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Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - June 2015

Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - June 2015

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RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - June 2015
(21 Jun 2015, 9:41 pm)S813 FVK wrote Re: https://www.flickr.com/photos/bazza90/19...ateposted/

Derwentside College is situated in Consett with the term Derwentside being used to describe the whole area so can't quite come to the conclusion as to whether 'Derwentside' is appropriate.

Apologies. Just realised that was a bit of a Bazza sentence and i will take full responsibility if somebody almost dies because they havent paused to gasp any air  Undecided 

Sadly there's only so much room on the destination display, and you're left with little scope to fit something in which has a large number of characters. "Derwentside College" doesn't fit on the top line, so the "College" is placed on the second line and is followed by the via points - just like "Newcastle / Eldon Square via", "Newcastle / Business Park via" etc.

Arriva have their via points on different 'pages', so there's probably a longer period in which the 'extended terminal point' is not visible, than with "College express via Consett".

I insist that display is better than "CONSETT" in huge letters (as previous); whilst the college is situated within Consett, most would associate the bus station to be the terminus of most services within Consett.

Of course, you may disagree, and everyone is entitled to an opinion. Others on the forum were using their extensive marketing experience last night to dictate on what makes a good brand name and what doesn't. To suggest sarcastically that whoever was behind a brand name they don't like is a "bright spark" is incredibly rude, especially when those persons may view the forum. Can't believe some of you say you want 'insiders' on this forum to give you feedback, when they'd come on here to get slated most of the time.


On another note - coming soon to a Tyne Tees Xpress near you...
[Image: 19024557952_71f300fdd6.jpg]5235 Go North East Scania Ominicity Toon Link by Diamond One, on Flickr

RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - June 2015
RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - June 2015
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