A little odd considering the way things are going, but I can't even blame them. What a terrible desk. To be fair, the sign seems fine on the old one, but everything else is dreadful. How do you even find a desk so... nasty?The unpaid fares desk at Manchester Victoria has been rebranded the opposite way
From bland black and white rail alphabet style to Northern’s in house style, as shown here
So that means they've put a sticker over a cover patch, over a sticker?! Sounds about right really!
I never understood why the Hexabee was covered over in the first place as they are visible on the new signage recently fitted at Deansgate...
Weirdly, Salford Central is the outlier. So it was done with RA2 before they started the major works on the station, then upon completion, it was resigned using the newly released Wayfinding Version 3 manual and is at present the only one so treated! They then did Victoria with the strange (and completely unnecessary) grey boardering and then the same with Deansgate... but as to why Victoria has suddenly been plagued with "n"s might have sth to do with Alex Hornby, who recently showed off on his Twitter feed a brand new desk for exchanging IOUs, completely bedecked in Northern purple and branding... Admittedly, the previous desk looked like it had been knocked up at 3pm on a Friday out some scrap from the bins but the signage was RA2 and thus "in keeping" with the new style... but hey ho...
Except whilst trying to integrate the railway into one cohesive unit, it isn't
Except whilst trying to integrate the railway into one cohesive unit, it isn't
Alex Hornby tweeted positively about the new GBR livery today. For the sake of his career he likes it, but I can imagine inside he hates the whole concept considering how his whole career has been based around localised branding under his control.Except whilst trying to integrate the railway into one cohesive unit, it isn't
Too expensive surely given the livery has been done inhouse??
I'll bet he does...
Given the annual budget of the railways even using a design house as expensive as Best Impressions would amount to peanuts.
True but I think my mind was harking to another thread about "wastes of public money on the railway"
Interesting. Maybe the signage needed updating anyway? I wonder how long signage lasts before it needs a replacement/update (if there's even a time limit - some BR era signs are still at decently major stations). That would also explain Euston being entirely redone when other stations would've made more sense to be overhauled.
Define inoffensive.
I mean, it's black text on a white background. Basically as inoffensive as you can get. The most 'edgy' it gets is a double arrow.
Yeah, it looks more classic style, possibly ser like? It looks great, and would fit well on a heritage line! I was impressed when I first saw it, as the station really needed lots of patchwork. (A great refurbishment, but off topic!) Still better than the other new signage, which I feel could do with more colour and style in their lettering while still looking bold and simple but effective.
Looks like we’ve got another interpretation at Cambridge South. Thicker font, arrows and train symbols for platforms.
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Looks good. NR/GBR Wayfinding guidance version 4 impending?Looks like we’ve got another interpretation at Cambridge South. Thicker font, arrows and train symbols for platforms.
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I believe this is an updated version that will replace V3. The symbols, font (RA3), design of the sign itself (note the loss of the red inserts) and layouts are all completely different.
Looking at the images, it seems you're right. RA3, though? Not another one!
I know, another style. Apparently they have "tweaked" RA2 (the hook on the lower case l for instance) for accessibility reasons.
