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Post by snoggle on Mar 17, 2017 18:12:41 GMT
More meaningless nonsense. Why will a few stickers on the side of a bus make people uses buses that are slower than walking pace or hopelessly unreliable? Fix the fundamentals not tinker with fripperies.
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Post by ServerKing on Mar 17, 2017 18:17:01 GMT
More meaningless nonsense. Why will a few stickers on the side of a bus make people uses buses that are slower than walking pace or hopelessly unreliable? Fix the fundamentals not tinker with fripperies. If the fripperies are cheaper than ripping up the cycle lanes, the fripperies is what they will go for We might need a "Branded Bus on Wrong Route" thread soon, I'll ask Jack what to do if I see a W4 branded bus out on the 491 in future
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Post by redexpress on Mar 17, 2017 18:21:00 GMT
Shame the 159's LT's won't receive that lovely livery, remember it well on the RM's back when I was younger - interestingly, all 3 of Abellio's LT routes serve Parliament Square so I'd assume that the Houses of Parliament might be a possible landmark. That'd bring back memories of the old London Northern subsidiary, which used an outline of the Houses of Parliament as their logo. Always thought that was an odd choice given that they were in the process of losing the 24, which was their only daytime route that passed through Westminster!
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Post by M1199 on Mar 17, 2017 18:52:55 GMT
If it's Hayes in West London, I would love to see The U Line branding being applied!
Would also like to see the 607 bring branded again. Always reckoned the 607 Express branding looked better on the National's than it did on the Lynx's. Whilst the Olympians had the special livery, when new, they also had side advertisement route branding which didn't last very long, I did like the strap line though - "Travel first class on the Uxbridge Road"
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Post by vjaska on Mar 17, 2017 18:53:59 GMT
According to the HD Trim twitter account, the Streetlites due to arrive at MB (64 reg) will receive "an upgrade and special branding", although this tweet was posted ten days ago and I've been very busy since then (which is why I've only seen this now), so sorry in advance if this has been posted elsewhere! I assume this branding is for the Roundabout route scheme, but I'm not sure if this will actually be applied, given the ambiguity of the caption. Any chance of a link to this post because I don't remember it specifically mentioning MB but happy to be proved wrong - as far as I'm aware, the only WS's for MB are the 12 reg from the 462 which are for the R4 & R6 and no branding was mentioned either.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2017 20:57:25 GMT
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Post by JaysBusPhotos on Mar 17, 2017 21:11:07 GMT
According to the HD Trim twitter account, the Streetlites due to arrive at MB (64 reg) will receive "an upgrade and special branding", although this tweet was posted ten days ago and I've been very busy since then (which is why I've only seen this now), so sorry in advance if this has been posted elsewhere! I assume this branding is for the Roundabout route scheme, but I'm not sure if this will actually be applied, given the ambiguity of the caption. Any chance of a link to this post because I don't remember it specifically mentioning MB but happy to be proved wrong - as far as I'm aware, the only WS's for MB are the 12 reg from the 462 which are for the R4 & R6 and no branding was mentioned either. Here's a link to there twitter page - mobile.twitter.com/hdtrimNo mention of MB from them.
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Post by vjaska on Mar 17, 2017 21:13:07 GMT
Any chance of a link to this post because I don't remember it specifically mentioning MB but happy to be proved wrong - as far as I'm aware, the only WS's for MB are the 12 reg from the 462 which are for the R4 & R6 and no branding was mentioned either. Here's a link to there twitter page - mobile.twitter.com/hdtrimNo mention of MB from them. Thanks for confirming that.
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Post by LBOTG on Mar 18, 2017 8:27:27 GMT
Sorry for the confusion, the replies to the picture implied that these were for the Roundabout network, but never mind!
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Post by joefrombow on Mar 18, 2017 8:38:48 GMT
Good thing it is coming back can we have a 80% Red rule and some LED blinds while we are here spice it up a bit bring the fun and variety back into the London bus network 👌
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Post by planesandtrains on Mar 18, 2017 9:13:10 GMT
Wait, so Go Ahead can have their nice skirt back?
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Post by vjaska on Mar 18, 2017 9:34:00 GMT
Wait, so Go Ahead can have their nice skirt back? Where have you got that from? joefrombow asked for 80% liveries to return not actually said that they are. I'd like to see them return but it won't happen.
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Post by routew15 on Mar 18, 2017 10:07:24 GMT
With some of these bus route changes being under the radar, route branding could help passengers with identifying where these routes actually go.
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Post by ServerKing on Mar 18, 2017 10:57:01 GMT
With some of these bus route changes being under the radar, route branding could help passengers with identifying where these routes actually go. Re-number all the routes as there are gaps in the sequence, i.e 82, 239, 310, 311, 374 etc... then after extending the 349 to Havkney so it makes more sense, then allow operators to do branding... Go North East were always colourful, but bus wrapping could be good for temporary branding... definitely Wifi if not better seats
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Post by snoggle on Mar 18, 2017 11:21:44 GMT
With some of these bus route changes being under the radar, route branding could help passengers with identifying where these routes actually go. Re-number all the routes as there are gaps in the sequence, i.e 82, 239, 310, 311, 374 etc... then after extending the 349 to Havkney so it makes more sense, then allow operators to do branding... Go North East were always colourful, but bus wrapping could be good for temporary branding... definitely Wifi if not better seats And yet Go North East has been reducing the number of branded routes for well over a year. The need for frequent route changes to deal with commercial demands and to ensure reliability has meant it was becoming pointless using route branding as the routes were forever changing rendering liveries out of date. Those routes that remain branded have tended to see livery simplication - presumably to reduce repair costs. The scale of fleet renewal has also slowed somewhat. I expect all of this is because it is becoming much harder for operators to deal with traffic congestion which is now at chronic levels in the North East and that is affecting the attractiveness of their services and the money they are earning. Sound familiar?
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