(22 Nov 2013, 7:15 am)Dan wrote You're closer than CatsFast101 to the answer, that's for sure!
It's not rocket science to suggest that it's going to be a 'Go North East' logo applied! I'm pointing out that by using 'Northern' many people even in a younger age group refer to it as 'The Northern buses' and in a way I'd like to see Northern branding go completely, however, the generic Go North East livery are poor compared to Stagecoach/Arriva. A plain red bus with some GNE logos stuck on, hardly some sort of branding genius. Personally, to justify having such a plain livery I would brand the vast majority of routes, 9/X36/26/M2/M3/95/96/13/14/15 etc. otherwise GNE need a better generic livery. As I think using a livery similar to 9133 would only justify as a spare.
Another's point is at present there are too many plain unbranded buses running about, arguably unavoidable however it doesn't look good.