The name is still awful though and far too long. Then theres the question of livery. The Great British Railways Transition Team (GBRTT) seeks to deliver the most ambitious changes to our railways in a generation, working with the government and across the rail sector. Aren't best impressions the ones that did the 2015 Virgin East Coast HST? The attachments illustrate this. [2] It was a dark, greyish blue tone which hid the effects of dirt well. And the more I see RA2 and its symbols, the more clumsy it looks. What possible negatives are there to none enthusiasts? [16] A public vote was held following the announcement.[16]. If it was, that format would not be used by: If you need any proof, they've also just done the same with 'Great British Nuclear'. the report stated that there would be some update to the double arrow, though not what that update would be. Within a period of 10 years, HSTs had three different liveries. The double arrow is still overused, though. Why do most people go for a car that is mostly all one single colour. This isn't true, there have been subtle changes. Despite the InterCity brand having been introduced in 1966, in 1985 the word 'Executive' was dropped and the livery was applied to all coaches and many locomotives used on InterCity services. I quite like that version; I think I might like it even more if the black and the red were blue instead though. In 1977 two Class 47 locomotives, 47163 and 47164, were painted by Stratford TMD with silver roofs and other decorations including a full body height Union Flag on each side, in celebration of Queen Elizabeth II's silver jubilee. I would rather that operations were branded similar to how they are now, but with a few changes compared with the existing TOC areas as follows: Chiltern Railways renamed as Chiltern & Oxbridge, with brand used on all planned EWR services in addition to those from London Marylebone. Sponsor Post - registered members do not see these adverts; Im unsure about the livery as such, but if Great British Railways is taken forward, Id expect GBR to feature. Instead, I just added an icon next to the full text and removed it from the main station name. Because it was a nationalised industry run by the British Government. Can you only be professional if every rail person works in the same uniform? 3 Apr 2022 . No.31271 in Railfreight "triple grey" livery with Construction sector markings. You are using an out of date browser. 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 . Variants where the band was blue (outer suburban) or green (inner suburban) instead of orange were planned, but never implemented.[15]. The British Rail Class 31 diesel locomotives, also known as the Brush Type 2 and previously as Class 30, were built by Brush Traction from 1957-62. [14] After this date, the passenger versions of Class 37 and 47, as well as Class 50, were routinely outshopped in this livery. This may well take time to introduce and rollout but my suggestion is as follows. for some form of co-branding. Clearly "Great British Railways" does include a bit of "retro" in the manner than gWr does, for example. Non-corridor coaching stock and other multiple units received all-over Rail Blue until about 1980, when most received the same blue/grey livery as corridor coaching stock. Launched as the London & South East Sector "Express Livery" this was a short-lived scheme which appeared on a limited amount of units and routes before the advent of Network SouthEast's "toothpaste" red white and blue striped livery. All Regions. If they are going down the GBR route, which is just nationalisation with extra steps, it needs to look the part (the national part, not the extra steps part). The special saloons and a few other special coaches were also repainted in chocolate and cream but regular former GWR coaches carried maroon. I reckon a simple logo like the one youve depicted will be what we see. [4] This was referred to as the InterCity Executive livery as the sets used were dedicated to operating morning/evening services operated for businesspeople. Press J to jump to the feed. | Page 23 | RailUK Forums We're pleased to announce the launch of our new booking engine at tickets.railforums.co.uk, which helps support the running of the forum with every ticket purchased. Messages: 1,398. Find out more and ask any questions/give us feedback in this thread . [7]. [18] GBR will own all infrastructure in Scotland and Wales that Network Rail owns now. I'm not convinced "InterCity" services warrant different branding now, as they are no longer of premium quality in terms of service provision; in many case they're just regional or commuter services (thinks XC and GWR in particular). Due to the small number of units repainted it was common to see trains with two or more units in different liveries. There is surely a case at least for putting the cross-border inter-city services in national colours (perhaps an updated take on Network SouthEast), to match the saltires splashed all over Scotrail trains. Free delivery for many products! We badly need that on the visual mess that is the railway. Now there's a system others can look up to. The devolved administrations, the combined authorities, and the Greater London Authority will continue to exercise their current powers, such as setting fares and awarding contracts, and will remain democratically accountable for this. Anyone got a suggestion for the government's latest bright idea today along the same lines, '. It does affect other devolved rail operators, including ScotRail, Transport for Wales, London Overground, Elizabeth line (Crossrail), and Merseyrail, as well as the combined authorities that oversee other local railway networks in England. Class 35 'Hymek' D7017 restored to 1960's green & lime livery. Coaches from different regions could also often find themselves coupled together and trains of 2 or 3 mixed liveries were not uncommon. For locomotives used on internal British Rail duties, a separate livery of a plain darker grey was created. This grey panel finished just short of the end of the coach leaving a small amount of Rail Blue which then continued round onto the end of the coach. Antrim Princess Sealink ferry underway in Larne with Sealink letters. You are using an out of date browser. Feb 1, 2020. Thanks. