(05 Oct 2014, 2:12 pm)Michael wrote I hope they will drop the pointless brands... either way it might give us a idea on what else will get new buses this year..


I just noticed, they're's still a lot of the trident down as Northern.. mistake or are these ones not getting painted? 

I believe only twelve Tridents were due to be repainted, ten remaining in "Northern" branding, and this was mainly linked to the timeframe for when these buses were not required for scholars, etc.

The repaints started as soon as the schools broke up for summer, way back in July, and I think it was expected that two would be completed per week (12 buses divided by 6 weeks holidays = 2 per week).
The repaints were delayed somewhat due to some of these buses being re-deployed elsewhere in the fleet to cover for absent Volvo B7TLs when the Glasgow Games were on, in addition to various buses being VOR (the Tridents are seemingly notorious for having engine issues).
This is why, one month into the new school term, we're still seeing the Tridents undergoing repaint. The process is even slower now, as depots are less keen on having absent double deckers when they could could potentially need them for scholars.