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(04 Oct 2022, 8:24 am)ne14ne1 wrote I don’t see those bringing any benefit (apart from pleasing a few bus spotters).
It would just continue to limit fleet flexibility.

(04 Oct 2022, 8:42 am)cbma06 wrote I would just say the same with the existing branded services that GNE has , GNE fleet should be more than 90% corporate own identity instead of 90% being worthless and pointless branded.


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(04 Oct 2022, 8:42 am)cbma06 wrote I would just say the same with the existing branded services that GNE has , GNE fleet should be more than 90% corporate own identity instead of 90% being worthless and pointless branded.


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(04 Oct 2022, 3:10 pm)Unber43 wrote I would say keep the ones which have had branding for ages e.g 10 years.

(04 Oct 2022, 9:52 pm)streetdeckfan wrote While I am a big proponent for route branding, I can see why with the way GNE currently is, it can be a bit of an issue. Here are a few ideas I had to simplify, but not remove route branding.

Dedicated route branding, for the most part would go. With each area instead having it's own brand, similar to Sunderland District, except without the variants. Since I'm not particularly fond of the word 'district', they would become 'Locals'. So we would have Sunderland Locals, Gateshead Locals, Derwentside Locals, Peterlee Locals etc. All vehicles will have a blue rear, with only the front portion and the road stripe changing.

I would keep X-lines, but all vehicles would be in the generic charcoal allowing for flexibility in moving vehicles around. I would keep them 'branded' per route, ie. having the locations on the side, but they would all be the same colour. It would probably make more sense to have them in the blue X-lines since it would match the rest of the fleet, but the charcoal is nicer!

I would introduce a new 'Citylink' brand, connecting the three cities in the North East. These would keep the current unique colours, but be under one brand. Unfortunately that would mean the end to 'The Angel' brand, but I'm aiming to simplify the branding.
Citylink 21 - green
Citylink 56 - orange
Citylink 20 - purple

Longer distance, but not express, routes that cross the area boundaries would fall under the new 'Connector' brand, this would take over current brands like Coaster, Crusader, Connections 4, and Country Ranger.

I would scrap VOLTRA, at least as a main brand. Quaycity would be rebranded back to Quaylink becuase Quaycity is a shite name that is horrible to say. VOLTRA 53/54 would just fall under the Gateshead Locals brand, maybe with some Voltra crap on the side.

Here's a potentially controversial idea, Cobalt&Coast would become part of the X-Lines brand. The vehicles are of the right spec, and are arguably about as express as the other X-Lines routes!

Since I've obviously mocked up my ideas, I'll post them in the brand ideas topic

(05 Oct 2022, 7:47 pm)F114TML wrote For all the many suggestions that Xlines sub-branding be binned - couldn't we have a better variant than the charcoal one to be the one that stays? I've never really liked it tbh.

(05 Oct 2022, 8:17 pm)Storx wrote I really don't get the obsession with X Lines.

X1 - Reduced frequency
X5/X15 - Downgraded
X6/X7 - Scrapped
X9 - Scrapped
X10 - Frequency halved on Sundays
X20 - Scrapped
X21 - Late evening services scrapped
X30/X31 - Frequency halved
X45/X46/X47 - Frequency 1/3, 47 downgraded, X46 scrapped
X70/X71/X72 - Frequency 2/3, X70 scrapped
X84/X85 - Scrapped

It's been an absolute disaster, get shot of it.

(03 Dec 2022, 12:53 pm)ne14ne1 wrote Road-strip looks a little weird on this East Gateshead Rider

https://twitter.com/marcmorganhuws/status/1598958601262927872?s=46&t=t1Qxe4EHNnp-Hiu-bH7qLw

(04 Dec 2022, 12:05 pm)streetdeckfan wrote I wonder who designed it?
Could it be Copy and Paste Impressions?

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(04 Dec 2022, 2:17 pm)ne14ne1 wrote Guessing it’ll have been super cheap for the operator as it was a used design.

(04 Dec 2022, 2:23 pm)streetdeckfan wrote I doubt it!

I'd hope it'd be bloody cheap anyway, it's literally 4 clicks in Illustrator!

(04 Dec 2022, 3:02 pm)Unber43 wrote I've always wondered how much they cost to design their plain two stripe design

(03 Dec 2022, 12:53 pm)ne14ne1 wrote Road-strip looks a little weird on this East Gateshead Rider

https://twitter.com/marcmorganhuws/status/1598958601262927872?s=46&t=t1Qxe4EHNnp-Hiu-bH7qLw

(24 Feb 2023, 7:59 pm)F114TML wrote Thought I'd dig this thread up again after I just posted a press release about the Lambton Worm 71 in the service change thread (this would be a more appropriate thread). Here's another one I found from when the 35 was launched as Laser. It's a real delight.

(25 Feb 2023, 9:30 pm)NEbushopper wrote When was this? looks like its from the 2000's

(24 Feb 2023, 7:59 pm)F114TML wrote Thought I'd dig this thread up again after I just posted a press release about the Lambton Worm 71 in the service change thread (this would be a more appropriate thread). Here's another one I found from when the 35 was launched as Laser. It's a real delight.

(05 Mar 2023, 12:09 am)Drifter60 wrote Speaking of the 35 - I wonder if any Deptford drivers on here could explain why the 35 seems to be using its layover at Low Moorlsey on the main road rather the off road terminus further up? It’s actually evidenced in the latest Google street view shots, ‘Moorsley Road-Weardale Street’. Every time I seem to go that way there’s cars darting round a bus that’s stationary in the bus stop that’s on the main road.