(07 Nov 2020, 12:13 am)Drifter60 wrote Picking up the QuayLink conversation, I have to agree the rebrand to QuayCity seems a bit random. I’m yet to see the justification for it, although I agree the city centre and commuters could and perhaps should be an important part of the livery moving forward. But isn’t that like everything - ‘Coaster’ hardly represents my journey from the Metrocentre to Newcastle while the Coast & Country 8 on a journey from Waterview Park to Chester-Le-Street when it’s nor coastline or countryside. Both brands I quite like might I add, but the point being it’s hard to find a brand that links everything a route has to offer.
Is there confirmed plans for the Q1 & Q2? Surely they are the ones that really needs rebranding, considering the amount of the route that is actually a Gateshead suburban circular. I wonder if the route will become split once more? QuayCity for the Newcastle-Quayside-Gateshead stretch with a new brand or corporate brand for the Gateshead loop.
I just don't understand why they wouldn't just go for something completely new instead of creating possibly one of the worst brand names ever, to me it's pretty much on par with Fab Fifty Six!
Sure, the 'Quaylink' brand has a history, but so did Red Kites and Red Arrows, but they still ditched those so that argument is pretty much invalid as far as I'm concerned.