How might Bee Network etc rail branding work?

[Bletchleyite]

Interesting that you bring Northern up actually. Isn't there a push up there to have trains under the "Bee" branding with that 323 in yellow? How will things like that now work?

Presumably exactly the same as when trains previously carried the Merseytravel, GMPTE, Tyne and Wear, Metro etc liveries (and in some cases still do). They're mostly used on services relating to that area but there's a fair bit of cross pollination by the nature of the operation (e.g. a Chat Moss or CLC stopper is both a Merseytravel and a Bee service).

 

[The Planner]

Its just going to be trains in a Bee livery ran by Northern as stated surely, not sure what the big deal with that is.

 

[Tomos y Tanc]

Its just going to be trains in a Bee livery ran by Northern as stated surely, not sure what the big deal with that is.

It's not a big deal but cross-modal branding is useful in informing passengers of what services they can use with tap in / tap out, for example.

 

[jonnyfan]

I think branding will be most prominent at stations, with limited amounts of branding on actual trains.