Nationalisation - what does it actually mean?

[TT-ONR-NRN]

They took quite a few weeks to put SWR stickers over SWT names on the trains. Some of the curved orange line branded station signs still exist in obscure places, so could argue rebrand still ongoing.

SWR took over in August 2017, and nearly 8 years later there are still about 300 carriages still painted in SWT colours that are still in service (most should have been withdrawn years ago, but they retained them for now and kept old paint job)

So if current operator (SWR) never finished the rebrand in 8 years, who knows how long its successor will take.

None of the permanent electric fleet are in SWT livery anymore though of course.

 

[Clarence Yard]

If the repaint/revinyl cycle of the units is 10 years, there will still be quite a few left to do.

 

[yorksrob]

The waiting room seats in Wareham station still have SWT moquette (as of last week).

 

[vuzzeho]

Will SWR be rebranded?

Yes. https://www.thetimes.com/business-m...sh-railways-will-fly-the-union-jack-df0f2r5sp

Great British Railways brand to appear on trains from May​

The new logo featuring the Union Jack will be unveiled on the first trains to be fully nationalised under the Labour government

 

[Sad Sprinter]

Who knows? Is the colour and patterns on the train important?

Who knows? Is the colour and patterns on the train important?

My God yes.

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Yes. https://www.thetimes.com/business-m...sh-railways-will-fly-the-union-jack-df0f2r5sp

is the picture behind the paywall?

 

[eldomtom2]

is the picture behind the paywall?

There is no picture. It just says:

The trains themselves are unlikely to be repainted due to cost constraints, sources said. Instead, the current branding will be removed and replaced with a livery that could include the white, red and blue of the Union Jack.

 

[Oldgaloot]

Logos and colours aren't in the least important. What really characterised British Railways was the sandwiches. Limp bits of grated cheese in limper white bread or rather tasty bacon in that same limper white bread. On the Brighton to London run, I reckon the steward had an aerosol of frying bacon aroma which he'd spray about to attract the punters into the buffet. It's this that put the Brit into British Railways.