(25 Oct 2024, 8:06 pm)L469 YVK wrote But surely branding costs money? Quite a **** take they've got money for branding.....yet are using BSIP to prop up their "goldmines"!
Should only be:
- Electrics / Voltra
- Angel (will eventually fall into above)
- Coast Road (joint brand with Arriva Northumbria)
- XLines - Charcoal generic, maybe some sub branding for areas, routes
- X66 - GoNE corporate with vinyls
Literally EVERYTHING else should be corporate!
Why should the Coast road routes be branded but not the 56?
Shouldn't the 307/309 be corporate, if the 56 is?
(25 Oct 2024, 8:09 pm)Storx wrote X Lines should be the first to go, it's been an absolute disaster by any measure.
It's outdated and was when it was first introduced. Thankfully Arriva and Stagecoach have scrapped their respective brands which GoNE copied. It might have made slightly more sense if the buses were actually premium, see Transdev Blazefield, but they're literally the same as the rest of the fleet - for the X20, worse.
100% agree that X-Lines has been a massive flop.
(25 Oct 2024, 2:59 pm)Retro Nero wrote The only brandings staying are (Sunderland Depot) --- City Rider , Prince Bishops, Drifter ( which will be similar to coaster);, and XLines (X20) all others going corporate.
Hopefully they'll add USB ports to the Drifter buses.