[trentside]

Originally Posted by anthony263

I do agree that it is better for stagecoach to keep their livery as it is a national brand

Stagecoach do occasionally vary their colour scheme for specific routes or groups of routes - or types of vehicles (like Hybrids or Bio-fuelled buses). We've got a few examples of this in the Stagecoach East Midlands fleet, but most manage to maintain a similar layout to the main livery, thus keeping the brand image strong.

[83G/84D]

Originally Posted by Max

Yuck, don't like that! Very 'blocky' and dull. Surely something like 'dynamic lines' would look far more attractive?

They have recently tried something similar to that on a First Devon & Cornwall Volvo coach and very smart it looks!

[trentside]

Originally Posted by 83G/84D

They have recently tried something similar to that on a First Devon & Cornwall Volvo coach and very smart it looks!

Here's a picture;
http://www.flickr.com/photos/29197902@N06/6720586295/

The last I'd heard they were closing their Truronian unit - obviously they've changed their mind.

[Schnellzug]

Originally Posted by trentside

Here's a picture;
http://www.flickr.com/photos/29197902@N06/6720586295/

The last I'd heard they were closing their Truronian unit - obviously they've changed their mind.

Now that'd make an excellent coach livery. Mind you, the coach livery was already better, being predominantly blue.

[sprinterguy]

Originally Posted by Royston Vasey

The whole stripe-diagonal-stripe thing is very dated, as are the colours.

Reminds me of VFM Buses from the early 90s.

I personally would welcome a return to post-deregulation style liveries. Ah VFM buses, happy days! And it does seem to be the case that similar fashions and styles come back round once every generation, about every 25-30 years or so...But with that said, I don't think that the new First livery is it. It's too bland: The old liveries had some impact in their colours.

[tbtc]

Originally Posted by Royston Vasey

The whole stripe-diagonal-stripe thing is very dated, as are the colours.

Reminds me of VFM Buses from the early 90s.

I think its much like the old GRT liveries (before they merged with Badgerline).

They used to have the same template against a cream body, but with different colours (dark green for Grampian in Aberdeen, blue for Midland Bluebird, mid green for Eastern/SMT etc).

Have a look at this example of the Midland Bluebird livery: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2598/...0582b68352.jpg - a modern version/ tribute?

I'm not a fan of the new colours, they don't look sufficiently different to the current ones to justify the change - I'd have more navy on the bus if it were up to me (the white gets grubby)

To be fair to First (and Stagecoach/ Arriva etc), if they have a national livery then it has to be different from any other operator in any town/city, so something like red/yellow is bound to clash with a local bus company somewhere. They kind of have to go for something a bit "strange"/"eyecatching" I guess.

[driver9000]

First have repainted at least one Trident from the Edinburgh fleet into Eastern Scottish livery. At first I thought it was a heritage livery but now I'm wondering if we are going to see Eastern colours back on the streets of Edinburgh? Probably wishful thinking on my part really.

[OMGitsDAVE]

I actually like it.

[83G/84D]

Originally Posted by trentside

Here's a picture;
http://www.flickr.com/photos/29197902@N06/6720586295/

The last I'd heard they were closing their Truronian unit - obviously they've changed their mind.

I took some similar pictures about a week ago and put them on some bus forums on Yahoo Groups.

[90019]

Originally Posted by driver9000

First have repainted at least one Trident from the Edinburgh fleet into Eastern Scottish livery. At first I thought it was a heritage livery but now I'm wondering if we are going to see Eastern colours back on the streets of Edinburgh? Probably wishful thinking on my part really.

32222, I think. From what I've heard, it was accident damaged, and once fixed was repainted.
Whether any more will be done, I don't know.

[Paul Sidorczuk]

I personally like the new livery that First Manchester now use on the 17 and 18 services to Middleton and to Rochdale.

Stagecoach Manchester's use of the colour green on their new environmentally "more-friendly" buses is quite a striking image that portrays the "green" agenda well.

[ChrisCooper]

Originally Posted by tbtc

I think its much like the old GRT liveries (before they merged with Badgerline).

They used to have the same template against a cream body, but with different colours (dark green for Grampian in Aberdeen, blue for Midland Bluebird, mid green for Eastern/SMT etc).

Have a look at this example of the Midland Bluebird livery: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2598/...0582b68352.jpg - a modern version/ tribute?

Red and Maroon in Leicester and Northampton: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dh73/2500358840/
When First first brought in the corporate livery it was only for new deliveries, low floor (except new double deckers) that had the corporate interior. For others there was more freedom, and the East part of the company brought in a similar template livery of yellow with either Red (Eastern Counties), Green (Eastern National), Blue (Yarmouth) or Purple (Thamesway) at the bottom.

[tbtc]

Originally Posted by ChrisCooper

Red and Maroon in Leicester and Northampton: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dh73/2500358840/
When First first brought in the corporate livery it was only for new deliveries, low floor (except new double deckers) that had the corporate interior. For others there was more freedom, and the East part of the company brought in a similar template livery of yellow with either Red (Eastern Counties), Green (Eastern National), Blue (Yarmouth) or Purple (Thamesway) at the bottom.

Great link, thanks, I couldn't remember all the other colour schemes

I thought that First had a great livery policy back in the day, it ensured that their "corporate" colours were only associated with the "best" buses (modern/ low floor), it represented a Great Leap Forward (compared to step entrance vehicles with bench seats etc).

I'd like to see something like that Leicester livery brought back - the same brand but with maybe a different local colour to it

[WillPS]

Meh, they're not really 'local'. In fact the Stagecoach buses in Sheffield have murals on some of their buses depicting sights across the route - I'd argue they feel more local than just sticking the name of the city in block caps.

[VTPreston_Tez]

Something similar operates Axminster to Weymouth linking the stations; the 31. (not my local 31) with only this being a bit darker. I hope I get to see this!