10:44 am #365
(10 Aug 2020, 10:43 am)JP6004 Dont forget Little Connections  Smile yes it is a lot better than the uninspiring Cobalt & Coast. Saying that they could just end up in corporate yet

Actually, thinking about it, Little Connections would probably be a good overall brand for the minibuses
streetdeckfan
10 Aug 2020, 10:44 am #365

(10 Aug 2020, 10:43 am)JP6004 Dont forget Little Connections  Smile yes it is a lot better than the uninspiring Cobalt & Coast. Saying that they could just end up in corporate yet

Actually, thinking about it, Little Connections would probably be a good overall brand for the minibuses

JP6004



1,833
10 Aug 2020, 10:47 am #366
(10 Aug 2020, 10:44 am)streetdeckfan Actually, thinking about it, Little Connections would probably be a good overall brand for the minibuses
2nd repaint for these in 7 years. Sure they'll get round to the 4 citaros and some point  Undecided

(10 Aug 2020, 10:09 am)streetdeckfan I genuinely quite like the idea of having 'Little' brands for the minibuses.
In fact, I'm probably alone in thinking this, but Little Coasters is one of my favourite route brands they've done in a while!

I can just imagine having Little Diamonds, Little Angels, Little Drifter.

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Or the Kittens  Big Grin

(10 Aug 2020, 10:09 am)streetdeckfan I genuinely quite like the idea of having 'Little' brands for the minibuses.
In fact, I'm probably alone in thinking this, but Little Coasters is one of my favourite route brands they've done in a while!

I can just imagine having Little Diamonds, Little Angels, Little Drifter.

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Or the Kittens  Big Grin
Edited 10 Aug 2020, 10:49 am by JP6004.
JP6004
10 Aug 2020, 10:47 am #366

(10 Aug 2020, 10:44 am)streetdeckfan Actually, thinking about it, Little Connections would probably be a good overall brand for the minibuses
2nd repaint for these in 7 years. Sure they'll get round to the 4 citaros and some point  Undecided

(10 Aug 2020, 10:09 am)streetdeckfan I genuinely quite like the idea of having 'Little' brands for the minibuses.
In fact, I'm probably alone in thinking this, but Little Coasters is one of my favourite route brands they've done in a while!

I can just imagine having Little Diamonds, Little Angels, Little Drifter.

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Or the Kittens  Big Grin

(10 Aug 2020, 10:09 am)streetdeckfan I genuinely quite like the idea of having 'Little' brands for the minibuses.
In fact, I'm probably alone in thinking this, but Little Coasters is one of my favourite route brands they've done in a while!

I can just imagine having Little Diamonds, Little Angels, Little Drifter.

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Or the Kittens  Big Grin

10 Aug 2020, 10:53 am #367
(10 Aug 2020, 10:47 am)JP6004 2nd repaint for these in 7 years. Sure they'll get round to the 4 citaros and some point  Undecided

Or the Kittens  Big Grin

Or the Kittens  Big Grin

I mean, I was thinking of a different name for a cat.
streetdeckfan
10 Aug 2020, 10:53 am #367

(10 Aug 2020, 10:47 am)JP6004 2nd repaint for these in 7 years. Sure they'll get round to the 4 citaros and some point  Undecided

Or the Kittens  Big Grin

Or the Kittens  Big Grin

I mean, I was thinking of a different name for a cat.

JP6004



1,833
10 Aug 2020, 10:56 am #368
(10 Aug 2020, 10:53 am)streetdeckfan I mean, I was thinking of a different name for a cat.
So did I but it's not past the 9pm watershed  Smile
JP6004
10 Aug 2020, 10:56 am #368

(10 Aug 2020, 10:53 am)streetdeckfan I mean, I was thinking of a different name for a cat.
So did I but it's not past the 9pm watershed  Smile

10 Aug 2020, 10:57 am #369
(10 Aug 2020, 10:56 am)JP6004 So did I but it's not past the 9pm watershed  Smile

Perhaps that could be the name for the mini night buses
streetdeckfan
10 Aug 2020, 10:57 am #369

(10 Aug 2020, 10:56 am)JP6004 So did I but it's not past the 9pm watershed  Smile

Perhaps that could be the name for the mini night buses

10 Aug 2020, 3:05 pm #370
That probably explains why quite a few have missing branding and are plain yellow at the back now . Some just have the top half of the venture name on the windows and are missing any other branding. Must admit their 1st repaint hasn't weathered well at all
Olympian3521
10 Aug 2020, 3:05 pm #370

That probably explains why quite a few have missing branding and are plain yellow at the back now . Some just have the top half of the venture name on the windows and are missing any other branding. Must admit their 1st repaint hasn't weathered well at all

ne14ne1



1,507
10 Aug 2020, 3:26 pm #371
(10 Aug 2020, 10:09 am)streetdeckfan I genuinely quite like the idea of having 'Little' brands for the minibuses.
In fact, I'm probably alone in thinking this, but Little Coasters is one of my favourite route brands they've done in a while!

