tim (back at home) wrote:
"Neil Williams" wrote in message
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Paul Ebbens wrote:

Have a chameleon bus that change colours ;-)
Or just have electronic blinds on front, side and rear, with each
showing full destination details. If the stop layout is confusing,
change that.

IMO, because of the operational limits it causes, route branding
doesn't really work.

I was in Reading at the weekend (for the first time in at least
a decade).

The Buses there were all different colours indicating the
route(s). I spent ages trying to find (and read) the
operators name and address and eventually discovered
that they are all operating by Reading Buses.

So it can be done. (As for that matter is the possibility
of a municipal operator not being taken over and rebranded
by one of the majors, how did they manage it?)

tim



A bit like TrentBarton - they tend to Brand both the routes and buses
with colours and the name (numbers are rare) of the route.

eg the Xprss is Green, the Rainbow 5s are Purple, The Black Cat is white
and red, etc

Only thing is where they do keep numbering it tends to be in the 6.1,
6.2 (yes those are decimals)

Oh and they are still semi independent, being part of a group of other
local operators