(05 Feb 2021, 5:05 pm)streetdeckfan wrote Don't most of GNE's second hand acquisitions usually at least get re-upholstered into the blue moquette?The B7s certainly didn't appear to have had any sort of internal attention last I was on one. The Omnidekkas I got on over the summer were in blue "Go" trim, but I've had several still with the red fabric since the first ones moved up here - bit of further digging and it seems that most ran with red moquette from arrival in the NE until around 2018. Genuinely interested to know if there has been a change of approach with this though, as pointed out below there was a period where second hand stuff going onto route branded services was operating with old interiors.
(05 Feb 2021, 5:07 pm)6049 wrote In fairness though, have those OmniDekkas and B7s ever been acquired expressly for the purpose of being allocated to front line services? As far as I'm aware, they have generally all been acquired for and allocated to scholars or miscellaneous runs with maybe the odd peak time normal service run. If they end up on a branded route, it's usually down to a breakdown etc.
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Even if they haven't, it doesn't give a fantastic impression to potential customers. Think of all the school kids who are using them on scholars, will they want to travel on something like that to work when they leave school, or will they opt for the car? Think of all the times they've been used on Metro replacements. Think of all the times they *have* been used on front line service work.
Just for you though, here's one fully route branded with that red moquette: https://flic.kr/p/EeRazZ.