(31 Aug 2021, 8:58 pm)Dan wrote Unlike your example with Stagecoach, leaflets are being re-produced (updated with better maps, fares info etc) regardless of whether the route has changed or not. Just because there is no change doesn’t make that route any less worthy of a printed timetable leaflet.
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Agree with you on this sentiment - if the GNE leaflets were more readily available I'd wholeheartedly agree Stagecoach had a thing or two to learn from GNE on this. I'm no advocate of the argument that leaflets are only needed for major changes (though I believe that was GNE's position from mid 2017 to mid 2019 ish and one I'm glad to see they have retrenched from) and remain hopeful Stagecoach will reinstate theirs fully soon.
On the subject of timetables, does anyone know if the Washington or Peterlee locals ever received printed leaflets from 2020 onward? The most recent I found were 2019 (but only 85/86), back in 2017 for the other Washington locals and 2016 for Peterlee network - but suspect I missed some more recently?
Finally - anyone know why there are a few different styles of leaflets? The road stripe style introduced in 2020 seemed to be replaced in the Oct 2020 issues with the likes of the 21 and 56 aving coloured corners but no stripes - yet the likes of 8/78 continued in the road stripe style but also issued Oct 2020. It seems from photos the new style thus far are also back to the road stripe (excluding Xlines which I get are different). Then there's the Berries 2 which is different again. Yet the Q3 which has a wavey livery does stick to the road stripe design leaflet whereas the 53/54 which has similar livery doesnt. Do the inconsistent leaflet styles mean anything in terms of the services they relate to (X lines aside) or just random/trying different designs?