(14 Nov 2020, 9:10 pm)N1cholas wrote Not even hit the road and some want them in a corporate style livery, the must have road stripes and go north east splashed all over the outside so people know who runs them, oh and a different name than Voltra, I'm sure the general public will know it is a go north east service, I'm sure the public don't give 2 hoots if there is no road stripes.
I'm sure the general public will appreciate these brand new revolutionary, state of the art buses from the very first operator to introduce ELECTRIC ZERO EMISSION BUSES to the north east, I don't think any other operator will be willing to invest in the future of public transport in the north east when they can easily invest into other southern branches of their operations.
I personally think they are tremendous and cant wait to see them on the road
I hope you can see the contradictions between the two highlighted areas here.
People can only appreciate the 'very first operator' to offer the zero emissions buses, if it's clear who the operator actually is.
Or of course, they assume the operator is a fancy new start-up, who's name is a mix-up of an electric train from the 1980's and an energy drink from Aldi.
I bet the dedicated team of drivers will get more than fed up of being asked if a certain type of ticket is accepted on the route or if they can still buy another type on board.
Bearing in mind, this is all coming after we've been told repeatedly about integrating the network, growing the network and creating an identity that people recognise.