(08 Sep 2020, 9:36 pm)streetdeckfan wrote See, for me it depends if we go purely aesthetically or if we look at the meaning behind the routes as well.

Favourite brands:
The Castles Express - goes without saying!
X-Lines - I really do like the X-Lines brand, I just think they've gone a bit over the top with it. I wasn't a fan of it to start with, but it's really grown on me and does stand out. Whether or not it still stands out in a few months time when pretty much every bus running through Newcastle is X-Lines remains to be seen. The charcoal variant is my favourite, followed by Red, Dark Green, Light Green, Blue, Purple and Plum.
Little Coasters - Controversial I know, but I really like the design of it. 

Hated brands:
Toonlink (Black and white): It just looked crap, I didn't mind the purple variant, but the black one, nah.
The 49 + The 9: A half arsed attempt at branding for the sake of branding.
Fab 56: I have the gift of sight, but when I see them, I wish I didn't
X66: Too much going on, you can't see through the windows
Durham Cathedral: It also look like it was designed in 5 minutes

Thing I'd change:
Not sure I'd really 'change' any brands, but if i had to, my changes would revolve around updating liveries to the current design.

Tyne Valley Ten - I'd go back to silver. Here's a quick mockup I did last year based on the Cobalt and Coast using elements from the current livery. Probably could have put more effort into it, but you get the idea.

Drifter - Same thing again, here's a Photoshop mockup I did a while back when discussing it in another topic, but forgot about it!

Northern - I'd have put the Northern livery on a Solo rather than a Versa. Would have looked better IMO

TVT looks mint although I'd tie it in with same graphics as Tynedale links. Drifter looks canny although looks messy with beach on the skirt. I think northern suit citaro more