Go North West

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RE: Go North West - FLEETNEWS ONLY - NO STRIKE TALK!

(14/03/2021 01:38)Solo40336 Wrote:  While its good to see QS expand onto some smaller routes. The branding thing is absolutely ridiculous. Three buses being branded for a Mon-Sat daytime route. Reducing the fleets flexibility even more. Each night and Sundays those buses could have been quite nicely used to cover Free Bus services as well as some of the quiet evening services when short of buses.
99% of the passengers using the 415/129 could not care less what colour it is as long as it shows up.
While I'm sure they no doubt have the best intentions, the numerous colour schemes just seem to be something for managment to play with unaware of just how much trouble numerous branded routes cause for the routing end engineering departments.

Whilst I understand your principle from a logistics point of view, really don’t see the problem. If the 415/129 passengers don’t care what shows up, I’m sure the rest of the GNW ridership won’t be too bothered either if a slightly different bus turns up from time to time if there’s a shortage. Especially if the branding is on the sides, where you won’t notice it until after you’ve flagged it down.

If trent barton can do it with the majority of their fleet, I’m sure GNW can do it with 3 solos. After all- who knows what franchising will demand of liveries.