The rail system is a public service not an art gallery. Originally running from 1923 until 1948 when it became British Railway, LNER returned to the route of famous for the Flying Scotsman in 2018 when the . into flashy advertising campaigns, the appearance of the showrooms (and their digital counterpart, the website), and the styling of their vehicles? The livery comprised brown upper panels with a colour described variously as "biscuit" or "fawn" along the lower panels and separated by a broad orange band. Maybe a "way out" arrow similar to Thameslink's station signage could make it more exciting, while also adding a bit more functionality? This livery was known as Large Logo livery as each side of the locomotive was dominated by a full body height BR double arrow symbol, and had the loco number prominently displayed at twice the previous size. Aren't best impressions the ones that did the 2015 Virgin East Coast HST? After this time small variations in the Rail Blue livery became much more common. Coaches from different regions could also often find themselves coupled together and trains of 2 or 3 mixed liveries were not uncommon. For example, GWRs London to Bristol, Penzance, Cardiff, Oxford etc might be wrapped up with a GBR Express or GBR Intercity, but the GWR commuter/regional services under a different brand name. European paint code RAL5020 ("Ocean Blue") is a good match to Rail Blue. [4] Normal passenger service franchise mechanisms were amended, transferring almost all revenue and cost risk to the government, effectively 'renationalising' those services temporarily. [14] By 16 March (the deadline for submitting expressions of interest), 42 towns and cities had expressed an interest in hosting GBR's headquarters. In May 2022, the Government announced proposed legislation to modernise rail services and improve reliability for passengers. Today I would like to make a rather general suggestion rather than something specific. The livery derived its nickname from a perceived resemblance to the internal appearance of a Jaffa Cake. I said this on another thread, but this is definitely a more appropriate one. Whatever its failings and they were multitude branding was one thing British Rail took seriously and was remarkably good at. Several Class 31 locomotives received white waist stripes, these being Until the introduction of Mk1 catering vehicles in the late '50s, these trains had matching former GWR catering vehicles. The Double Arrow is used for stations on maps, so that's really a no-brainer frankly. The Blue Pullman sets retained their livery of Nanking Blue (albeit with full yellow ends) until 1969 when they were repainted in the reversed grey and blue livery. With the publication of the Williams review and the announcement of the renationalization of British Passenger Rail, i thought i might help out anyone exited for new liveries or branding for trains. I'm not aware - what are TfW doing? But Beatties second charge is more interesting. Recognising this, the Plan for Rail recommended the development of a 30-year strategy to determine how best the railways can support Britain in the future. The great livery might only look good on certain trains, while on others it looks rubbish. NR do infrastructure in Wales & Scotland, don't they? Introduced originally by the Great Western Railway, the Travelling Post Office would set out from London in the dead of night and deliver . The red stripe does work, very similar to what the Welsh are doing. They are an intercity operator. Great British Railways (GBR) is a planned state-owned public body that will oversee rail transport in Great Britain,[1] with the exception of Transport for London and Merseytravel services, and light rail and trams elsewhere in England. You also get a more legible and cohesive transport system. But do we really want to go back to that? In 1986 the British Railways Board divided its operations into a number of sectors (sectorisation).The sector responsible for long-distance express trains assumed the brand-name . InterCity (or, in the earliest days, the hyphenated Inter-City) was introduced by British Rail in 1966 as a brand-name for its long-haul express passenger services (see British Rail brand names for a full history).. JavaScript is disabled. Oct 22, 2021 All that remains, is to remember the man who made the Journey possible; the greatest engineer of all time and the architect who built modern Britain - Isambard Kingdom Brunel. RM CN0PKR - Britania 70000 in British Railways Livery at West Somerset Railway, Minehead, UK RM C1N4A7 - Totnes Littlehempston Station with Goods Vehicle in authentic 'British Railways' Livery, Totnes, Devon, England, United Kingdom RM ER5JCR - 46138 Royal Scot Class Steam Locomotive - British Railways L Yes i like it, very clean and professional looking. The signs look good, if a bit bland and functional. [8], Class 501 train in Rail Blue calls at Harrow and Wealdstone, Class 416 train in British Rail blue/grey livery calls at Dalston Kingsland station. I don't see what's wrong with Rail Alphabet which is rather older than the 1980s - to be frank the branding shouts 60s, a period of branding I personally like but obviously that *is* personal - although you could just use Frutiger to keep the tie in with the other large national service, the NHS ( who used to use Rail Alphabet too ). The iconic London and North Eastern Railway brand - better known as LNER - looks set to be withdrawn again. This may well take time to introduce and rollout but my suggestion is as follows. Most of the coverage has focused on this. This mock-up was shown in an orange and grey livery, which, however, never appeared on rolling stock in service. Theres no vote in Northern Ireland for him or his Conservative party so he doesnt care, hes hands off.. I still think" Great British Railways" will be mostly likely be termed GBR, most of the time. Find out more Contact us Freedom of Information Jobs at GBRTT Media Sign up for GBRTT News Privacy and GDPR Terms and conditions [4] This was referred to as the InterCity Executive livery as the sets used were dedicated to operating morning/evening services operated for businesspeople. Although from the mid-1960s to the 1980s the organisation was associated with "Rail Blue", a number of other schemes were also used, especially when it was split into operating units or "sectors" in the mid-1980s. https://twitter.com/MrTimDunn/status/912009372292780033. British Railways was formed in 1948, it was divided into geographical regions loosely based on the pre-war Big Four company areas, Scotland became a region on its own and the former LNER area was divided into North Eastern and Eastern Regions. The rail system is no more a public service than coach companies or supermarkets. Following the introduction of the Advanced Passenger Train in 1983, a similar livery to the APT's (dark grey on the upper body, and light beige on the lower, with two stripes of red and white separating them) was experimentally applied to two HST sets and the coaches operating the Gatwick Express service between London Victoria and Gatwick Airport. Upon sectorisation, most secondary passenger routes which did not fall under the InterCity or Network SouthEast banner were re-designated as Regional Railways (originally Provincial). In 1957 this changed to maroon with yellow markings and in 1963 bauxite with white lettering was adopted. 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I personally do not think there should be a standard livery across the network on the grounds that regional identity would be lost. JavaScript is disabled. Not the terms I would have used but I see where you might get that impression. Just like when a new TOC has taken on a franchise, the old TOC name gets removed and the new TOC name gets badged in top, like a big rectangular sticker. The old Northern signs worked well, but only Metro/WYCA really got behind the co-branding opportunities, that I saw. The anniversary of the Battle of Hastings which took place in 1066 was also used in publicity for the line. Construction of the first locomotive was completed in the final week of September 1957, and the handing-over took place on 31 October. Every TfW station I've been to are still ATW-branded (in fact, Hereford yesterday). 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