TPE Class 802 1st class yellow stripe

[D1537]

Is this a new thing? Can't say I've seen it before?

 

[Retorus]

Added in the last couple of weeks I believe.

 

[driver9000]

It has been planned for a while but has only just started to appear on the trains in the last few weeks. The whole fleet will be getting a yellow strip to denote First class, a green stripe to mark the cycle space door and a light blue stripe for the wheelchair accessible door.

 

[norbitonflyer]

Mandated by UIC but widely ignored in the UK. Can we hope to see GBR adopting this convention universally?

 

[James90012]

Interesting spot. Surely there would be a more stylish way to apply that stripe which works better with the livery? Looks so out of place.

 

[jfollows]

It’s about time.
I posted a year ago or more about the almost complete absence of any indication inside or outside. I don’t care about style, I just want to know which coach is which when the train is arriving.

EDIT https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/first-class-signage-on-tpe-802-units.244254/ from 2023 was my original post.

 

[voyagerdude220]

I think that the Avanti fleet of Everos could do with a Yellow stripe on their First Class carriages as well.

 

[Phillipimo]

It has been planned for a while but has only just started to appear on the trains in the last few weeks. The whole fleet will be getting a yellow strip to denote First class, a green stripe to mark the cycle space door and a light blue stripe for the wheelchair accessible door.

Out of interest, are there any national or international standards for the colours to denote areas for wheelchair accessibility, cycle spaces etc? Maybe something for GBR to consider because at the moment each TOC has their own system.

 

[mansonlo49]

I think that the Avanti fleet of Everos could do with a Yellow stripe on their First Class carriages as well.

scotrail units have the blue and green label showing cycle and wheelchair space

 

[AndrewE]

Mandated by UIC but widely ignored in the UK.

True

Can we hope to see GBR adopting this convention universally?

Let's hope so. The rot started with Pendolinos: a very senior man there told me that because it was a UIC standard nobody thought to put it into the spec so they came without the yellow lines! I guess financial controls would have prevented modifications to the spec because they would have come at disproportionate cost.

 

[RealTrains07]

Out of interest, are there any national or international standards for the colours to denote areas for wheelchair accessibility, cycle spaces etc? Maybe something for GBR to consider because at the moment each TOC has their own system.

No all of them have their own system though. There are already at least 4 TOCs which also already follow the system of designating green for cycle spaces and blue for disabled spaces. The main difference between them is the shades of green and blue each TOC uses. It is a bit more of a common sight than some might think.

 

[D1537]

No all of them have their own system though. There are already at least 4 TOCs which also already follow the system of designating green for cycle spaces and blue for disabled spaces. The main difference between them is the shades of green and blue each TOC uses. It is a bit more of a common sight than some might think.

The green stripe on the 802 I photographed above this morning did not look as bright, in my mind's eye, as the ones on Scotrail's EMUs. Having said that it was 8am on a dull morning under the canopy of York station!