[16] As well as rolling stock and multiple units, a number of Class 47 and Class 50 locomotives dedicated to Network SouthEast passenger services were painted in this livery. 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. You are using an out of date browser. Apple Green. OK, it's not a big change, but Germany tends to do rebrandings very infrequently. JavaScript is disabled. 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. Bare minimum. The 25 kV electric locomotives were painted from new in a striking shade of bright blue which was known as "Electric Blue". The 1948 trials brought LMS Class 5s, and GWR Kings and Castles in lined light green and lined blue, with incorrect suggestions that two different blues were used. The British Isles in my old school geography books included the island of Ireland but I wouldn't have said that in my recent visit to the country! One of the worst liveries they ever carried, never seen a HST look so poor. And other European countries cope with DB trains in France, SNCF trains in Germany etc. British Railways coaches in the crimson and cream livery used from 1949 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. For me, it's time to sign off from the Great Western Railway Line. Last week Doug Beattie, the newly-installed leader of the Ulster Unionist Party, hit out at Boris Johnson. There have also been subtle font changes. GBR is similar enough to channel some continuity with BR but distinct enough to admit it's a different entity. Theres no vote in Northern Ireland for him or his Conservative party so he doesnt care, hes hands off.. The iconic London and North Eastern Railway brand - better known as LNER - looks set to be withdrawn again. 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. I could see those different types of logos being used across scenarios. Question for the designers. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. You are using an out of date browser. Great British Railways: Livery, branding and appearance? By 2020s Britain, I mean a design that is reflective of modern day marketing and branding. Because it's not going to be the same as BR. It may not display this or other websites correctly. Agree, having at least 'intercity', 'regional' and 'metro' would be good. During 2020, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, all passenger train operating companies (TOCs) entered into Emergency Recovery Measures Agreements with the UK and Scottish Governments. 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'll give you an opportunity to make up a better more modern scheme then. British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was a state-owned company that operated most of the overground rail transport in Great Britain from 1948 to 1997. Compared to the superb branding packages of TfW and ScotRail, it does not say "come use the railway . For Station signage that is supposed to be functional and informative above all else, I don't see too much wrong with this. Home Forums [7]. The Great British Railway - and please, spare us the flag-waving - will incorporate Network Rail (renationalised in 2002 after privatised Railtrack collapsed), ticketing and awarding operator . Western. 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. Find out more and ask any questions/give us feedback in this thread . (Something that ought to give die-hard advocates of splitting off the Scottish Conservatives pause for thought.) London Midland (pre LNR), that was white on black but the same idea. Also, yes, the actual report has a typo, it really does say 'refect' instead of 'reflect'. Sadly cream on modern stock looks quite bad, or I suspect one incarnation of GWR might have tried it white might work ok instead. What possible negatives are there to none enthusiasts? The government has promised to base the organisation outside London to promote economic growth and skills in a region beyond the capital. People are understandably sceptical about the frequent rebranding . And it that light it is intriguing that Ministers have. WMT (operationally separate from LNWR by this point) brand to be used additionally on XC services to Nottingham and Leicester (stopper only). 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. https://twitter.com/MrTimDunn/status/912009372292780033. Something timeless. Thats a bit like saying everything has been invented, no need for anything more. Thanks. The history of British Rail's corporate liveries is quite complex. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Lima class 47 D1574 British Rail Green Livery UNBOXED at the best online prices at eBay! Maybe a "way out" arrow similar to Thameslink's station signage could make it more exciting, while also adding a bit more functionality? 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. But do you think Queen Nicola would accept trains branded as "Rail England" coming across the border? 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. Privacy Noticeand Website Accessibility. Due to the small number of units repainted it was common to see trains with two or more units in different liveries. This isn't true, there have been subtle changes. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. The Tories, particulary this present mob of throwbacks, have long since co-opted the "great" in "Great Britain" to mean "very good"and it's xenophobic, imperialist undertones me me want to vomit. A throwback to the 70s and 80s can sometimes work, but not often, but I think. Different NSE style local/commuter networks round the country. 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 . 