(26 Apr 2014, 4:49 am)Dan wrote I think they look daft when they only have the number on the rear. If you've got five mins you may want to have a brief look through my Flickr - one of the red ones at Stanley, taken at Newcastle on the X31 (?)
Shows you what it would look like if you haven't already seen it.
Yeah, I've had a look and the X31 does look odd on its own, but I think it's hard to get a number more than 2 digits and some longer destinations (e.g. 50A Chester le St) squeezed in. One of your photos displays this, and while the destination hasn't been formatted properly, I don't think South Shields will fit.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/danielgrahamm/12651595925