(17 Apr 2014, 9:48 pm)Half Pint wrote The ADL 200s mainly run the 3/4/7/8. The board that the 36xxx is needed is 101 duty so instead of in evening doing a change over at the market for what's already allocated on it, simpler just to whack the 36xxx on beginning of day and allocate an MAN E200 onto something else.

That's the beauty of a corporate livery, no bus is restrained to one service unlike them and the skittles buses.

Still good to exercise consistency in allocations. Customers do notice different vehicle types, but this is mainly linked to the size of the vehicle rather than anything else. My mam can certainly tell the difference between an ADL E200 and a MAN E200 because she complains about the latter deafening her whenever she has the misfortune of one turning up. Like most people who aren't midgets, she hates it when there aren't any seats at the front of a MAN example too - simply because you have to 'duck' to get to a seat at the back of one! She's discovered that she doesn't have this issue with the "SUNderland Bus" branded ones.

One wonders why so many operators are introducing new liveries and/or variations on their corporate livery to promote certain services!