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? It's not going to be called Rail England and if it was, there'd be nothing "Queen Nicola" could do about it. I'm inclined to disagree. He branded the Prime Minister an English nationalist, who was prepared to ignore Northern Ireland as the Conservatives have no electoral stake in the Province. ScotRail was the brand name under which British Rail operated passenger services in Scotland and cross border services to Northern England and London. I personally do not think there should be a standard livery across the network on the grounds that regional identity would be lost. Suffice to say, an actual English nationalist would not be passing controversial legislation to enable Westminster to spend even more money on Northern Ireland, as this Government is. This style of livery was also used by CSX Transportation. 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. Why do most people go for a car that is mostly all one single colour. Because for my money blue & grey is not the "same basic livery" as Swallow, neither is NSEs toothpaste anything like the red and cream worn in the 50s. 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. 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. There was a return of some regional schemes: the Western Region turned out some Mk1 sets for named expresses in chocolate/cream, similar to that used by the GWR before nationalisation. 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. GBR is currently running a competition to find a town or city outside London to host its headquarters. The WilliamsShapps plan recommended that there will be a single, unifying brand for railways, and it is expected that this will be a gradual rebranding over time. It'll be operated quite differently. 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. Dedicated station management teams will be created within regional divisions of GBR to manage stations and land. The wholly superior vision of the Campaign for Equal Citizenship is long abandoned. The red stripe does work, very similar to what the Welsh are doing. Why not capitalize on it? 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). I agree I think the NR logo in the circle looks better, but GBR is such a mouthful - its just latent fear of the British Rail brand. Not sure but I was also thinking of the winding up arrangements that would've taken place at privatisation i.e. However many people were not happy with the loss of the traditional "historic" regional colour schemes as used by the former private companies. Here are his exact words: Hes concerned with the English vote. Old does not necessarily = bad. The British Isles is a the collection of European islands consisting of Great Britain, the island of Ireland, Isle of Man and the northern islands that are part of Scotland. Find out more Contact us Freedom of Information Jobs at GBRTT Media Sign up for GBRTT News Privacy and GDPR Terms and conditions Eastfield TMD staff near Glasgow also embellished a few examples of the class 37/0's allocated to the depot with a lower bodyside white stripe in the mid-80s but were told to stop doing it and repaint the ones they'd already done back to the standard blue livery by the BR hierarchy. The easiest way to guarantee readibility at night would be to use retroreflective coatings, like those used on road signs. Rail alphabet had the advantage of being clear, legible and was pretty much consistently applied. True. [10], Andrew Haines and Peter Hendy, the current CEO and chairman of Network Rail respectively, are overseeing the establishment of GBR. 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 can only see negatives. 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).. This livery was well received by enthusiasts but as the Class 56s only hauled freight, it was decided to extend the experiment to a passenger loco. 1 Pre-corporate liveries 2 Early liveries 2.1 Coaching stock from 1948 2.2 The second phase 2.3 XP64 3 Rail Blue 3.1 Locomotives 3.2 Coaches and multiple units 3.3 Local variations 4 Moving away from Rail Blue 5 Sectorisation 5.1 InterCity 5.2 Network SouthEast 5.3 Regional Railways 5.4 Rail Express Systems 5.5 Railfreight Pre-corporate liveries [8][9], A fortnight before the WilliamsShapps Plan for Rail was unveiled, the Department for Transport gave notice of a 6.5million contract for Deloitte up to February 2023 as its "strategic change delivery partner: rail reform programme". 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. The UK, Britain, Great Britain, The British Isles, England - what's the difference? Well Id have thought it might be GBR Northern or GBR Southern. | 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. Yes i like it, very clean and professional looking. Northern and TPE split into separate Northwest and Northeast brands. I don't think the red understripe would appear though, and there will still be calls from TfGM, WYCA TfWM, TfW, etc. English regions, Scotland, and Wales will have their own variants, but these will still emphasise the national nature of GBR. Why does it need to look the part - what does nationalisation look like? Quick reference Livery Guide for Nameplates and transfers available in 4mm/00 scale. [3] Goods (freight) services are operated by a number of companies, the descendants of those created during the 1990s privatisation. 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. Messages: 1,398. We use cookies. Creating a separate thread for this as it's quite a big topic, potentially. GBR will own all stations and most infrastructure in Great Britain. [11][12], The location for GBR's headquarters is currently being determined. 