(15 May 2019, 6:22 pm)Michael I quite like it the timetable design, better than before.

In someways, its not end of the world if they remove certain brands.... the likes of the Whey Aye Five-0 was ridiculous, same as See It Do it Sunderland.... 

(15 May 2019, 6:42 pm)TEN 6083 Go North East: 0691 / YJ13HNW by Daniel Graham, on Flickr

If anyone hasn’t seen it

(15 May 2019, 6:42 pm)TEN 6083 Go North East: 0691 / YJ13HNW by Daniel Graham, on Flickr

If anyone hasn’t seen it

(15 May 2019, 6:42 pm)TEN 6083 Go North East: 0691 / YJ13HNW by Daniel Graham, on Flickr

If anyone hasn’t seen it

(15 May 2019, 6:47 pm)Tom Looks smart, main question is what's gonna make up the additional PVR on the big coasters aha? Omnidekkas?

(15 May 2019, 6:49 pm)JP6004 Is the current PVR not 14? Therefore the green big days out B9 could officially join coaster brand

(15 May 2019, 8:35 pm)V514DFT The Indigo NT brand staying?

(15 May 2019, 8:36 pm)Tom Yeah, new PVR will be 16 though

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Little coasters is replacing it

(15 May 2019, 6:58 pm)BusLoverMum I like the new timetable design. For this service, at least, it's nice and clear and easy to use. The test will be more complex and frequent services like the Angel and the the tens as, obviously, a lot more information is needed within the format.

(15 May 2019, 11:47 pm)V514DFT I can understand the 11 becoming little coasters but the 40/41/42/42A dont go to the coast,at all

(16 May 2019, 1:13 am)omnicity4659 Think they'll go for the booklet style that Arriva used to use. Anything is an improvement over the excessively sized timetables which GNE used to use and what Arriva use now!

(16 May 2019, 1:13 am)omnicity4659 Think they'll go for the booklet style that Arriva used to use. Anything is an improvement over the excessively sized timetables which GNE used to use and what Arriva use now!

(16 May 2019, 5:49 am)S813 FVK Absolutely. That was my biggest gripe with the old format.

(16 May 2019, 6:24 am)Dan For now, at least, everything will be done in the style it was previously.

I wouldn't read too much into X-lines and Best Impressions being the standard for everything. The whole X-lines concept is to try and set apart a more premium customer experience and better quality product from 'standard' local service work, a la Sapphire, MAX, Stagecoach Gold etc.

Clearly this is difficult to do by way of the specification of the bus, as Go North East's standard specification is already quite high, but the livery design has been purposely designed to look a bit more premium (more colour etc, use of gold) and a different style of timetable including detailed route map etc.

(16 May 2019, 5:06 am)Dan Why do they need to? The 42/42A also serve  North Shields - is this not a coastal town now? 

The Little Coasters brand sits within the blue North Tyneside family of brands - Coaster and Cobalt & Coast. The Little Coaster buses provide connections and links to the "big" coastal buses.

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(16 May 2019, 8:02 am)Andreos1 I wouldn't say it was. Or ever was. 
The fact it's town centre overlooks the river (or is actually further inland if you take in to account the outlying suburbs) tells me it's not. 

Are Tynemouth, Cullercoats, Whitley Bay on the coast and therefore coastal towns or villages - yes. 
North Shields - no.