(30 Mar 2017, 10:03 pm)Jamie M wrote I think theyll try to take as much as the time off the 6 as they can for the M6. I think we'll see sunniside estate and lintz be donated to the M6. Currently nothing on sunniside front street serves metrocentre, so I feel the 6/6a will follow the X30 down sunniside to whickham, rejoin with the M6 on broom lane and continue as normal.
I think the 6a will operate hobson, whereas the 6 operates pickering nook, syke road straight to burnopfield front street.
Branding for the new M6 service seems pointless, especially given I am going to hazard a guess at it being minibus work.
It could explain why 710-714 left Saltmeadows without a livery...
Whilst I had no official lines that indicated there were going to be changes to the Stanley network; the fleet revisions and allocation of unbranded vehicles to the depot definitely hinted at it.
The 'V' numbering system is built around the Venture network on Derwentside.
For a specific number of unbranded vehicles allocated to a soon to be 'M' numbering system, that doesn't link directly to the core of the 'V' network, definitely (to me anyway), hints of a branding amendment of some sort.