I would hope they wouldn't go down the old route of branding. The inhouse team branding was meh and tbh throwing more money at Best Templates...erm Impressions is a waste of money they don't have.
I'd just ditch the lot now - you look at the Angel of late, you've got Corporates, X21/45/46 XLines, Tyne Tees X Lines, Loops, Tyne Valley Ten's all running that route of late (for a variety of valid reasons - the Streetdecks seem to be reaching Hybrid levels of reliability) but it doesn't really build brand awareness and if you're dashing to a bus in Eldon Square or Gateshead - it's not a case of 'oh its green, it's mine' you have to really check now which doesn't build the brand at all
RE: Branding - Stay or go?
Wistfully stuck in the 90s