The infrastructure was privately owned and operated by Railtrack from 1994 to 2002, when it was renationalised and transferred to Network Rail. A High Speed Train power car (loco) and coach in InterCity swallow livery. | Page 27 | RailUK Forums We're pleased to announce the launch of our new booking engine at tickets.railforums.co.uk, which helps support the running of the forum with every ticket purchased. The Great British Railway - and please, spare us the flag-waving - will incorporate Network Rail (renationalised in 2002 after privatised Railtrack collapsed), ticketing and awarding operator . If only we were to see a coherent joined up livery scheme to run nationwide like the picture above , however I rather suspect this will not be the case. The BR that believed in having multiple liveries and brands? The first Class 31 entered service in November . Within a period of 10 years, HSTs had three different liveries. On the face of it, this is primarily a reorganisation of the franchise system in England control over passenger franchises in Scotland and Wales is, alas, devolved. Launched as the London & South East Sector "Express Livery" this was a short-lived scheme which appeared on a limited amount of units and routes before the advent of Network SouthEast's "toothpaste" red white and blue striped livery. Question for the designers. No.31271 in Railfreight "triple grey" livery with Construction sector markings. This grey panel finished just short of the end of the coach leaving a small amount of Rail Blue which then continued round onto the end of the coach. I'm unsure about the livery as such, but if Great British Railways is taken forward, I'd expect 'GBR' to feature. Make the name central and it'd be perfect. In 1978 the British Railways Board began planning a new livery for the future, and in that August Class 56 diesel locomotive 56036 was painted to test a modified livery[11][12] of all-over Rail Blue with the entire loco front in bright yellow to improve visibility, this extending down the sides of the loco to the rear of the cab windows which were, in turn, outlined in black. You are using an out of date browser. As built it was a sort of purplish-red stripe with a lighter red shadow, then this changed to solid red in the late 90s/early 2000s. Class 14s D9537 (in desert sand livery) and D9539 prepare a double-head a train on the Ribble Steam Railway. Like the Thameslink 700 "can't be bothered" livery. [7], GBR will use a slightly modified British Rail Double Arrow and the Rail Alphabet 2 typeface for branding. European paint code RAL5020 ("Ocean Blue") is a good match to Rail Blue. Official Description. Old does not necessarily = bad. Existing leases of stations to devolved transport authorities will continue. I could see those different types of logos being used across scenarios. How many people list how attractive a train is when you ask them why they decided to go by car or train? They were numbered in two series, D5500-D5699 and D5800-D5862. All Regions. It'll be operated quite differently. A bit like this but without the fuzzy outline on the text and double arrow (caused by MS Paint's paint bucket tool): Sponsor Post - registered members do not see these adverts; I had a play around with this, and I agree, it looks. Non-corridor coaching stock and other multiple units received all-over Rail Blue until about 1980, when most received the same blue/grey livery as corridor coaching stock. Here is some variants of my original 'swallow inspired' design. British Railways coaches in the crimson and cream livery used from 1949 Discussions on the livery for British Railways coaching stock in 1948 eventually settled on a network-wide two-tone livery of crimson and cream for corridor coaches, with all-over crimson being used for local, non-corridor stock. Also, yes, the actual report has a typo, it really does say 'refect' instead of 'reflect'. Its not as if they need the advertising, nor do their brands carry the historic and emotional heft that the famous schemes of the genuinely private railways did. The first and second MKC signs are pretty classy and look good. Our railways play a fundamental role in supporting the economic, environmental and social achievements of the country. I do also like the theory that these regions they mention will be named after old railway companies. It may not display this or other websites correctly. I personally like this Lion logo posted by Tim Dunn on twitter a few years ago, Not at all. [16] A public vote was held following the announcement.[16]. With the reorganisation of British Railways in the mid-1960s, a complete break with the past was signalled by the introduction of a blue and grey livery which dominated all passenger rolling stock until the mid-1980s, when a new Intercity livery (dark grey and beige with a red and white waistband) was introduced along with a number of regional colour schemes. In 1957 this changed to maroon with yellow markings and in 1963 bauxite with white lettering was adopted. Why do most people go for a car that is mostly all one single colour. This error in colour identification comes from an article and question published in a Model Railway Magazine in the 1950s, where the responding editor made the error, and it has frequently been repeated since then. Interesting mock up doublearrow on Twitter just posted: What problem is this supposed to be fixing? On 10 June 1986, British Rail launched Network SouthEast, an organisation designed to cut across the traditional regional boundaries