(Yesterday, 3:04 pm)citaro5284 wrote Just thinking, do electric buses need to look different to other vehicles in the fleet nowadays - the ultimate goal is to be for 100% electric, and whilst I appreciate this might be a long way off for some folk, if you take First York, all of their vehicles are just in standard purple and grey, and I have seen pictures of Yutongs and ADL's from Stagecoach in their new dark blue colours - no difference to diesel vehicles in the fleet.

I think when they first started, it was a bit of a marketing gimmick, but I dont think it is needed now.

Must admit I was kinda thinking the same, to be honest. The niche has gone now a bit imo. 

The Arriva ones for Blyth are in standard livery aswell I believe so it's only GNE going down the seperate brand for them. 

Truthfully does anyone care either really? Like if I was getting a train I couldn't give a toss what it's powered by tbh. I do care about the rock hard seats that the IEP trains have though which imo makes them superior to the HST/Mark 4's.