(06 Dec 2021, 10:17 am)mb134 wrote That brief not make it to the Quaycity or Voltra designers then?
No, they were intentionally designed as services in the 'special' livery.
VOLTRA because it's electric and Go North East wanted them to stand out against the rest, and, right or wrong, Quaycity because of its ties with the Toon Tour and other tourist activity at the Quayside. The Metrocentre Shuttle was similarly branded in the special livery.