I can just imagine having Little Diamonds, Little Angels, Little Drifter.

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Argh no, please don't encourage them!  Smile
ne14ne1
10 Aug 2020, 3:26 pm #371

(10 Aug 2020, 10:09 am)streetdeckfan I genuinely quite like the idea of having 'Little' brands for the minibuses.
In fact, I'm probably alone in thinking this, but Little Coasters is one of my favourite route brands they've done in a while!

I can just imagine having Little Diamonds, Little Angels, Little Drifter.

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Argh no, please don't encourage them!  Smile

Storx



4,481
10 Aug 2020, 4:51 pm #372
Personally if I was GNE I'd get arid of the Little Coasters; it's got no history, hasn't brought any benefits at all (which a brand should do) infact it's done the complete opposite; degraded buses, frequency cuts, services gone altogether (42) and the loss of GNE night services and that's before bringing the point it's totally irrelevant to the 19 and 42/42A.

I'd call that a failure and certainly wouldn't want to replicate it, keep Venture thanks which is the opposite.
Storx
10 Aug 2020, 4:51 pm #372

Personally if I was GNE I'd get arid of the Little Coasters; it's got no history, hasn't brought any benefits at all (which a brand should do) infact it's done the complete opposite; degraded buses, frequency cuts, services gone altogether (42) and the loss of GNE night services and that's before bringing the point it's totally irrelevant to the 19 and 42/42A.

I'd call that a failure and certainly wouldn't want to replicate it, keep Venture thanks which is the opposite.

10 Aug 2020, 4:54 pm #373
(10 Aug 2020, 4:51 pm)Storx Personally if I was GNE I'd get arid of the Little Coasters; it's got no history, hasn't brought any benefits at all (which a brand should do) infact it's done the complete opposite; degraded buses, frequency cuts, services gone altogether (42) and the loss of GNE night services and that's before bringing the point it's totally irrelevant to the 19 and 42/42A.

I'd call that a failure and certainly wouldn't want to replicate it, keep Venture thanks which is the opposite.

The brand hasn't done any of that, if they were driving around in corporate livery services would still have been cut and contracts lost.
streetdeckfan
10 Aug 2020, 4:54 pm #373

(10 Aug 2020, 4:51 pm)Storx Personally if I was GNE I'd get arid of the Little Coasters; it's got no history, hasn't brought any benefits at all (which a brand should do) infact it's done the complete opposite; degraded buses, frequency cuts, services gone altogether (42) and the loss of GNE night services and that's before bringing the point it's totally irrelevant to the 19 and 42/42A.

I'd call that a failure and certainly wouldn't want to replicate it, keep Venture thanks which is the opposite.

The brand hasn't done any of that, if they were driving around in corporate livery services would still have been cut and contracts lost.

Storx



4,481
10 Aug 2020, 5:17 pm #374
(10 Aug 2020, 4:54 pm)streetdeckfan The brand hasn't done any of that, if they were driving around in corporate livery services would still have been cut and contracts lost.

That's debateable as the brand only came around since they took the Indigo buses off for the X-Lines network and sent the utter crap that is 698 - 705 which could've easily reduced customers and also resulted in removed WiFi, removed NSA's etc or a downgrade from Omnicities on the 11.

Either way, the brand has failed if your going to brand something you do it to improve profit / increase customers otherwise it's a waste of time. Little Coasters done the opposite. There's no point rebranding Venture to something random like Little Diamonds if your not making improvements it's just a pointless exercise. When you release a new brand you need to have something behind it otherwise it means nothing and just confuses people (where's my Venture bus gone).
Storx
10 Aug 2020, 5:17 pm #374

(10 Aug 2020, 4:54 pm)streetdeckfan The brand hasn't done any of that, if they were driving around in corporate livery services would still have been cut and contracts lost.

