I was looking for an older X-Lines thread so I could post this but since there is not, I'm making this new one for this question. I'm curious to know if X-Lines is very slowly coming to an end?
I seen a video of the X1 now being referred to the X1 now instead of X-Lines X1 and a photo of the X45 with the "GNE Red" branding on the interior screens.

With the current X-Lines that remain (that I'm aware of) X10/20/21/30/31/32/70/71/73. I haven't seen any updates on the X5/X15 for a while so I don't know if its still announced as the XLines X5/X15 or just the X5/X15 but It seems that the recent Streetdeck Ultroliner investments have obviously caused a shift with the X-Lines routes causing a big switch around of vehicles like the 2020 XLines Red Streetdecks off to Deptford and possible other movements such as the XLines Purple X10's moving to Consett (from what I've seen on threads here) so that will bin off the Purple XLines.

Then with the X20 joining up with the 65 I could see that being referred to the Prince Bishops X20 in the future so that will bin off the Pink/Blue XLines.
I don't know what the plans are with the X21. Whether that the Light Green Streetdecks remain or that the new Streetdecks will be a thing on it.

I highly doubt the X5/X15 (Yellow) will ever regain its branding unless some wild plan is in place to turn the Purple MMC's into Yellow.

So with that concluded from what is properly set to remain is the Dark Green Consett & Stanley XLines corridor and with how that gets allocated with a few Streetlites/200MMC's making cameos on the routes I wouldn't be surprised if that eventually causes the Dark Green network to then also be binned off.


Sorry for the waffle on but I was just curious to know if one of GNE's "Premium" brands is coming to an end.

(5 hours ago)X919 WGR wrote I was looking for an older X-Lines thread so I could post this but since there is not, I'm making this new one for this question. I'm curious to know if X-Lines is very slowly coming to an end?
I seen a video of the X1 now being referred to the X1 now instead of X-Lines X1 and a photo of the X45 with the "GNE Red" branding on the interior screens.

With the current X-Lines that remain (that I'm aware of) X10/20/21/30/31/32/70/71/73. I haven't seen any updates on the X5/X15 for a while so I don't know if its still announced as the XLines X5/X15 or just the X5/X15 but It seems that the recent Streetdeck Ultroliner investments have obviously caused a shift with the X-Lines routes causing a big switch around of vehicles like the 2020 XLines Red Streetdecks off to Deptford and possible other movements such as the XLines Purple X10's moving to Consett (from what I've seen on threads here) so that will bin off the Purple XLines.

Then with the X20 joining up with the 65 I could see that being referred to the Prince Bishops X20 in the future so that will bin off the Pink/Blue XLines.
I don't know what the plans are with the X21. Whether that the Light Green Streetdecks remain or that the new Streetdecks will be a thing on it.

I highly doubt the X5/X15 (Yellow) will ever regain its branding unless some wild plan is in place to turn the Purple MMC's into Yellow.

So with that concluded from what is properly set to remain is the Dark Green Consett & Stanley XLines corridor and with how that gets allocated with a few Streetlites/200MMC's making cameos on the routes I wouldn't be surprised if that eventually causes the Dark Green network to then also be binned off.


Sorry for the waffle on but I was just curious to know if one of GNE's "Premium" brands is coming to an end.

Service 65 is no longer part of the Prince Bishops, so the X20 won't be part of the branding either

The announcements on the X45 now announce it as 'this is the X45 service to Newcastle' on the new streetdecks. As opposed to everything else still referring it to 'Xlines'. The X15 still oddly is referred to as Xlines despite not having any branded buses on it for a long time. I feel Xlines has become another Arriva MAX.