(03 Aug 2014, 9:23 pm)DaveyBowyer wrote Well put it this way, do you see 6056 to 6070 straying off route? No becuase they were subsidised by the Govt to be on that route! If Cobalt Park still sponsored the 309 and partly invested in the double deckers, would they be happy at GNE if they decided to run them on the 9, Coaster and 17?
..and management would be having stern words with Chester-le-Street, if they did!
Branded vehicles appearing off-route is one thing, but government-funded vehicles appearing off-route is a completely different kettle of fish - and GNE wouldn't tolerate it.