Great British Railways - First Train in New Livery

[dodecahedron67]

That 375 should be the actual livery with maybe a red/white stripe at cab ends. Subtle and classy unlike the garish current offering

 

[skyhigh]

Maybe this wasn't far off after all.

It's pretty much exactly what was expected. Sorry, I missed your earlier message but there are examples for all TOCs.

 

[Park47515]

It's pretty much exactly what was expected. Sorry, I missed your earlier message but there are examples for all TOCs.

Is there a GTR and Northern as well then?

 

[sabanda]

Do you have anything for Chiltern or XC?

 

[Russel]

It’s part of a wider rollout of the new operator/sector names, they’re not going to re-do every single train into the full livery to start with, it’d take ages to get the names out there.

I'm aware of that, and it wasn't what I was suggesting.

 

[XCTurbostar]

I must admit, I would prefer it if the ‘temporary’ livery became the permanent.. let’s not overcomplicate things.

 

[TT-ONR-NRN]

It's pretty much exactly what was expected. Sorry, I missed your earlier message but there are examples for all TOCs.

Thanks! I’d love to see the XC, SN and SWR ones if you’d be willing to show those please?

 

[Many2Audi]

It's pretty much exactly what was expected. Sorry, I missed your earlier message but there are examples for all TOCs.

If you can, can you show Greater Anglia considering they have little signage on the side of their units. Thank you!

 

[MCRTransitYT]

It's pretty much exactly what was expected. Sorry, I missed your earlier message but there are examples for all TOCs.

Are you able to show all TOCs at once?

 

[TT-ONR-NRN]

If you can, can you show Greater Anglia considering they have little signage on the side of their units. Thank you!

He’s already shown that here:

Temporary rollout coming soon.....

It seems weird that it says Greater Anglia when we know the regional identifier is just Anglia. But it might be that the name only changes when they get the livery to avoid initial confusion.

 

[northernbelle]

He’s already shown that here:


It seems weird that it says Greater Anglia when we know the regional identifier is just Anglia. But it might be that the name only changes when they get the livery to avoid initial confusion.

It's almost like that screenshot is from a draft document and not the finished article, which is why it shouldn't have been put into the public domain!

 

[TT-ONR-NRN]

It's almost like that screenshot is from a draft document and not the finished article, which is why it shouldn't have been put into the public domain!

Alright, alright! I guess we’ll see what’s next to come out.

 

[JaJaWa]

It's pretty much exactly what was expected. Sorry, I missed your earlier message but there are examples for all TOCs.

Isn’t the HS1 train meant to be branded Great British Railways | High Speed based on previous posts

 

[Class 466]

Isn’t the HS1 train meant to be branded Great British Railways | High Speed based on previous posts

Fairly sure that list was quickly proven to be outdated/incorrect.

 

[LLivery]

Oh look at that, less is more... can we keep it?

Is this the best they could do?

It's already in what is basically the base GBR livery!

I remember Steve White saying there was no budget for a full GBR livery when it was first unveiled. That seems to have not changed.

Rightly, they're more focused on other things, and the dark blue SE livery is the smartest we have right now, in my opinion.

 

[XCTurbostar]

GBR Chiltern Press Event - 17th September
68021 & CH09 (GBR Chiltern Livery) are expected to work the below for the press event:
5H16 0706 Banbury Depot to London Marylebone
5Z27 1133 London Marylebone to Banbury Depot

 

[physics34]

Oh look at that, less is more... can we keep it?



I remember Steve White saying there was no budget for a full GBR livery when it was first unveiled. That seems to have not changed.

Rightly, they're more focused on other things, and the dark blue SE livery is the smartest we have right now, in my opinion.

Yes theyll only reliver trains when they are due to be done except for 1 unit per "TOC" the DfT said. I guess the paint guarantee on the SE 375s has got more time to run.
Clearly the c2c units are due a paint job hence they are getting done and i reckon a few others classes will be due a paint job and will get GBR livery soon.
The rest will get just the GBR logo and the lettering, which is the wise thing to do.

