(05 Feb 2019, 7:29 pm)Michael wrote Hopefully, with the review of branding in full swing, it won't be long until the next brand will be gone, Green Arrow brand won't go until the Scania's are withdrawn.
Have a feeling, the Drifter brand will be dropped too, loop and Black Cats from the Scania, leaving the 35 and 38 as "Go North East", Toonlink, MetroMini and Venture.
Edit: and The 9 and The 49
The Indigo brand is all over, different buses throughout the brand, and all have different features....
I think with the branded express services such as the Red Arrows, Toon Link, Tynedale Xpress, Wear Xpress and the X9/X10 these service should all come under one brand as they used back the old days of the early 00's, so I would suggest bringing back "Go Xpress" for express services, for the Indigo's/Tynedale Links I would rebrand them as "Go Local" with sub branding for the local area those services serve.
For the other services in between that like the Citylinks, Drifters, Black Cats, Prince Bishops etc I would brand them up based on the areas they serve, so again back in the day Gateshead vehicles were a Dark Green, Sunderland were a Dark Blue and would again carry sub branding for certain services.
Lothian Buses seem to use a similar model with their use of Lothian, Lothian Country & East Coast Buses which works well for them.
(05 Feb 2019, 8:41 pm)Michael wrote Hopefully around 5 weeks per one, but i would imagine each one would be a different stage of refurbishment, looking forward to seeing them complete and if any of the FAB 56 B9's will go for refurbishment.
Was looking at the fleet list and its mad because the Scania Omnicities will be the next single decker to leave the fleet after the Scania's, i would think they would remain in service until middle of 2020 before they start to move to a spare role.
Over half the Omnicities will be in corporate livery once the Whey-Aye-50 brand has gone, 5255 to 5260 have been on the 50 since 2014 so surely the 50 is due some new buses this year which will then move them into a spare roll within the fleet.