That's debateable as the brand only came around since they took the Indigo buses off for the X-Lines network and sent the utter crap that is 698 - 705 which could've easily reduced customers and also resulted in removed WiFi, removed NSA's etc or a downgrade from Omnicities on the 11.

Either way, the brand has failed if your going to brand something you do it to improve profit / increase customers otherwise it's a waste of time. Little Coasters done the opposite. There's no point rebranding Venture to something random like Little Diamonds if your not making improvements it's just a pointless exercise. When you release a new brand you need to have something behind it otherwise it means nothing and just confuses people (where's my Venture bus gone).

Ds1197



506
10 Aug 2020, 5:31 pm #375
(10 Aug 2020, 5:17 pm)Storx That's debateable as the brand only came around since they took the Indigo buses off for the X-Lines network and sent the utter crap that is 698 - 705 which could've easily reduced customers and also resulted in removed WiFi, removed NSA's etc or a downgrade from Omnicities on the 11.

Either way, the brand has failed if your going to brand something you do it to improve profit / increase customers otherwise it's a waste of time. Little Coasters done the opposite. There's no point rebranding Venture to something random like Little Diamonds if your not making improvements it's just a pointless exercise. When you release a new brand you need to have something behind it otherwise it means nothing and just confuses people (where's my Venture bus gone).

The little coasters have Wi-Fi
Ds1197
10 Aug 2020, 5:31 pm #375

(10 Aug 2020, 5:17 pm)Storx That's debateable as the brand only came around since they took the Indigo buses off for the X-Lines network and sent the utter crap that is 698 - 705 which could've easily reduced customers and also resulted in removed WiFi, removed NSA's etc or a downgrade from Omnicities on the 11.

Either way, the brand has failed if your going to brand something you do it to improve profit / increase customers otherwise it's a waste of time. Little Coasters done the opposite. There's no point rebranding Venture to something random like Little Diamonds if your not making improvements it's just a pointless exercise. When you release a new brand you need to have something behind it otherwise it means nothing and just confuses people (where's my Venture bus gone).

The little coasters have Wi-Fi

Stanleyone

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10 Aug 2020, 5:59 pm #376
5413 has returned to Consett in fleet livery.
Stanleyone
10 Aug 2020, 5:59 pm #376

5413 has returned to Consett in fleet livery.

13 Aug 2020, 1:54 am #377
645 is in the paint shop at Saltmeadows https://flic.kr/p/2jvHKqX


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(10 Aug 2020, 5:59 pm)Stanleyone 5413 has returned to Consett in fleet livery.


[Image: 50219166951_3f7d9a724e_c.jpg]Go North East 5413 / NK15 EOD by kieron mathews, on Flickr


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TEN 6083
13 Aug 2020, 1:54 am #377

645 is in the paint shop at Saltmeadows https://flic.kr/p/2jvHKqX


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(10 Aug 2020, 5:59 pm)Stanleyone 5413 has returned to Consett in fleet livery.


[Image: 50219166951_3f7d9a724e_c.jpg]Go North East 5413 / NK15 EOD by kieron mathews, on Flickr


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JP6004



1,833
13 Aug 2020, 9:27 am #378
(13 Aug 2020, 1:54 am)TEN 6083 645 is in the paint shop at Saltmeadows https://flic.kr/p/2jvHKqX


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Looks smart
JP6004
13 Aug 2020, 9:27 am #378

(13 Aug 2020, 1:54 am)TEN 6083 645 is in the paint shop at Saltmeadows https://flic.kr/p/2jvHKqX


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Looks smart

14 Aug 2020, 10:33 am #379
Just passed solo 645 on consett bypass, so no pics, but basically the front is all yellow and the rear maroon in the corporate style. Gone are the cartoon like Venture lettering in favour of the early 1970's lower case Venture lettering.
Looks really smart and a vast improvement
Olympian3521
14 Aug 2020, 10:33 am #379

Just passed solo 645 on consett bypass, so no pics, but basically the front is all yellow and the rear maroon in the corporate style. Gone are the cartoon like Venture lettering in favour of the early 1970's lower case Venture lettering.
Looks really smart and a vast improvement

ne14ne1



1,507
14 Aug 2020, 11:38 am #380
Pics of the revised Venture livery tweeted by Martijn

https://twitter.com/MartijnGNE/status/12...5774512128

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ne14ne1
14 Aug 2020, 11:38 am #380

Pics of the revised Venture livery tweeted by Martijn

https://twitter.com/MartijnGNE/status/12...5774512128

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