(30 Sep 2014, 7:41 pm)AIG20 wrote Unless they have other plans...
When the Economic Bus Company was acquired by Tyne and Wear PTE on the 1st January 1975, a few Leyland Atlanteans were painted into "Economic" colours to mark the 60th anniversary of the business. And guess what is coming up... the 100th anniversary!
Information from the "Busways Travel Services" Wikipedia Page.
Hmm, no it isn't. The constituent operators of Economic Bus Services started in 1925 so a while yet before their centenary. Some Atlanteans (8?) were indeed painted in Economic colours but I thought that happened in 1986 at or close to deregulation when Busways re-introduced the Economic branding. Although of course one or more may have been done in 1985 in commemoration of the 60th anniversary, perhaps someone less senile may recall better than I can?