 

[TT-ONR-NRN]

Yes theyll only reliver trains when they are due to be done except for 1 unit per "TOC" the DfT said. I guess the paint guarantee on the SE 375s has got more time to run.

In the case of SE 375/376/377 though, once all are stickered up it wouldn’t be that much to simply repaint the doors and slap on the flag vinyl. I appreciate the blue might not be the right shade. But it would work in the interim. After all the 375s and 377s are different shades (the former Southeastern blue, the latter darker First Capital Connect blue) and I’d say it’s not immediately noticeable.

I’d definitely advocate that for the 376s having JUST been redone, because otherwise who knows how long they’ll carry the now out-of-date SE light blue doors for.

 

[Definiteness]

I would have thought that if they wanted to do a "Train per TOC" GBR launch for SE they would (and eventually will) do the full livery

This train is primarily about a special livery for the Bayeux Tapestry, not GBR. I wonder if an instruction has gone out for DFTO ToCs that says publicity events/special liveries like this must be done under the GBR logo not the legacy ToC one?

 

[TT-ONR-NRN]

I would have thought that if they wanted to do a "Train per TOC" GBR launch for SE they would (and eventually will) do the full livery

This train is primarily about a special livery for the Bayeux Tapestry, not GBR. I wonder if an instruction has gone out for DFTO ToCs that says publicity events/special liveries like this must be done under the GBR logo not the legacy ToC one?

Well it makes sense, if they’re going to jazz it up they may as well use the most upto date logo.

 

[Riverside Redz]

I must admit, I would prefer it if the ‘temporary’ livery became the permanent.. let’s not overcomplicate things.

Completely agree, I just can’t warm to the actual new livery

 

[TT-ONR-NRN]

I can't be the only one a bit bored of the constant notifications of this thread -- getting excited to see if it's a new unit in the livery -- and it's just someone AGAIN saying what the livery should have been, or telling us they don't like it. Anti-climax! It's no secret by now that it's very marmite.

 

[ollyexe2808]

I can't be the only one a bit bored of the constant notifications of this thread -- getting excited to see if it's a new unit in the livery -- and it's just someone AGAIN saying what the livery should have been, or telling us they don't like it. Anti-climax! It's no secret by now that it's very marmite.

Agreed! But people love a complain. I like the bingo card of figuring out if people want a return to the 'Big Four', classic Chocolate and Cream GWR or some late-90s privatisation-core niche brand in some clipart combination of teal and beige

Anyway....intrigued to see how the Chiltern launch goes and would be keen to know how soon we might see the temporary liveries on trains too. Being in GWR-land, all eyes are in December for me.....

 

[Lknowles78]

I have moved and my house backs on to the ECML. Any news of the first Azuma, 700 or 379 getting the new livery? Sick of bland grey and white. Although I have noticed the 700s lost their grey for plain white - in preparation for GBR vinyls? Likewise the 379s are appearing whiter bit by bit too rather than brown!

 

[Goldfish62]

Although I have noticed the 700s lost their grey for plain white - in preparation for GBR vinyls? Likewise the 379s are appearing whiter bit by bit too rather than brown!

SWR units are gradually going through an external deep clean - you can actually see the yellow on the front of the Desiros now rather than a layer of filth! So I think it's just a DFTO cleaning programme rather than any impending livery change.

 

[TT-ONR-NRN]

Likewise the 379s are appearing whiter bit by bit too rather than brown!

While the remaining 387s go the other way The Southern ones look fine but those still with Great Northern look absolutely disgusting!

 

[CR165022]

Did the event at Marylebone even happen this morning? I'm not seeing any coverage of it anywhere.

 

[Sparks807Evo]

It did yes - gathering over on platform 1 with the MK5 in GBR livery. Not much coverage on it, I agree!

 

[Amos390]

Do all these GBR units have a GBR interior too or is it just exterior work at the moment?

 

[TastyMaltesers]

Do all these GBR units have a GBR interior too or is it just exterior work at the moment?

Just exterior work for now.