and deliver a co-ordinated train service for London and the surrounding region. The red stripe does work, very similar to what the Welsh are doing. . The Great British Railways Transition Team is developing a range of rail freight growth target options. All other brands (SE, Southern, Thameslink, SWR, GWR, TfW, Merseyrail, Overground, Crossrail, GA, c2c, Scotrail) remain as they are. The government has promised to base the organisation outside London to promote economic growth and skills in a region beyond the capital. I am confident I could design a better package in a few hours, and I am not a design professional. It is not necessary to have it on platform signs as if you don't know you are on the railway when you see them there probably isn't much hope for you. Now the charge of English nationalism is a tedious, largely Remainer trope that I have dealt with elsewhere. BR's first standard locomotive liveries, adopted from 1949 onwards. The British Railway official livery for meat & fish vans (and other stock which normally travelled in passenger trains) was originally crimson with yellow lettering. You also get a more legible and cohesive transport system. I quite like that version; I think I might like it even more if the black and the red were blue instead though. I imagine the LNER and GWR branding will be around the longest, as its allready kind of govt created and most in line with DfT standards. If it was, that format would not be used by: If you need any proof, they've also just done the same with 'Great British Nuclear'. I suppose they are quite bland. ScotRail was the brand name under which British Rail operated passenger services in Scotland and cross border services to Northern England and London. There'll no doubt be someone on here who knows, one way or the other. I never knew I had OCD until that remark lol. Then why was the old version called British Railways, not Great British Railways, and why the change now for the new version if British Railways worked . though we may have to wait for a new govt for that to happen. The wholly superior vision of the Campaign for Equal Citizenship is long abandoned. No complaints really over the Rail Alphabet, I even like seeing it on old BR signage that still exists here and there. The bottom one is basically Serco era Northern signage, and does look good to me, though I would go for a subtle double arrow in the bottom right as I said earlier, and omit the GBR text. This idea often seems to pop its head up. Privacy Noticeand Website Accessibility. The 1948 trials brought LMS Class 5s, and GWR Kings and Castles in lined light green and lined blue, with incorrect suggestions that two different blues were used. Beattie acknowledges how Ulsters separate unionist parties weaken the Union. Instead, I just added an icon next to the full text and removed it from the main station name. Someone will design a great livery in the future and someone else will design a crap livery. There just isn't room on a well functioning railway for true competition, so you might as well focus on the passenger experience, not the rail operator experience. But such an approach offers a bleak long-term outlook for the UK. There is also a British Standard paint colour BS381C 114 called Rail Blue which was introduced in 1964. We badly need that on the visual mess that is the railway. Nothing to bring it all together. True. This isn't true, there have been subtle changes. It would appear that were going to be waiting a while even for the new logo, and that given the recent nature of the franchise liveries, that new liveries are a very long way off. Great Britain (or just Britain) is the mainland of England, Scotland and Wales. Eastfield TMD staff near Glasgow also embellished a few examples of the class 37/0's allocated to the depot with a lower bodyside white stripe in the mid-80s but were told to stop doing it and repaint the ones they'd already done back to the standard blue livery by the BR hierarchy. Roofs were Dark Grey and underframes originally brown, but later black. [15], Originally scheduled for May 2022,[14] a shortlist consisting Birmingham, Crewe, Derby, Doncaster, Newcastle upon Tyne, and York was announced in July 2022,[16] using the following criteria: alignment with "levelling up" objectives; connected and easy to get to; opportunities for GBR; railway heritage and links to the network; value for money; and public support. GBR will absorb Network Rail, although overall strategic direction on infrastructure investment and fares strategy will remain with government. The Transport Secretary announced on 19 October 2022 that the Transport Bill which would have set up GBR would not go ahead in the current parliamentary session.[2]. Quick reference Livery Guide for Nameplates and transfers available in 4mm/00 scale. Livery Guide Great Western Railways/British Railway Western Region. The 4REP and 3/4TC EMUs were a notable oddity, initially receiving all-over Rail Blue despite being express corridor stock. Withdrawn 01001 is just visible at the rear. The purpose of this call for evidence was to develop an understanding of how much of the current and future market demand for freight could be met by rail, and the role rail can play in the nations supply chains. This was later modified for locomotives allocated to the Civil Engineer's department to include a yellow stripe on the upper bodyside, the resulting livery being known as "Dutch" due to its similarity to the corporate colours of the Nederlandse Spoorwegen.