We've been discussing it in the electric thread and it's been interesting so I thought why not ask the question see what people think.

What's your favourite brand(s) and why?
What's your most hated brand(s) and why?
If you could change a brand what would you change?

Curious if we all think the same or all have totally different ideas. I'll start:

Favourite Brands:
Red Kite: It's straight to the point and actually brought some awareness to something beyond buses local to that area.
Drifter: Another with a link to the local area in terms of fishing and Seaham Harbor
Route 19: Really simple and it stood it's time - wouldn't be outdated now and it followed the A19 at the time.

Hated Brands:
Magic Roundabout: I don't get the point of the branding and links to anything, is there a roundabout on the route...?
Pronto - Yet again do I need to say much unless Bishop Auckland is the new italian pizza centre.
The Pulse - Bizarre brand which doesn't really mean anything and doesn't sound good neither. 

For one I'd change - Coast and Country which will probably come to a surprise to some, this route is just crying for something about coal mines ie. resurrect The Waggonway brand. It pretty much connects ex pit villages and it would be nice to have something for them whereas Coast and Country is a bit corporate and I wouldn't count Stanley / Consett as the countryside whereas Sunderland City Centre is quite far from the coast (for a public transport user at least).

With the ECML shut North of Newcastle on the 19th will GNE be operating the Newcastle/Berwick to Edinburgh rail replacements. If so will the 12:10 off Newcastle be GNE as I quite fancy getting a GNE levante off the X9/X10.

E400 19644 has gained a pink overall advert for the BBCs Little Mix - The Search show.

Does anyone have a list of the PVRs for all of GNE's routes? I recall it being done several years ago, but it's quite out of date now!

Thanks in advance 

Since this forum has taken on an Eastern European/Northern Asia feel over the last day or so, I think it's appropriate to place all discussion about Srriva North East within this sub-forum.

Thoughts?

Is there anywhere in the north east you could put a tram network like the one in south london. 
My suggestions would be using the stephenson railway line or bowes railway path.

7519 on X12s today

im aware theres a pandemic going on,but, do Nexus have any intentions of changing timetables at Bus Stops and changing the Route Numbers on the Bus Stop Signs
All along the Route of GNE's 1A/1B services still have timetables for the 1 that was withdrawn back in June, other bus stops beyond Wallsend still show the 42/42A on the signs that was withdrawn to North Shields in March,but funnily enough the 40 has been removed off of the Bus Stop signs,is this the story elsewhere,or just here

According to bus times Shields Dart 35188 has migrated to Aldershot.

Interesting stuff: 

https://simpleflying.com/aer-lingus-tran...m=facebook