(20 Jan 2024, 10:51 pm)Dan wrote Since inception, X-lines routes were described as ‘interurban routes’ which were express/limited stop - akin to Arriva with their MAX brand.
The X66 doesn’t fit that criteria, but those services branded as X-lines all do.
There's nothing express / limited stop on the X5/X15 is there? Always seemed pointless to me, it kind of made sense with Arriva as they didn't have any other brands so it stood out but with GNE, it was just 'another' brand especially since nothing else changed. Least Arriva done a mid life refurb, as part of it, so it was like a relaunch per say.
Mind Arriva lost the plot with it aswell, and just branded way too much, with Sapphire complicating things with some routes part of that being questionable aswell, if they bothered to allocate things properly anyway which lasted days at some depots. Blyth, Darlington and Durham, in particular.
Stagecoach Gold was the best version of it imo.