(07 Jul 2019, 4:05 pm)Malarkey wroteWhy are you snowflakes complaining about the Red Kites being rebranded to X-Lines because of Go North East making the services non-stop between MetroCentre and Newcastle yet on the flip side your saying the Red Arrows/Castles Express should become X-Lines because of their express nature.
Just to note with the upcoming changes to the Red Kites these services will have a faster journey time point to point than that of the X1/X21 so of course they should fall under X-Lines, In personal opinion I don't see this as brand dilution with Eldon Square becoming a sea of Gold in the coming months, how many services in past carried "Express Link", "Northern Superliner" & "Go Xpress" branding.
My issue is that they've literally changed nothing about the 45/46/47 other than change the name. Sure it's now none stop between Metrocentre and Newcastle, but it might as well have been already, in all the times I've used them, I've rarely seen anyone get on or off between them.
And I actually don't think the X21 should fall under X-Lines at all, as I don't see it as an express service. Yes, between Newcastle and Durham it is, but the rest of the route it isn't. In my eyes at least, for a service to be branded as express, there has to be a slow alternative, and since the X21 is the only GNE service that goes to Bishop, it's not.
(07 Jul 2019, 4:21 pm)Michael wrote Also confirmed from Martijn Gilbert on twitter, that the pictures of the red kite will stop on the X45/X46/X47.
As long as they ditch the eyes on the front, they can do what the want!