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. GBR will be made up of five regional divisions, organised in line with Network Rail's Putting Passengers First programme. Still makes me cringe everytime I see/read 'Great' in front of anything British since this mob got in. 3 Apr 2022 . I personally like this Lion logo posted by Tim Dunn on twitter a few years ago, Not at all. But theres no particular reason this should be. Eastern, North Eastern and Scottish. Read more about them in our, National HQ competition for Great British Railways. The pleasure's all mine. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Sadly cream on modern stock looks quite bad, or I suspect one incarnation of GWR might have tried it white might work ok instead. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. If you run across land borders you're going to get it. One thing that might work, though, would be to drop the full text from the red band and just have a subtle double arrow on the right hand side in that. This long term strategy for rail will be a landmark resource, enabling a clear and agreed direction for the railway. I really quite like that now. But Beatties second charge is more interesting. I would say GWR (single colour) is a far better branding package than Avanti (3 colours). This page was last edited on 28 January 2023, at 18:28. A railway works best as a single unit. But thats the insidious appeal of nationalism: it willalwaysbe easier, in the short term, to spurn complicating national attachments in favour of tacking to local winds and making off with as much cash as you can lay your hands on. Blue Pullman in grey and blue livery arriving at Bristol Temple Meads in 1973. 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. The infrastructure was privately owned and operated by Railtrack from 1994 to 2002, when it was renationalised and transferred to Network Rail. The FT reports: The reforms will still allow private companies to run services but they will instead work under a more prescriptive management contract, similar to the system in place on the London Overground.. 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). And although BR did changes, it was still the same basic livery really. That's what happens when small-minded people look back on a classic that was before their time with a warped sense of populism. There's rather a lot to list if you want to do it completely! The text won't be centred vertically with the logo. JavaScript is disabled. Antrim Princess Sealink ferry underway in Larne with Sealink letters. It does look better than red. More middle days; they were improving quite a bit in the 1990s. Bland, cheap, unimaginative. the report stated that there would be some update to the double arrow, though not what that update would be. The name is still awful though and far too long. Due to the consequent muddle of liveries, many trains began to get an untidy if not tatty appearance which added to the run-down image of the railway. For this new venture a new livery - a paler shade of blue than Rail Blue, with three stripes of white, red and grey - was created with Class 47 No.47573 The London Standard painted in the new livery specifically for the launch ceremony. Livery Guide Great Western Railways/British Railway Western Region. There are conflicting view on Britain versus Great Britain. though we may have to wait for a new govt for that to happen. 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. But do we really want to go back to that? It looks like BR. The great livery might only look good on certain trains, while on others it looks rubbish. 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. I suppose they are quite bland. Some franchise brand names are good, such as Trans Pennine Express, but perhaps those longer distance brands might be lost to one all encompassing GBR brand. Find out more and ask any questions/give us feedback in this thread . The signs look good, if a bit bland and functional. Like the Thameslink 700 "can't be bothered" livery. [9][10] Several other Class 47 locomotives, some Class 31s, and even some DMU cabs, were subsequently also painted by Stratford with grey roofs, the variation becoming something of a trademark for the depot. 3,609. thomalex said: 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. I am confident I could design a better package in a few hours, and I am not a design professional. "Great" means "large", not "very good". The first and second MKC signs are pretty classy and look good. 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. It may not display this or other websites correctly. | 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. Class 35 'Hymek' D7017 restored to 1960's green & lime livery. 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). Why could GBR franchises not do the same? But the move still opens up some possibilities which Michael Gove and the rest of the Governments Union strategy team should consider. Roofs were Dark Grey and underframes originally brown, but later black. Also, like I said, it's possible that they legally can't call it BR. The attachments illustrate this. As built it was a sort of purplish-red stripe with a lighter red shadow, then this changed to solid red in the late 90s/early 2000s. It may not display this or other websites correctly. Our railways play a fundamental role in supporting the economic, environmental and social achievements of the country. In 1978 the British Railways Board began planning a new livery for the future, and in that August Class 56 diesel locomotive 56036 was painted to test a modified livery[11][12] of all-over Rail Blue with the entire loco front in bright yellow to improve visibility, this extending down the sides of the loco to the rear of the cab windows which were, in turn, outlined in black. In the days of signs being hand painted/stencilled on enamel I would agree, but it is so much easier to make stuff look good these days that there is really no excuse for this sort of thing. Id like GN non-Moorgate stuff to join Greater Anglia, as they dont fit in LNER imo. I think in Germany it is done by using the "TOC" name in place of IC etc. It may not display this or other websites correctly. Job done. In May 2022, the Government announced proposed legislation to modernise rail services and improve reliability for passengers. The whole GBR thing is complicated as you have ScotRail and TfW already as separate brands that won't change, yet using "Rail England" or whatever is going to provoke outrage where services run by "English" operators go into Scotland and Wales (which rather ignores the same the other way round!). Brunswick Green. 