(08 Oct 2015, 8:35 pm)Michael wrote They got rid of the 35/35A/35B/35C because it was to confusing... doubt they'll add a 10C to the TEN route... it'll be even more confusing than now.
Didn't Dan say ages ago that they were moving away from having 2 different set of buses for a branded route.
If GNE wanted to avoid the confusion, they could swap the 10A / 10B route numbers to keep the destinations and areas served in common (10/10A to Prudhoe or 10B/10C to Greenside). Also, assuming GNE would buy a 9th single decker as a spare, the 10 / 10A would have 2x spares with 1x at Hexham and 1x at Riverside consisting of 6071 / 6084 due to the flexibility of them also working the TTX. At Riverside, 1x spare single decker would be available for the 10B / 10C.
Another handy thing using a split allocation would be that if any incidents were to kick off between the Metrocentre and Newcastle through Dunston like a few month back, the 10 / 10A could be regulated at the Metrocentre and the 10B / 10C could operate on the A1 via the Brewery and allow the 10 / 10A to run on time between the Metrocentre and Hexham / Prudhoe.