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. The Class 309 units worked between Liverpool Street and Clacton, occasionally also to Ipswich and Norwich and later upon transfer saw the livery briefly appear around Manchester and Birmingham. Western. The first break in the uniformity of Rail Blue came in 1976 with the introduction of the first InterCity 125 (HST). Quick reference Livery Guide for Nameplates and transfers available in 4mm/00 scale. One of the big ones is an end to endless rebranding of trains when the operator changes with various bit of old livery hanging about for a long time, never mind the cost and waste involved. The rail system is no more a public service than coach companies or supermarkets. Read about the differences between Britain, the. In October 2021, the Secretary of State for Transport announced a competition to find a location for the headquarters of Great British Railways outside of London. Find out more and ask any questions/give us feedback in this thread . Steam locomotive 61306 Mayflower seen just outside Sittingbourne, Kent at lunchtime today. Different NSE style local/commuter networks round the country. into flashy advertising campaigns, the appearance of the showrooms (and their digital counterpart, the website), and the styling of their vehicles? There is also a British Standard paint colour BS381C 114 called Rail Blue which was introduced in 1964. I personally like this Lion logo posted by Tim Dunn on twitter a few years ago. Variants to the national brand will be developed to refect the English regions, Scotland and Wales, while emphasising that the railway is one network serving the whole of Great Britain. All HS2 and NPR services to be branded as Intercity Express. You are using an out of date browser. Differences should merely be factual, not corporate. It isnt hard to believe that there may be some truth to the suggestion that Johnson would be less cavalier in his treatment of Ulster if it returned even a handful of Government MPs. Search for a trade mark - Intellectual Property Office (ipo.gov.uk), https://twitter.com/MrTimDunn/status/912009372292780033, Somewhere along the West Anglia Main Line. Budgets and delivery will be held at the local level as well as at the national level. This idea often seems to pop its head up. On the other hand Avanti's branding is awful - there is no "Italian flair" in it at all. A High Speed Train power car (loco) and coach in InterCity swallow livery. If you run across land borders you're going to get it. Why not capitalize on it? Swiss rail. don't see an issue anywhere, as long as the concessions stay branded with whatever. The new British Rail "double arrow" symbol on locomotives (or leading vehicle as was the case on multiple unit stock) and the vehicle number and other ancillary markings written in the Rail Alphabet typeface were other integral parts of the livery. Why? 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. At the moment, the TOC mostly differentiates this. Sadly cream on modern stock looks quite bad, or I suspect one incarnation of GWR might have tried it white might work ok instead. Instead, I just added an icon next to the full text and removed it from the main station name. Thats a bit like saying everything has been invented, no need for anything more. The bottom one is basically Serco era Northern signage, and does look good to me, though I would go for a subtle double arrow in the bottom right as I said earlier, and omit the GBR text. Corridor coaching stock was originally trialled in LNWR coach plum and off-white (nicknamed Plum and Spilt Milk) before Crimson (carmine red) and Cream livery (nicknamed Blood and Custard) was adopted across the network; non-corridor stock was painted plain Crimson. This style of livery was also used by CSX Transportation. But such an approach offers a bleak long-term outlook for the UK. 1948 -. Yes i like it, very clean and professional looking. particularly associated with the depots at Old Oak Common and [4] One locomotive, Class 47 No.D1733, was painted to match the coaching stock. Most of the coverage has focused on this. It still has to look good decades from now. 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. It's the name of the island ffs. You are using an out of date browser. Make the name central and it'd be perfect. Last week Doug Beattie, the newly-installed leader of the Ulster Unionist Party, hit out at Boris Johnson. In many ways having a 'Railway System' logo (the double arrow) for stations/journey planners but a different logo so people know the train is a 'big' intercity train or a 'small' stopping train is very helpful. Originally a trading brand of the Railway Executive of the British Transport . [3] Goods (freight) services are operated by a number of companies, the descendants of those created during the 1990s privatisation. I'd go along with that from a "looks right" perspective, but it would be almost impossible to see from (for instance) inside a train in darkness. Correct. It'll be operated quite differently. The white paper does not specify whether the branding of devolved railways such as London Overground and Merseyrail will be affected.