(27 May 2014, 5:47 pm)Dan wrote GNE's Archive has 5219's first livery down as 'Kickstart'; however, I've found a photograph of the vehicle which says 'carrying the first version of the Loop livery':
https://www.flickr.com/photos/95597126@N05/13033333444

Do you know which is correct?


Edit: From what I can gather, the ones at Chester received the 'swoop-style' version of the corporate livery too, before being repainted black in January 2008.

Yup, they were in the swoop style livery for just a short period.
Could have sworn it was prior to Jan 2008 though they went black - although Jan 08 could have been when they went into livery.
As I say, going solely off memory - I was working as a sub-contractor within an organisation that had sites across the NE, including one in East Gateshead until late 07 and I remember seeing the newly repainted black Solars which had transferred from Chester, before then.

I cant remember any specific Kickstart livery - pretty sure the original livery on each of the vehicles, was always to do with the East Gateshead partnership in an adaptation of the 'swoop' livery - prior to the two black versions.

Pretty sure the initial batch were in the first version (as per the photo) and when the frequency was increased by the Chester arrivals, then it went black.