(16 Jul 2026, 12:20 pm)V514DFT wrote I thought it was the 31/32/47 that was Toonlink, the 11 theres always been confusion over, some people called it Toonlink, some people classed it as part of the old brand for the 10, the 47 left Toonlink when the 31/32 were renumbered to the 12/12A, then that 11 was withdrawn and the new 11 (and 11A) (Blue Arrow) became what was the 17/17A and 96
Its had a weird history the ToonLink however, the 47 actually left the ToonLink brand to be apart of the RedKite brand in 2015 when the Dealer Stock Gemini 2s were purchased.
I think the 31/32 then had a small run with the Omnicity ToonLink before it changed to the X30/X31
As for the previous post mentioning the Blaydon Racers. That had a lot more routes linked to it when it was allocated with the Super Pointers.
That phase of Blaydon Racers had the Old 10, 11, 31, 32, 48, 49, 49A
(16 Jul 2026, 10:54 am)Storx wrote Yeah that's fair, wasn't 100% on the history of the 31/32 tbh.
Btw the Black Cats was the worst for that, it was basically the whole Sunderland network. Branding should be just one corridor imo otherwise what's the point, you can't use the brand if they go everywhere so it kinda defeats it's purpose.
Yeah the Black Cats brand (Red 2017 edition) was a mess.
It felt that whatever was not branded in Sunderland at that time became Black Cat branded. 2, 2A, 33, 33A, 35, 35A, 39, 238, 516 (South Shields).
4 Different Vehicle types also for that network. The Daimler Streetlites, Scania Solars, Optare Solo and Solo SRs.
The much earlier edition of Black Cats wasnt as bad. 26, 26A, 36A, 36C. That Dennis Dart version of the brand had its small Nexus "takeover" when they put the Nexus Logo over the Black Cats logo so it could work for the 516 in South Shields