[7]. Great Britain's railway system was built by private companies, but it was nationalised by the Transport Act 1947 and was run from then onwards by British Railways (which traded as British Rail from 1965) until privatisation, which was begun in 1994 and completed in 1997. For me, it's time to sign off from the Great Western Railway Line. Home Forums Much closer to what I was meaning (thanks. JavaScript is disabled. Then why was the old version called British Railways, not Great British Railways, and why the change now for the new version if British Railways worked? I don't think the red understripe would appear though, and there will still be calls from TfGM, WYCA TfWM, TfW, etc. In 1964, as part of a plan to develop a new corporate image for British Railways, a number of experiments were tried; Discussions on the livery for British Railways coaching stock in 1948 eventually settled on a network-wide two-tone livery of crimson and cream for corridor coaches, with all-over crimson being used for local, non-corridor stock. | Page 27 | RailUK Forums We're pleased to announce the launch of our new booking engine at tickets.railforums.co.uk, which helps support the running of the forum with every ticket purchased. When British Rail operations were divided into sectors in the mid-1980s, prior to privatisation, a new version of the Railfreight livery emerged giving the sectors individual identities. From 1966 until withdrawal, Pullman Coaches were also painted in the reversal of the normal coach livery, with the blue and grey areas transposed. There have also been subtle font changes. The Southern Region types worked mostly on the Charing Cross / Cannon Street - Hastings via Battle / Dover and Ramsgate routes and on the Victoria / London Bridge - Brighton / Littlehampton / Hastings via Eastbourne routes. GW 1 1 Great British Railways Something timeless. Because it's not going to be the same as BR. The concession contract system will be the long-term replacement for the previous system of passenger rail franchising run by the Department for Transport, which became unsustainable early in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. I suspect not many. Great Britain (or just Britain) is the mainland of England, Scotland and Wales. With the reorganisation of British Railways in the mid-1960s, a complete break with the past was signalled by the introduction of a blue and grey livery which dominated all passenger rolling stock until the mid-1980s, when a new Intercity livery (dark grey and beige with a red and white waistband) was introduced along with a number of regional colour schemes. I don't think there would ever be multiple logos for Great British Railways as you've alluded to - it would make it complicated for the end passenger. Famous in York and up and down the East Coast Main Line, LNER could soon be consigned to history - again, YorkMix understands. The signs look good, if a bit bland and functional. I never knew I had OCD until that remark lol. No.90021 in revised Railfreight "triple grey" livery, with Railfreight Distribution sector markings. Sponsor Post - registered members do not see these adverts; And although BR did changes, it was still the same basic livery really. Someone will design a great livery in the future and someone else will design a crap livery. If they're bothered about 'red white and blue" then just stick the double arrow in a white background and give it a blue border. This colour was applied to all diesel and electric locomotives, with the exception of the ends, which were painted yellow to improve visibility, and the underframes and buffer beams which were painted black; the paints being to BSS 2660-0.003 and BSS 2660-9.103 respectively. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. But the move still opens up some possibilities which Michael Gove and the rest of the Governments Union strategy team should consider. It will also control the contracting of passenger train services, the setting of fares and timetables, and the collection of fare revenue, with the exception of services wholly within Scotland and Wales. RM 2A03J14 - Sittingbourne, Kent, UK. Why does it need to look the part - what does nationalisation look like? Here are his exact words: Hes concerned with the English vote. It would appear that were going to be waiting a while even for the new logo, and that given the recent nature of the franchise liveries, that new liveries are a very long way off. The train is operated by the Steam Dreams Rail Co. Mayflower built in 1948, is one of two surviving B1 Class locomotives and painted in distinctive British Railways apple green livery. Multiple units were also generally green, although this tended to be a lighter and bluer shade compared to the colour used on steam and diesel locomotives. I could see those different types of logos being used across scenarios. though we may have to wait for a new govt for that to happen. A number of sets of coaching stock and a handful of locomotives received the livery, as well as most new multiple units and some existing ones. Underneath that in a smaller font, about half the height of the space between the botton track and the bottom of the arrow "Operated by [whomever] for Great British Railways". Not so much the modern LNER though. The coaches for the XP64 train were painted in a slightly lighter version of what would eventually become Rail Blue, with a 44-inch-wide (1,100mm) Pale Ivory stripe centred on the passenger windows, and brown underframe. Whatever its failings and they were multitude branding was one thing British Rail took seriously and was remarkably good at. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. [14] By 16 March (the deadline for submitting expressions of interest), 42 towns and cities had expressed an interest in hosting GBR's headquarters. BR's first standard locomotive liveries, adopted from 1949 onwards. Great Northern split, with the Moorgate services becoming part of the London Overground brand and the Kings Lynn route becoming part of the LNER brand. It may not display this or other websites correctly. its going to be at least 6 months before we even get a branding document, and IMO over 2 years before we get any new liveries or Humbrol paints. A nod to the past in the liveries would be nice like with the modern GWR too. I think you are mixing up ownership with some form of ideological uniformity. Given the furious backlash over the Protocol, as well as the ill-managed disappointment that was the two parties 2010 link-up (under the awful acronym UCUNF), one can understand why Northern Irish politicians shy away from the Tories. Rail Express Systems was the sector of British Rail responsible for transport of mail and parcels traffic. I think in Germany it is done by using the "TOC" name in place of IC etc. You also get a more legible and cohesive transport system. In 1956 an all-over darker maroon, which more closely resembled the pre-nationalisation LMS livery, was re-introduced, except for the Southern Region, where locomotive-hauled stock was generally painted 'coaching stock' green (from July 1956-on) and a small number of express carriages on the Western Region which were in traditional GWR-style chocolate and cream. