(11 Nov 2016, 11:42 pm)South Tyne Lad wrote No it doesn't, The E stands for Economic, Which was ( Stood to be corrected ) a subsidiary of Busways running them 3 routes, They ran with a bronze style color scheme.
Oh sorry for that I just thought becasue the E1 used to run nonstop between South Shields and Sunderland along the coast road