(09 Aug 2017, 11:35 am)S813 FVK wrote Perhaps it was never removed to start off with, but 7508 has the silver line below the via points making it look like what it is supposed to be: a non-geographical route map!
Arriva North East 7508 NK57GXA by R855 PRG, on Flickr
7505 was the one that had them removed in error, all other ones have them.
No bus at Gosforth launch, but there's Arriva/Sapphire branded pencils/pens/stress buses/smart phone fans/wristbands available