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. [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. It's a given that there will be brands underneath GBR - if there weren't, it would make travelling pretty complicated. But do you think Queen Nicola would accept trains branded as "Rail England" coming across the border? Several Class 31 locomotives received white waist stripes, these being The 4REP and 3/4TC EMUs were a notable oddity, initially receiving all-over Rail Blue despite being express corridor stock. In 2001, as passenger work for diesel locomotives operated by Virgin CrossCountry came to an end, a number of their Class 47s were painted in "heritage" liveries that they had carried in the past, including the former D1733, now 47853, which once again carried a near-correct version of the XP64 livery. Northern and TPE split into separate Northwest and Northeast brands. Sponsor Post - registered members do not see these adverts; I wanted to go for something modern yet flexible. It is not necessary to have it on platform signs as if you don't know you are on the railway when you see them there probably isn't much hope for you. Erm are you sure about that? (Something that ought to give die-hard advocates of splitting off the Scottish Conservatives pause for thought.) Heh. [5] As Rail Blue was introduced, the last locomotive recorded as being outshopped in a previous livery was Class 43 D838 Rapid which left Swindon Works in August 1968 in maroon. 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. One of the worst liveries they ever carried, never seen a HST look so poor. There just isn't room on a well functioning railway for true competition, so you might as well focus on the passenger experience, not the rail operator experience. The colours were chosen to be different from those of any of the "Big Four" pre-nationalisation railway companies while retaining a traditional aspect. 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.. In all of your concepts the Rail Symbol (double-arrow) is far too large for the accompanying lettering, if you're looking to be guided by the original design rules. [13], On 5 February 2022, the Department for Transport launched a public consultation for the location of GBRs headquarters. Great British Railways: Livery, branding and appearance? This has been confirmed by records held at the National Railway Museum. They were numbered in two series, D5500-D5699 and D5800-D5862. GBR will be made up of five regional divisions, organised in line with Network Rail's Putting Passengers First programme. And Great Britain is more often than not used to mean the whole of England/Scotland/Wales, excluding Northern Ireland - a legacy of the Kingdom of Great Britain, which existed from 1707 to 1800. Today I would like to make a rather general suggestion rather than something specific. Not even all yellow fronted anymore. After this time small variations in the Rail Blue livery became much more common. Likes Received: 1,930. This error in colour identification comes from an article and question published in a Model Railway Magazine in the 1950s, where the responding editor made the error, and it has frequently been repeated since then. For example, the Midland Railway abolished Second-class on 1 st . Home Forums For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. 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 . Also, like I said, it's possible that they legally can't call it BR. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Great British Railways: Livery, branding and appearance? The current lot is an absolute mess. I tried going with the National Rail icon in the right hand side, but it was too small and nobody would notice it. The final decision was to be made later in 2022,[16] but the result has not been announced as of February 2023. Incorrect: Britain and Great Britain are synonymous, referring to either the largest island of the British Isles (in a geographical context) or the countries of England, Scotland and Wales (in a political context). In terms of changing the background colour - I was going to go with a navy blue, but then it wouldn't integrate with any part of the design system I had in my head, so I opted not to. The United Kingdom is defined clearly on the passport .. the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. "Image of No.47163 with Silver Jubilee Union Jack", History of Blood and Custard (Crimson Lake & Cream) Livery, Information on Freight Locomotive Liveries & logos, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=British_Rail_corporate_liveries&oldid=1136093401, Articles with unsourced statements from December 2014, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. It may not display this or other websites correctly. Compared to the superb branding packages of TfW and ScotRail, it does not say "come use the railway . I can only see negatives. The Tories, particulary this present mob of throwbacks, have long since co-opted the "great" in "Great Britain" to mean "very good"and its xenophobic, imperialist undertones make me want to vomit. And other European countries cope with DB trains in France, SNCF trains in Germany etc. This competition aimed to identify a place with a rich railway heritage, strong links to the national network and significant public support, while creating a great opportunity to promote the location as the proud home for the start of a new era in Britains railways. The 25 kV electric locomotives were painted from new in a striking shade of bright blue which was known as "Electric Blue". On 10 June 1986, British Rail launched Network SouthEast, an organisation designed to cut across the traditional regional boundaries and deliver a co-ordinated train service for London and the surrounding region. A mock-up for the British Railways Mark 2 stock was displayed at the Design Centre, 28 Haymarket, London, (the showrooms of the Council of Industrial Design) in 1964. 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