Liveries on the Tyne and Wear Metro

[damien23]

I recently stumbled across some of my late dad's photographs & within them was a few pictures of the old liveries, my favourite being the metroland one as it brings back some now very old memories from when I was a kid. I highly doubt it, but I wonder if nexus would ever consider implementing some in the future. I guess that it might not particularly align with the new, sleek design of the metros and could forever be something of the past. I'm sure there will be so many more that have completely slipped my mind over the years so if anyone has any to share please do let me know.

 

[hondafan1999]

I have a friend who worked for an agency who approached Nexus about this .

From what I remember they put this program on hold due to reliability with the current fleet as they would struggle to guarantee any sort of exposure due to units being swapped and changed more frequently

 

[Tramfan]

Below is a (hopefully!) comprehensive list of the advertising liveries carried

4002 - Braathens Airline, Metro Website
4008 - Royal Quays
4012 - Crimestoppers
4016 - Metro Radio
4020 - Modern Apprenticeships
4026 - Braathens Airline
4027 - Dinosaurs At The Hancock, Segedunum, DFDS
4033 - Emirates Airline (2 versions)
4034 - JJ Whitley
4038 - Talk To Frank, Thomson Holidays, East Coast Trains
4039 - Metro FM, Journal
4040 - Cut Your CO2, Emirates Airline (2 versions)
4042 - Chronicle, Metro Radio
4045 - Metro FM, Grey "Advertise On Metro", Newcastle Racecourse, Newcastle Airport
4048 - Great North Forest
4049 - Orange, Kidd & Spoor Harper Solicitors
4050 - Northumbria Police
4051 - Asda
4054 - Metroland
4055 - Grey "Advertise On Metro, GNER, European Union
4056 - M&S, Woodpecker Cider
4058 - Metroland
4061 - Connexions
4063 - Woodpecker Cider
4067 - Alexander Millar Artwork
4068 - Bridges Shopping Centre
4075 - Tyne & Wear Services
4080 - National Garden Festival, Tyne & Wear Challenge, South Shields Market
4082 - Emirates Airline (2 versions)
4083 - British Lung Foundation, Emirates (2 versions)
4084 - Pop Card, East Coast Trains
4085 - Newcastle/Gateshead Buzzin', BBC Radio Newcastle
4086 - Tesco Extra, DFDS
4087 - M&S, Grey "Advertise On Metro", Seaside Special/South Tyneside, Millennium Festival

There have also been other special/heritage liveries

4001 - Original 1975 livery, 40th Anniversary livery
4027 - NER
4032 - Golden Jubilee
4044 - Yellow (Brandling Junction)
4051 - Claret (Newcastle & North Shields Railway)

There has also been a few instances of units having promotional stickers applied, rather than a full livery

4001 - ITV Telethon
4002 - ITV Telethon
4039 - Monergy '86
4045 - Monergy '86
4053 - Dance Festival

 

[damien23]

I have a friend who worked for an agency who approached Nexus about this .

From what I remember they put this program on hold due to reliability with the current fleet as they would struggle to guarantee any sort of exposure due to units being swapped and changed more frequently

Wow okay… good to know it’s not completely out of the question though! Thanks for the info.

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Below is a (hopefully!) comprehensive list of the advertising liveries carried

4002 - Braathens Airline, Metro Website
4008 - Royal Quays
4012 - Crimestoppers
4016 - Metro Radio
4020 - Modern Apprenticeships
4026 - Braathens Airline
4027 - Dinosaurs At The Hancock, Segedunum, DFDS
4033 - Emirates Airline (2 versions)
4034 - JJ Whitley
4038 - Talk To Frank, Thomson Holidays, East Coast Trains
4039 - Metro FM, Journal
4040 - Cut Your CO2, Emirates Airline (2 versions)
4042 - Chronicle, Metro Radio
4045 - Metro FM, Grey "Advertise On Metro", Newcastle Racecourse, Newcastle Airport
4048 - Great North Forest
4049 - Orange, Kidd & Spoor Harper Solicitors
4050 - Northumbria Police
4051 - Asda
4054 - Metroland
4055 - Grey "Advertise On Metro, GNER, European Union
4056 - M&S, Woodpecker Cider
4058 - Metroland
4061 - Connexions
4063 - Woodpecker Cider
4067 - Alexander Millar Artwork
4068 - Bridges Shopping Centre
4075 - Tyne & Wear Services
4080 - National Garden Festival, Tyne & Wear Challenge, South Shields Market
4082 - Emirates Airline (2 versions)
4083 - British Lung Foundation, Emirates (2 versions)
4084 - Pop Card, East Coast Trains
4085 - Newcastle/Gateshead Buzzin', BBC Radio Newcastle
4086 - Tesco Extra, DFDS
4087 - M&S, Grey "Advertise On Metro", Seaside Special/South Tyneside, Millennium Festival

There have also been other special/heritage liveries

4001 - Original 1975 livery, 40th Anniversary livery
4027 - NER
4032 - Golden Jubilee
4044 - Yellow (Brandling Junction)
4051 - Claret (Newcastle & North Shields Railway)

There has also been a few instances of units having promotional stickers applied, rather than a full livery

4001 - ITV Telethon
4002 - ITV Telethon
4039 - Monergy '86
4045 - Monergy '86
4053 - Dance Festival

Now that is a lot, certainly more than I can ever remember seeing thank you for sharing this. There’s many on this list that I’m struggling to find pictures of, do you know of a collection of them online anywhere?

 

[hondafan1999]

Wow okay… good to know it’s not completely out of the question though! Thanks for the info.

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Now that is a lot, certainly more than I can ever remember seeing thank you for sharing this. There’s many on this list that I’m struggling to find pictures of, do you know of a collection of them online anywhere?

It very well could be something that they've stopped doing now with the new fleet.