(29 Jan 2016, 10:34 pm)Adrian wrote I'd say that was a bit speculative. I can't recall any links to Sunderland AFC when the brand was promoted, so it could mean absolutely anything. There's certainly nothing fast about Sunderland AFC, and nor did it provide any links when first launched.
Cue someone digging out timetable literature from 2009... :s
I'd have thought the reference to Sunderland AFC through the black livery and ''cats'' in the name would have seemed pretty self-explanatory to users of the route, never been a big user of the service myself and that's the link I'd almost subconsciously make.
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