(25 Jan 2021, 3:50 pm)ifm001 wrote Dan.
Just a quick question. Not complaining about the colours or livery however how will this work when depots operate services outside of their areas . I'm thinking the 5/50 operated by Washington which is pink but the 5 solely operates in South Tyneside which is red. Or because this interworks with the 50 which operates into Washington is this then deemed as acceptable?.
The 5 and 50 aren't branded services, and no immediate plans for them to be re-branded. As I say, this isn't a new strategy, and the Scania OmniCitys on this service lost their dedicated route branding in favour of fleet livery in the two years of this strategy being in place.
As I said before, it was a bit of an off-the-cuff remark in an internal team briefing, so staff were aware of one of the reasons behind buses being repainted and refurbished. Clearly it was always going to 'get out' into enthusiast circles (even more so after Martijn posted a screenshot of the memo on social media), but I don't think the comment was ever meant to be taken quite so literally, and dissected and analysed to the extent it has been.