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Post by ServerKing on Apr 14, 2013 16:08:53 GMT
According to the website, they're already operating  gotta love the enthusiasm, so long as it translates into a good service  |
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Post by ajw on Apr 14, 2013 21:51:22 GMT
Anyone know where else the owner of this company operate? The parent company have subsidiary bus operations in Perth and Adelaide. They take up contracted routes in Sydney later this year. They also run ferries in a few places in Australia. I looked at the Transperth and Adelaide websites yesterday. The services are not hugely frequent but do include the Adelaide O Bahn (formerly the world's biggest busway). The scale of London operation looks like a big step up to me but they clearly do know how to run bus services. The question is whether their Australian experience actually maps across to how TfL want things running. I have no idea how Transperth (the TfL equivalent in Perth) or Adelaide organise their bus service contracts or manage them. . Both Adelaide and Perth operate on a system whereby the government owns the vehicles the operator runs them to the timetable set by the government. Sydney is moving towards a very similar system with the new contract being the first major change over. But yes very odd name for a bus company that is going to be running in the West/North of London. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2013 19:43:00 GMT
In terms of the logo- green and red is not a good colour combination! Having said that, won't it have to white when applied to buses anyway? The Go-Ahead logo has a bit of yellow in it, while Stagecoach also have colours in their logo, as do Metroline I think with the "Comfort Delgro" bit. Not forgetting First's logo which is silver-grey. ;D |
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Post by mre81 on Apr 15, 2013 20:42:56 GMT
The Go-Ahead logo has a bit of yellow in it, while Stagecoach also have colours in their logo, as do Metroline I think with the "Comfort Delgro" bit. Not forgetting First's logo which is silver-grey. ;D Yes, of course, ignore me! Still though, red and green are not a good colour combinations.... |
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2013 20:16:11 GMT
When is Tower Transit going to officially launch?
Non of the First Group buses from the 3 garages have changed logos yet.
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Post by snoggle on May 19, 2013 20:31:51 GMT
When is Tower Transit going to officially launch? Non of the First Group buses from the 3 garages have changed logos yet. That will be because First Group are still running all of the services and remain the legal owners and operators !!!!! Metroline take over on 22 June 2013. Tower Transit take over on 29 June 2013. This is according to the latest info from LOTS. You will not see any new logos on any First London vehicle running a TfL service prior to the legal transfer. Given the huge numbers of vehicles involved I do not expect to see an overnight name change on every vehicle - except for the legal lettering which, AIUI, has to be done. I imagine that there *might* one vehicle put into whatever livery Tower Transit use before June 29 but only for some sort of "launch" event. If that happens it will be as a result of a special agreement between First and Transit Systems. Please NOTE that I am merely guessing here. I am NOT saying this will happen so no excitement please.  |
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Post by Connor on May 19, 2013 20:38:08 GMT
On their website; this is what the logo should look like. Looks OK, but the writing is much too small IMO.  |
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Post by DT 11 on May 19, 2013 21:02:33 GMT
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Post by Connor on May 19, 2013 21:10:43 GMT
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Post by DT 11 on May 19, 2013 21:16:29 GMT
When is Tower Transit going to officially launch? Non of the First Group buses from the 3 garages have changed logos yet. That will be because First Group are still running all of the services and remain the legal owners and operators !!!!! Metroline take over on 22 June 2013. Tower Transit take over on 29 June 2013. This is according to the latest info from LOTS. You will not see any new logos on any First London vehicle running a TfL service prior to the legal transfer. Given the huge numbers of vehicles involved I do not expect to see an overnight name change on every vehicle - except for the legal lettering which, AIUI, has to be done. I imagine that there *might* one vehicle put into whatever livery Tower Transit use before June 29 but only for some sort of "launch" event. If that happens it will be as a result of a special agreement between First and Transit Systems. Please NOTE that I am merely guessing here. I am NOT saying this will happen so no excitement please. That is a Lot of Vehicles to Replace Legal Lettering on overnight!! |
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Post by eggmiester on May 19, 2013 21:28:09 GMT
That will be because First Group are still running all of the services and remain the legal owners and operators !!!!! Metroline take over on 22 June 2013. Tower Transit take over on 29 June 2013. This is according to the latest info from LOTS. You will not see any new logos on any First London vehicle running a TfL service prior to the legal transfer. Given the huge numbers of vehicles involved I do not expect to see an overnight name change on every vehicle - except for the legal lettering which, AIUI, has to be done. I imagine that there *might* one vehicle put into whatever livery Tower Transit use before June 29 but only for some sort of "launch" event. If that happens it will be as a result of a special agreement between First and Transit Systems. Please NOTE that I am merely guessing here. I am NOT saying this will happen so no excitement please. That is a Lot of Vehicles to Replace Legal Lettering on overnight!! seeing as in most cases legal letting is printed onto an transparent piece of vinyl it wont actually take too long. ideed they could print them onto red backed vinyl and just stick them over the first ones.... the most fiddly and arduous job will be replacing the o-licences... |
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Post by DT 11 on May 19, 2013 21:30:38 GMT
That is a Lot of Vehicles to Replace Legal Lettering on overnight!! seeing as in most cases legal letting is printed onto an transparent piece of vinyl it wont actually take too long. ideed they could print them onto red backed vinyl and just stick them over the first ones.... the most fiddly and arduous job will be replacing the o-licences... I see, well Metroline have a whole load of vehicles to do. Will probably make sense to pay staff extra to spend the night doing such a job! |
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Post by LX09FBJ on May 20, 2013 10:37:47 GMT
I seem to recall that ELBG had one year to replace the (then) ex. Stagecoach buses' logos.
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Post by VPL630 on May 20, 2013 10:48:06 GMT
If I remember correctly ELBG used paper legals when they first took over until they had there legals painted on
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Post by ServerKing on May 20, 2013 14:49:11 GMT
If I remember correctly ELBG used paper legals when they first took over until they had there legals painted on If it's anything like Go-Ahead's take over of NP, it may take a while, legals at first, then a while of no fleetnames, then eventually the new ones. They may re-number the buses, or leave as is like Macquarie did whilst babysitting Stagecoach in London  |
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