(23 Feb 2014, 4:56 pm)CatsFast101 wrote Well for me I think all main service need to be branded then. Too many unbranded routes for a so basic livery to work, 9/29/X25/13/14/15/95/96 should be branded, then I think a plain red with simple Go North East logos then would work as they'd literally be allocated as spares only and not on many regular workings. Just a personal opinion.
There are only approximately 21 services which do not come under a brand in Go North East's network - about 108 which do come under a brand?
Go North East's services are categorised in three groups: primary services (Angel, Tyne Tees Xpress), secondary (Coaster, Fab Fifty Seven), and the ones which aren't particularly good performers (I'll refrain from mentioning a popular service often discussed on this forum). Primary services will be branded and will often have the newest vehicles in the fleet, but only the services at the higher end of the secondary group are branded. Those at the lower end, and those which aren't particularly good at all, aren't.
Services 9 and 26 (now 29) are on the lower end of the secondary group, and I think the same applies for the X25 too. If the recent service changes work well for what was once service 26, it may mean that it will be branded in the future (if/when it justifies a vehicle upgrade).