(09 Aug 2023, 6:46 pm)busmanT wrote I'm sure that keeping costs down is in the minds of all the GNE Managers - a full repaint costs c£2k-£2.5k per bus, whereas removing and applying branding will only be a couple of hundred £ per bus.
As GNE are taking these services (352-355) on largely at their own commercial risk - Arriva's reason for cancelling them quoted on their website "Regrettably, following a review of financial performance, Services 51, 52, 53, 54, 55" will be withdrawn" - then it's not unreasonable for them to keep costs down in the short term, until they can see how the services perform.
Why not just leave them unbranded purple for the time being?