(24 Jul 2015, 7:50 am)LeeCalder wrote I think the Trent Barton comparisons are quite strange, because although the names are the same, that is really the only comparison. My auntie and uncle live in Tutbury, which is a small village which "The Villager" V1 goes through and that brand is excellent. However, the links to Red Arrows, Black Cats, Pronto are not that strong. As the brands are not that similar.
Yeah. If we were getting really really really REALLY desperate for comparisons between the two, we could get to the fact that they use the same system for the route numbers for the Villager (as you mentioned) and Venture with the V1, V2 etc...
No north east customer will complain to the company that the brand is similar to another company and then request a change. A bus to them is a bus. I personally don't have a problem with it but i do tend to notice it just to generate a bit of discussion i guess.