(26 Jul 2020, 11:06 am)Andreos1 wrote I think you make some good points there and I agree with most of what you have said.They're not necessarily fast and limited stop but rather fast interurban links, which is where the growth has been in recent years across the industry.
However, if you look at the 56. It's a route brand. It does and says nothing about being part of a local network or having any role to play in the wider GNE network. It's a one off, no matter how strong it is.
These other new liveries may not be as striking as the one carried by the 56, but they certainly demonstrate to me, that they are part of a wider network of GNE routes.
Mind, they also indicate that they're part of an express network. Express indicates to me fast and limited stop. Are all of these services fast and limited stop? Not sure on that one and if others have similar doubts, then for all the work done on the liveries, theirs no guarantee it will increase bums on seats.
Fab56 meanwhile is more providing local links between three towns/cities giving journey opportunities across the whole route. People get hung up on the start/finish point while forgetting that a good proportion of people using it don't travel to these places. The same applies to many other routes of course.