In need of branding?

[CL]

Any route under competition from another operator!

Would be nice to see some B7 ALXs for the 16, and possibly the 101? Or Walsall's 301, on their new E200s. ;)

[Mike K]

They should go the whole hog and brand some of 5501-09 for the 22/23/24. Having 9 out of 18 branded is almost as half arsed as having just 4035 to 4041 in the purple branding of the Hagley Road back in the day (when before that no less than 1398/9 and 1443 to 1467 all carried HR branding!)

[Dutsey]

I am surprised that there is no branding for the 6 on the Stratford Road.

Also possible branding on the Walsall 6/7/7A? The Aldridge Lines

[Liberator9]

The 37 branding needs rethinking - the rather bland number is hardly innovative. They need to apply a colour to it (Orange or Pink would be good) aka add the stripe in and the front colour.

One thing I would love to see added to the current livery is the silver stripe they have on some of the Sutton Lines Enviro 400s. Looks quite smart - if they made that bigger the livery would look much better than the current offering.

[CL]

The 37 branding needs rethinking - the rather bland number is hardly innovative. They need to apply a colour to it (Orange or Pink would be good) aka add the stripe in and the front colour.

One thing I would love to see added to the current livery is the silver stripe they have on some of the Sutton Lines Enviro 400s. Looks quite smart - if they made that bigger the livery would look much better than the current offering.

Completely forgot about the 37 branding. I agree, it's gone boring. Maybe they should 'spruce' it up, make it like the 17 branding, which, in fact, looks quite hidious in yellow, but then again, leads me onto thinking that BY should brand the rest of their omnilinks, since they only run three services (maybe leave two or three unbranded?)

[CL]

This is something quite special from Lothian Buses


http://lothianbuses.com/about-us/our-company/brand-guidelines

They 'encourage' the use of their own branding, for smaller operators, etc... It includes some pictures, which are downloadable, their signature 'Transport for Edinburgh' font, Lato and a .pdf file about how to use these and how not to 'abuse/adjust' the Transport for Edinburgh logo.

Tremendous stuff from Lothian, once again. Probably my all time favourite operator. Period.  ;)

[Westy]

http://wmbusphotos.com/diamondpages/30833.html

So if Diamond can do it for both routes, why can't NX?

It ain't as if the Scanias are doing every 301 journey now anyway!

(Even B7LRE's have reappeared on the 311/313!)

[Ronnoc]

I'd say the 99 needs its branding removed and the 2 and the 6 need branding.

[Mike K]

I'd say the 99 needs its branding removed and the 2 and the 6 need branding.

Not sure why you think the 99 should be de-branded. It uses a dedicated vehicle type and it's not like they are used on other routes very often.

[Stu]

I'd say the 99 needs its branding removed and the 2 and the 6 need branding.

Not sure why you think the 99 should be de-branded. It uses a dedicated vehicle type and it's not like they are used on other routes very often.

Also, the 2 still partially interworks with the 3. And the 6 is seemingly using any type of bus recently (Omnilinks, Tridents, E400s) so which type do you brand? ;)

[Ronnoc]

I'd say the 99 needs its branding removed and the 2 and the 6 need branding.

Not sure why you think the 99 should be de-branded. It uses a dedicated vehicle type and it's not like they are used on other routes very often.

Also, the 2 still partially interworks with the 3. And the 6 is seemingly using any type of bus recently (Omnilinks, Tridents, E400s) so which type do you brand? ;)

Ok leave the 99, but the 2/3 should have branding since they both go on Yardley Wood Road the most. They should brand some of the Omnilinks for the 6 since they are always on the route.