[18]. A number of sets of coaching stock and a handful of locomotives received the livery, as well as most new multiple units and some existing ones. Not everyone has a smartphone and when the PIS is not working, I find it good to know where we've stopped. At present, train operators get to decorate their rolling stock in their own colours. GBR will own all stations and most infrastructure in Great Britain. [7], Under Network Rail, all stations are formally in public hands since 2014, but only 20 (mainly large termini and central stations) are managed directly by it. However many people were not happy with the loss of the traditional "historic" regional colour schemes as used by the former private companies. 3,609. thomalex said: One of the big ones is an end to endless rebranding of trains when the operator changes with various bit of old livery hanging about for a long time, never mind the cost and waste involved. The livery was applied only to some Class 309 "Clacton" units on the former Eastern Region and to a few of Classes 411 (4Cep), 419 (MLV) and 421 (4Cig) on the former Southern Region. Budgets and delivery will be held at the local level as well as at the national level. It's the name of the island ffs. Not so much the modern LNER though. But thats the insidious appeal of nationalism: it willalwaysbe easier, in the short term, to spurn complicating national attachments in favour of tacking to local winds and making off with as much cash as you can lay your hands on. Or the awful corporate blue BR? "Great" means "large", not "very good". Scottish rolling stock not covered by the ScotRail livery (generally those on secondary services) received the Regional Railways livery, but with "ScotRail" branding. It may not display this or other websites correctly. It is known as Great because it is the largest island in the British Isles, and houses the countries of England, Scotland and Wales within its shores. RM CN0PKR - Britania 70000 in British Railways Livery at West Somerset Railway, Minehead, UK RM C1N4A7 - Totnes Littlehempston Station with Goods Vehicle in authentic 'British Railways' Livery, Totnes, Devon, England, United Kingdom RM ER5JCR - 46138 Royal Scot Class Steam Locomotive - British Railways L British Railways was formed in 1948, it was divided into geographical regions loosely based on the pre-war Big Four company areas, Scotland became a region on its own and the former LNER area was divided into North Eastern and Eastern Regions. for some form of co-branding. For example, GWRs London to Bristol, Penzance, Cardiff, Oxford etc might be wrapped up with a GBR Express or GBR Intercity, but the GWR commuter/regional services under a different brand name. Well Id have thought it might be GBR Northern or GBR Southern. Introduced in 1965, and also known as "Monastral Blue", the colour was defined by British Rail standards BR28/6001 (Airless spray finish) and BR28/5321 (Brush finish). It will become a single familiar brand with a bold new vision for passengers - of punctual services, simpler tickets. British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was a state-owned company that operated most of the overground rail transport in Great Britain from 1948 to 1997. 1 Pre-corporate liveries 2 Early liveries 2.1 Coaching stock from 1948 2.2 The second phase 2.3 XP64 3 Rail Blue 3.1 Locomotives 3.2 Coaches and multiple units 3.3 Local variations 4 Moving away from Rail Blue 5 Sectorisation 5.1 InterCity 5.2 Network SouthEast 5.3 Regional Railways 5.4 Rail Express Systems 5.5 Railfreight Pre-corporate liveries The old Northern signs worked well, but only Metro/WYCA really got behind the co-branding opportunities, that I saw. The signs look good, if a bit bland and functional. People are understandably sceptical about the frequent rebranding . Despite the InterCity brand having been introduced in 1966, in 1985 the word 'Executive' was dropped and the livery was applied to all coaches and many locomotives used on InterCity services. I would rather that operations were branded similar to how they are now, but with a few changes compared with the existing TOC areas as follows: Chiltern Railways renamed as Chiltern & Oxbridge, with brand used on all planned EWR services in addition to those from London Marylebone. It will replace Network Rail as the operator of rail infrastructure across all of Great Britain (excluding some Valley Lines in Wales and some Merseyrail lines). But theres no particular reason this should be. The name is still awful though and far too long. Incorrect: Britain and Great Britain are synonymous, referring to either the largest island of the British Isles (in a geographical context) or the countries of England, Scotland and Wales (in a political context). Then why was the old version called British Railways, not Great British Railways, and why the change now for the new version if British Railways worked? 