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. TL:DR - if your a british collector, and you paint your own, PUT THE STRIPPER DOWN. The Great British Railways Transition Team is developing a range of rail freight growth target options. There are some good brands out there - gWr for example is a superb piece of marketing prowess, alongside the "friendly nostalgia" of the Famous Five advertising. Sponsor Post - registered members do not see these adverts; Heh. It will become a single familiar brand with a bold new vision for passengers - of punctual services, simpler tickets. That's a different argument (which I disagee with but that's not for this thread). We need more national institutions to give a British shape to life, and GBR should be one of them. Famous in York and up and down the East Coast Main Line, LNER could soon be consigned to history - again, YorkMix understands. BRs own history says otherwise. Find out more and ask any questions/give us feedback in this thread . Eventually, it was decided to standardise on a colour which became known as Rail Blue. 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. It is known as Great because it is the largest island in the British Isles, and houses the countries of England, Scotland and Wales within its shores. Here is some variants of my original 'swallow inspired' design. I wonder if we might actually see things like "Northern - by Great British Railways" rather than one single overarching branding. I imagine the LNER and GWR branding will be around the longest, as its allready kind of govt created and most in line with DfT standards. Existing leases of stations to devolved transport authorities will continue. Clean, modern, easy to read, looks good and in the right colour set. The BR Saint & TPO Livery Pack adds additional liveries to the GWR Saint & TPO add-on, enabling you to recreate realistic travelling post office operations in the British Railway era. Other examples are available Once they'd ditched single colour liveries, they didn't really do anything that wasn't ", One can only hope for a Sectorised return to NSE. [2] It was a dark, greyish blue tone which hid the effects of dirt well. Whatever its failings and they were multitude branding was one thing British Rail took seriously and was remarkably good at. Great British Railways: Livery, branding and appearance? BR's first standard locomotive liveries, adopted from 1949 onwards. Later regional variations included some interesting changes for the Class8P passenger types in particular. JavaScript is disabled. It does because it's public perception. In the early years the colour faded quite badly, becoming lighter and paler with time although this problem had been overcome by the late 1970s. It'll be operated quite differently. [7], The reorganisation does not affect Northern Ireland, where the railway is already operated by the vertically integrated and already wholly state-owned Northern Ireland Railways. Instead, I just added an icon next to the full text and removed it from the main station name. This was later modified for locomotives allocated to the Civil Engineer's department to include a yellow stripe on the upper bodyside, the resulting livery being known as "Dutch" due to its similarity to the corporate colours of the Nederlandse Spoorwegen.[18]. It's the name of the island ffs. I wonder if you could make a hybrid of the two? It may not display this or other websites correctly. A High Speed Train power car (loco) and coach in InterCity swallow livery. Plus what is one persons opinion of a great livery will be different to the next. You are using an out of date browser. Class 01 01002 inside Holyhead Breakwater shed in early black livery. 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. 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. The livery was applied only to some Class 309 "Clacton" units on the former Eastern Region and to a few of Classes 411 (4Cep), 419 (MLV) and 421 (4Cig) on the former Southern Region. Why do you show the double-arrow logo *and* the words "Great British Railways"? I quite like that version; I think I might like it even more if the black and the red were blue instead though. [6], The Vale of Rheidol Railway remained steam operated past the general end of steam traction in 1968; Accordingly the three remaining Vale of Rheidol Railway steam locomotives (Class 98) received the Rail Blue colour scheme and the double arrow logo on their side tanks. What is of 2020s Britain then? This mock-up was shown in an orange and grey livery, which, however, never appeared on rolling stock in service. Aren't best impressions the ones that did the 2015 Virgin East Coast HST? Rail Express Systems was the sector of British Rail responsible for transport of mail and parcels traffic. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. 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. 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