(05 Jul 2019, 4:32 pm)streetdeckfan wrote I agree with you there. But it depends on your definition of flagship routes.
For me I would keep the independent branding on Angel, Castles Express, X9/X10, Tyne Valley Ten (although change it so it doesn't look like it was designed by a primary school), 56 (once again change it as it's currently awful), Quaylink, Cobalt and Coast.
Basically, any route that has competition or goes along a route where a lot of people can see it
I like the idea of Xlines but they've already started diluting it too much for my taste. There is no way on earth 45/46/47 deserve to be branded as an express route. Sure, it's none stop from MetroCentre to Newcastle, but it might as well have been already since people rarely used them stops.
Yup those are pretty much the routes I was referring to as flagships.
(And I agree with your comment about diluting XLines too).