3 Apr 2022 . Great Northern split, with the Moorgate services becoming part of the London Overground brand and the Kings Lynn route becoming part of the LNER brand. it remains to be seen if their just gonna bite the bullet and conform the entirety of rolling stock on the GBR network to a nice Blue and Cream livery. Also, like I said, it's possible that they legally can't call it BR. When British Rail operations were divided into sectors in the mid-1980s, prior to privatisation, a new version of the Railfreight livery emerged giving the sectors individual identities. The great livery might only look good on certain trains, while on others it looks rubbish. I have heard that the BR double arrows will remain in use due to the fact that in the UK everyone recognises it as the 'train station' symbol. This colour was applied to all diesel and electric locomotives, with the exception of the ends, which were painted yellow to improve visibility, and the underframes and buffer beams which were painted black; the paints being to BSS 2660-0.003 and BSS 2660-9.103 respectively. For cost reasons, liveries were usually changed piecemeal, when coaches came in for scheduled maintenance. Historic fact is that Roman Britain was England & Wales and the name Great Britain was adopted once Scotland joined, even though today we may refer of GB as just Britain. You are using an out of date browser. The system just looks like a disparate random mish mash of different organisations each running trains in their own way. [citation needed]. I wonder if you could make a hybrid of the two? One thing that might work, though, would be to drop the full text from the red band and just have a subtle double arrow on the right hand side in that. It appears that while the plan is to brand all trains under GBR with one branding, that plan involves a much longer time scale: . You are using an out of date browser. No.47373 in revised Railfreight "red stripe" livery. This included many of the features which were later incorporated in the Mark 2, and trialled in an experimental train designated XP64. The Overground operates under its own livery. The distinctive angular shape of the HST power cars did not lend itself to applying yellow on the leading face, so the yellow was wrapped around and extended along the side of each power car, although the coaches retained the usual Rail Blue coaching stock livery. And again, there may be scope to take back control of this. Messages: 1,398. Yes i like it, very clean and professional looking. "Image of No.47163 with Silver Jubilee Union Jack", History of Blood and Custard (Crimson Lake & Cream) Livery, Information on Freight Locomotive Liveries & logos, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=British_Rail_corporate_liveries&oldid=1136093401, Articles with unsourced statements from December 2014, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. I would say GWR (single colour) is a far better branding package than Avanti (3 colours). The UK, Britain, Great Britain, The British Isles, England - what's the difference? Except their is massive nostalgia for BR days. Last week Doug Beattie, the newly-installed leader of the Ulster Unionist Party, hit out at Boris Johnson. The Southern Region types worked mostly on the Charing Cross / Cannon Street - Hastings via Battle / Dover and Ramsgate routes and on the Victoria / London Bridge - Brighton / Littlehampton / Hastings via Eastbourne routes. [5][6], The new GBR organisation was proposed under the WilliamsShapps Rail Review,[7] which was published as a white paper on 20 May 2021. For locomotives used on internal British Rail duties, a separate livery of a plain darker grey was created. the report stated that there would be some update to the double arrow, though not what that update would be. It may not display this or other websites correctly. For Station signage that is supposed to be functional and informative above all else, I don't see too much wrong with this. Class 52 No.D1015 restored to 1960's Western Region Maroon livery. Construction of the first locomotive was completed in the final week of September 1957, and the handing-over took place on 31 October. Suffice to say, an actual English nationalist would not be passing controversial legislation to enable Westminster to spend even more money on Northern Ireland, as this Government is. 19th September, 2019. One of the big ones is an end to endless rebranding of trains when the operator changes with various bit of old livery hanging about for a long time, never mind the cost and waste involved. For example, GBR will apparently inherit from Network Rail the duty to run and plan the network, as well as providing online tickets, information and compensation for passengers nationwide. This opens up the possibility of a national ticketing app, with the Great British Railways branding. Swiss style would be nice, British society & culture wouldn't allow this as we for example don't have direct democracy as in Switzerland this is a very good example of how it can work, credit to Dispatcher on the Stour on Twitter. There are conflicting view on Britain versus Great Britain. A later version added a red stripe along the lower edge of the locomotive bodyside. It was formed from the nationalisation of the Big Four British railway companies, and was privatised in stages between 1994 and 1997. During 2020, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, all passenger train operating companies (TOCs) entered into Emergency Recovery Measures Agreements with the UK and Scottish Governments. The Class 309 units worked between Liverpool Street and Clacton, occasionally also to Ipswich and Norwich and later upon transfer saw the livery briefly appear around Manchester and Birmingham. Some franchise brand names are good, such as Trans Pennine Express, but perhaps those longer distance brands might be lost to one all encompassing GBR brand. I don't think there would ever be multiple logos for Great British Railways as you've alluded to - it would make it complicated for the end passenger. One overarching brand, with sub brands sitting below it, for long distance services and