(03 Jun 2021, 10:48 pm)Rapidsnap wrote It's unfeasable to brand every route.

(03 Jun 2021, 10:36 pm)Rapidsnap wrote To be honest, I would class Western Gateshead as areas like Blaydon, Winlaton, Whickham, Ryton, Rowlands Gill etc, basically West of the A1 between Team Valley and where it crosses the Tyne, whilst Eastern Gateshead I felt was areas East of Old Durham Road, the areas like Team Valley, Low Fell, Gateshead I felt were central Gateshead whilst South of the A1 at the Angel, basically Birtley and Barley Mow was Southern Gateshead, I believe they don't seem themselves as part of Gateshead and more County Durham due to the area having a DH postcode.

(03 Jun 2021, 10:38 pm)Micheal Aaron wrote Yea. Granted it would be better if East part out. It would be better.

I won't say there crap. At least they got branding unlike some routes which will probably never get branding 

To name a few 
12/12A, 6/6A, 50/50A, 49/49A, 35,35A, 69, 9, 33/33A(Newcastle) 25, 28/28A, 34, M6/M7/M8, X22, X6, 5, 30/1/2, 33(Sunderland) 38,38A, 55
And all the others routes that are stuck with other branded buses on or 2016/2019 corp version 

Tbh it's nice to see new branding and names coming up for GNE. My personal favourite is QuayCity. Mainly its unique from the rest 

Why is it unique. Because its not like the other brands. The brands have a main colour at the back. Following by the Yellow and White stripes then the bigger main colour at the rest of the bus. 

QuayCity manged to survive this type of branding. Its one of my favourite cause its the best one. If GNE had have followed the same way and had the same way most branding had. Then it wouldn't be my favourite

(03 Jun 2021, 11:49 pm)Storx wrote Yeah that's fair like, see personally I wouldn't class any of them as Gateshead at all but I guess it depends whether we're talking about the council area or the town.

To me Gateshead ends at the A1 on the West side including the little part of Dunston Hill and Lobley Hill with all of the East side being Gateshead with it being split down Durham Road / Sheriff Hill.

Anything West of Durham Road / Prince Concert Road being West Gateshead, anything East of Sheriff Hill / the Flyover being East Gateshead, the small bit in the middle being central.

Who knows, anyone on here from Whickham and the likes do you class yourself as being Gateshead or Whickham?


See personally I'd rather they kept corporate for some routes and then only have the principal routes branded. Branding shouldn't change name wise though imo. Trent Barton nail branding in my eyes and it's worked that well that they've ditched the route number for numerous services alltogether and every bus is a different colour so you can see ooo the green bus that's mine. It doesn't work here (bar the Angel) and everyone just calls them by them numbers because they change them every week so what's the point. Cobalt Clipper was one of the worst for that as there's loads on the Coast who used to refer to it as that so they change the branding now it's just the 309 and Cobalt and Coast is a mouthful and doesn't flow. It's the same with Citylink vs East Gateshead Rider. One flows the other is a mouthful.

https://www.trentbarton.co.uk/network-map - Trent Barton's network for reference; think you'll like their branding aswell better.

(03 Jun 2021, 8:55 pm)Micheal Aaron wrote Tbh some of the branding that's was previously before coming X Lines made little to no sense

Red Arrows X1 (Don't know what that was meant to symbolise)

Red Kite X45/6/7 (Showing the buses passed the area where Red kites have been spotted and the Red Kite trail) possible but could be wrong

ToonLink X70/71 (A link to the toon I'm guessing from Stanley and Consett)

Tynedale Express X84/85 (Simpl a Tynedale Express from Hexham to Newcastle)

Can't say much on the X9/X10 as there's was simpl before becoming X Lines

Castle Express X21(Didn't see the point in this part unless there was a reason)

X Lines is one of GNE better branding. Giving them a new look to show there the quicker links to other buses.

Especially with the X21 & 21. Quicker links to Durham between the two

(04 Jun 2021, 1:50 am)BeachBoy99 wrote Red Arrows: referred to the jets, perhaps, which are fast... hence express?

Tynedale Express: probably the only one that didn't make sense, so I'll give you that. It was bright and stood out nonetheless.

(19 Jun 2021, 10:13 pm)Micheal Aaron wrote Seeing a Flickr photo that 6154 is at Blackburn Bus & Coach apparently for a repaint. Wonder if this is for the 58 and there going to make 6149/54 be for the 58

The guy responded to the comment saying there is a few down there

(19 Jun 2021, 10:21 pm)Michael wrote Blackburn must be helping with the repaints or are they getting a small refurb?, have you got a link to the picture please.

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Blackburn must be helping with the repaints or are they getting a small refurb?, have you got a link to the picture please.

(19 Jun 2021, 10:21 pm)Michael wrote Blackburn must be helping with the repaints or are they getting a small refurb?, have you got a link to the picture please.

(20 Jun 2021, 4:54 am)Micheal Aaron wrote Yea sure

(20 Jun 2021, 6:48 am)NewcastleOne wrote 6154 was repainted a while ago (after an accident in Sunderland?) and I believe it was said that due to these arriving not that along ago 3/4 years ago the interiors are still fresh. So I don’t think it’s refurb but a modification of some sort.

(20 Jun 2021, 2:28 pm)ne14ne1 wrote Maybe they could paint black window surrounds while it’s there.

(22 Jun 2021, 4:10 pm)TEN 6083 wrote Go North East 6152 / LJ62 KDZ by kieron mathews, on Flickr

Back in service


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(22 Jun 2021, 4:52 pm)ne14ne1 wrote Swap your horseshoes?

(01 Jul 2021, 1:22 pm)Rapidsnap wrote 6154 is now in East Gateshead Rider Livery.

(08 Jul 2021, 1:42 pm)ne14ne1 wrote [Disclaimer - not a GNE repaint.]


“Right, what shall we do for these guys? …Go North East’s road stripes, turned upside down, and reflected 180° - bam! Send the invoice”.

https://twitter.com/gstevens01/status/1413094045937774597?s=21

(08 Jul 2021, 1:46 pm)streetdeckfan wrote I wonder who designed that!

Actually, it doesn't seem to have the awful patch of colour on the front so maybe it's not worst impressions...

(07 Jul 2021, 4:53 pm)Michael wrote Does look good, better than I thought it would.

(10 Jun 2020, 9:05 am)V514DFT wrote I have to say tne N56 livery was one of my favourite liveries