(15 Dec 2013, 7:10 pm)andreos1 wrote But if it is that much more expensive, surely they should keep it on 8319 to get some value out of it?
When it's a required vehicle?
Fair enough if it was only a spare (as would have been the case if "SimpliCity" only included services 39 and 42), and that way it could have been used on other services when not required on either of the aforementioned services in the "SimpliCity" network.
Had that of been the case, I'd have been all for leaving 8319 in its current centenary livery... As it's not, seems a little silly to leave it in that livery.
Arriva was mentioned in a previous post...
Arriva and Go North East are two completely different companies. As most of Arriva's network is not 'branded' in any way whatsoever and the majority of their services are allocated corporate liveried vehicles, their customers do not familiarise their bus service with a specific name or identity like Go North East's passengers do.