regional brands all under the GBR moniker, much like we do today with Southern, South Eastern, South Western, Northern, etc. Swiss rail. And other European countries cope with DB trains in France, SNCF trains in Germany etc. In May 2022, the Government announced proposed legislation to modernise rail services and improve reliability for passengers. For this new venture a new livery - a paler shade of blue than Rail Blue, with three stripes of white, red and grey - was created with Class 47 No.47573 The London Standard painted in the new livery specifically for the launch ceremony. Sadly cream on modern stock looks quite bad, or I suspect one incarnation of GWR might have tried it white might work ok instead. Multiple units were also generally green, although this tended to be a lighter and bluer shade compared to the colour used on steam and diesel locomotives. The current lot is an absolute mess. Thats a bit like saying everything has been invented, no need for anything more. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. Rail alphabet had the advantage of being clear, legible and was pretty much consistently applied. Infrastructure, passenger, and freight services were separated at that time. The x-height of the lower-case lettering should be equal to the height of the horizontal arms in the symbol, so that the row of text appears to align with them. (Something that ought to give die-hard advocates of splitting off the Scottish Conservatives pause for thought.) All HS2 and NPR services to be branded as Intercity Express. Once we lose TOC branding I certainly think service categories need to return, if only on the Dutch basis of them only describing service patterns rather than anything else. 1948 -. Not too dissimilar to the old Northern logo arrangement. The British Rail Class 31 diesel locomotives, also known as the Brush Type 2 and previously as Class 30, were built by Brush Traction from 1957-62. Aren't best impressions the ones that did the 2015 Virgin East Coast HST? Erm are you sure about that? The Tories, particulary this present mob of throwbacks, have long since co-opted the "great" in "Great Britain" to mean "very good"and its xenophobic, imperialist undertones make me want to vomit. A commonly mistake to make, but one that can easily upset the locals! Its rolling stock initially carried the standard Rail Blue (or blue and grey) livery but in 1992, it introduced a new livery of red and grey, with pale blue and grey flashes. I tried going with the National Rail icon in the right hand side, but it was too small and nobody would notice it. The livery derived its nickname from a perceived resemblance to the internal appearance of a Jaffa Cake. But do you think Queen Nicola would accept trains branded as "Rail England" coming across the border? There is surely a case at least for putting the cross-border inter-city services in national colours (perhaps an updated take on Network SouthEast), to match the saltires splashed all over Scotrail trains. [6], The Vale of Rheidol Railway remained steam operated past the general end of steam traction in 1968; Accordingly the three remaining Vale of Rheidol Railway steam locomotives (Class 98) received the Rail Blue colour scheme and the double arrow logo on their side tanks. Unfortunately, there is little sign that Beattie actually intends to do anything differently, in this regard at least, to the Democratic Unionists he hopes to supplant. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. It does look better than red. In terms of changing the background colour - I was going to go with a navy blue, but then it wouldn't integrate with any part of the design system I had in my head, so I opted not to. This mock-up was shown in an orange and grey livery, which, however, never appeared on rolling stock in service. However, these bodies will be required to coordinate with GBR to deliver a single national rail network, including one website and app, as well as following national branding and passenger standards. NR do infrastructure in Wales & Scotland, don't they? It appears that while the plan is to brand all trains under GBR with one branding, that plan involves a much longer time scale: People are understandably sceptical about the frequent rebranding of trains and stations carried out under the privatised system, so the branding will be introduced alongside other improvements. Steam locomotive 61306 Mayflower seen just outside Sittingbourne, Kent at lunchtime today. Corridor coaching stock and certain express multiple unit classes were painted in Rail Blue with a 44-inch Pearl Grey (BS 2660-9-095) horizontal panel centred vertically on the main windows, outlined by a narrow white line. The 25 kV electric locomotives were painted from new in a striking shade of bright blue which was known as "Electric Blue". I think in Germany it is done by using the "TOC" name in place of IC etc. I don't think there would ever be multiple logos for Great British Railways as you've alluded to - it would make it complicated for the end passenger. The devolved administrations, the combined authorities, and the Greater London Authority will continue to exercise their current powers, such as setting fares and awarding contracts, and will remain democratically accountable for this. Feb 1, 2020. TL:DR - if your a british collector, and you paint your own, PUT THE STRIPPER DOWN. Correct. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. JavaScript is disabled. 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