Right this is my opinion. I think GNE need to debrand the Little Coaster buses and change them to 2019 livery. Here's why.
Number 1. The branding on the side doesn't work or fit anymore for GNE, "Frequency bus service from Early to Late 7 days a week"
This is more to the fact GNE don't run the service on a Sunday or Lates anymore. Most they run up to is 6pm with the exception being the 41 which runs till 8pm.
Number 2, The branding doesn't make a whole lot of sense. For the 41 and 11 yes I can understand but the 42 42A and 19. Reason is the 42A runs all the way to Kingston Park and the 42 and 19 run into Northumberland. I could be wrong.
This is just my opinion so I'd be happy if I missed something or I'm wrong about it lol
(05 Mar 2021, 3:18 pm)MichealAaron wrote [ -> ]Right this is my opinion. I think GNE need to debrand the Little Coaster buses and change them to 2019 livery. Here's why.
Number 1. The branding on the side doesn't work or fit anymore for GNE, "Frequency bus service from Early to Late 7 days a week"
This is more to the fact GNE don't run the service on a Sunday or Lates anymore. Most they run up to is 6pm with the exception being the 41 which runs till 8pm.
Number 2, The branding doesn't make a whole lot of sense. For the 41 and 11 yes I can understand but the 42 42A and 19. Reason is the 42A runs all the way to Kingston Park and the 42 and 19 run into Northumberland. I could be wrong.
This is just my opinion so I'd be happy if I missed something or I'm wrong about it lol
The branding is all about connecting with the Coaster service in Wallsend which kind of makes sense for the 11, 41 and 42/42A less so for the last since they chopped it.
The 19 isn't part of it anymore and unless they get some Solo's from somewhere and repaint them into the branding they won't be going back into it either since a few of them have gone down to Manchester and aren't coming back but it never made sense being part of it anyway.
I always suggested Coaster Connect
(05 Mar 2021, 6:16 pm)V514DFT wrote [ -> ]I always suggested Coaster Connect
Was thinking something in the direction of Coaster Links myself, but yours works so much better!
I think the Little Pinks should’ve been Corporate livery too. Here why’s. Little Pinks is... absolutely meaningless.
Pointless even. Just why. Maybe at the time they wanted a new name & colour to tweet about to get a few enthusiasts and bus industry colleagues excited for 5 minutes?
Agree with you about the Little Coasters, if they aren’t doing what they say on the tin, what’s the point.
Little Coaster needs an upgrade. Buses and Branding. When GNE changed the server back in March. It lost it name
(05 Mar 2021, 3:18 pm)MichealAaron wrote [ -> ]Right this is my opinion. I think GNE need to debrand the Little Coaster buses and change them to 2019 livery. Here's why.
Number 1. The branding on the side doesn't work or fit anymore for GNE, "Frequency bus service from Early to Late 7 days a week"
This is more to the fact GNE don't run the service on a Sunday or Lates anymore. Most they run up to is 6pm with the exception being the 41 which runs till 8pm.
Number 2, The branding doesn't make a whole lot of sense. For the 41 and 11 yes I can understand but the 42 42A and 19. Reason is the 42A runs all the way to Kingston Park and the 42 and 19 run into Northumberland. I could be wrong.
This is just my opinion so I'd be happy if I missed something or I'm wrong about it lol
Disagree with the second point - while the 42 and 42A do leave North Tyneside, they spend the vast majority of their respective routes in the borough. With the 42, it only spends about five minutes in Northumberland, and Cramlington is pretty much just a continuation of the North Tyneside suburbs anyway. The 42A wanders a bit more, but doesn't actually enter Newcastle until it gets to Hazlerigg, which is about three quarters of the way through the route.
You could compare it to Little Pinks. That's a Washington network, but some of its services extend to Birtley/Heworth - but they're still mainly in Washington.