Go North West

[cnjb8]

Sorry if this thread has been created already.

As seen on Daniel Graham's Flickr, SN14 TTE has been repainted into the GNW livery. Also, some of the Volvo B7RLE's from GNE have transferred over.

 

[NewcastleOne]

Sorry if this thread has been created already.

As seen on Daniel Graham's Flickr, SN14 TUA has been repainted into the GNW livery. Also, some of the Volvo B7RLE's from GNE have transferred over.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/danielgrahamm/47983549281/
Link to the photo

 

[Jordan Adam]

The Best Impressions "Exclusive"... Take the scheme they've previously done for Transdev, change the colours and plonk some vinyls near the colour split.

About time they came up with something new as this constant copy+paste of the exact same livery over and over for different operators is quite uninspiring at this point!

 

[WWH44L]

The Best Impressions "Exclusive"... Take the scheme they've previously done for Transdev, change the colours and plonk some vinyls near the colour split.

About time they came up with something new as this constant copy+paste of the exact same livery over and over for different operators is quite uninspiring at this point!

It’s been designed by We are Buzz who are a local company in Salford.
Personally I like it, although a fair bit of the orange will be covered by adverts.

 

[Jordan Adam]

It’s been designed by We are Buzz who are a local company in Salford.
Personally I like it, although a fair bit of the orange will be covered by adverts.

It seems like We Are Buzz are lacking Buzz then! It looks like a Best Impressions design, which they are known for replicating over and over for different companies.

 

[Robertj21a]

It’s been designed by We are Buzz who are a local company in Salford.
Personally I like it, although a fair bit of the orange will be covered by adverts.

Orange ?

 

[Jordan Adam]

The new Go North West livery is the same as Transdev's "Pride Of The North" livery but with different vinyls! Ohh dear.

 

[borage]

Orange ?

There are some orange bits of vinyl in the finished version: https://twitter.com/NCounties/status/1135066587357163520

 

[Bletchleyite]

It's straight out of 1985. I had thought and hoped they'd go for a fully route branded network.

 

[158756]

It's straight out of 1985. I had thought and hoped they'd go for a fully route branded network.

There's a possibility they'll have to repaint them all into Andy Burnham's choice of colours fairly soon, so it might not be worth the effort. It's bad enough in Bury and Rochdale with Transdev painting buses every colour of the rainbow without Go Ahead getting in on the act too.

 

[Redmike]

It's straight out of 1985. I had thought and hoped they'd go for a fully route branded network.

It's only day one, they may or may not go for route branding, but let's give them some time.

 

[KendalKing]

There's a possibility they'll have to repaint them all into Andy Burnham's choice of colours fairly soon, so it might not be worth the effort. It's bad enough in Bury and Rochdale with Transdev painting buses every colour of the rainbow without Go Ahead getting in on the act too.

I have lost count, on how many different liveries they are in Greater Manchester.

 

[buslad1988]

It seems like We Are Buzz are lacking Buzz then! It looks like a Best Impressions design, which they are known for replicating over and over for different companies.

I’m sure a certain Mr Stenning will not be happy with this blatant copycat livery ‘designed’ by We Are Buzz.

If you look at some of We Are Buzz’s older work... Ipswich’s horrid purple/green schemes and Blackpool’s bland Palladium livery - atleast it’s an improvement on those!

 

[Jordan Adam]

I’m sure a certain Mr Stenning will not be happy with this blatant copycat livery ‘designed’ by We Are Buzz.

If you look at some of We Are Buzz’s older work... Ipswich’s horrid purple/green schemes and Blackpool’s bland Palladium livery - atleast it’s an improvement on those!

Not to forget they were also behind this "livery".
https://www.flickr.com/photos/stagecoachuk/38009749036

 

[Andyh82]

What an awful livery, and especially as they are operating in the same area as Rosso who use the same livery on their Pride of the North buses

 

[LAIRA]

Please does anyone have the details of which buses have transferred to Go North West?

 

[Robertj21a]

There are some orange bits of vinyl in the finished version: https://twitter.com/NCounties/status/1135066587357163520

Thanks. Now looks even worse than I thought. I hope they didn't spend much for that 'design'.

 

[LOL The Irony]

Please does anyone have the details of which buses have transferred to Go North West?

Everything allocated to Queens Road.

 

[overthewater]

Everything allocated to Queens Road.

What about stuff transferred in?

 

[LAIRA]

Everything allocated to Queens Road.

But what was allocated to Queens Road?

 

[LOL The Irony]

What about stuff transferred in?

All I know is they've taken everything from Queens Road. Whether First sent any transfers to their home depot beforehand, I don't know.

 

[LOL The Irony]

But what was allocated to Queens Road?

All Manchester Metroshuttle buses and according to Wikipedia, Enviro 400's, Streetlites, & Wright bodied B7RLE's, B9TL's & B5LH's.

 

[JetBlast]

For the time being I assume they have just put stickers over the First logo on the rest of the fleet?

EDIT: Just found this - https://twitter.com/Kie_10017/status/1135290201570467841

 

[Jordan Adam]

For the time being I assume they have just put stickers over the First logo on the rest of the fleet?

Indeed they have.

 

[Sankey Wire]

The Best Impressions "Exclusive"... Take the scheme they've previously done for Transdev, change the colours and plonk some vinyls near the colour split.

About time they came up with something new as this constant copy+paste of the exact same livery over and over for different operators is quite uninspiring at this point!

All they need to do now is change the name to “Manchester’s Own Buses” or a variation on that theme and job done!

What a licence to print money they have!

 

[Galaxy]

It wasn't Stenning... it is Buzz Marketing who created it.

But yes, very much a similar theme, pattern, brand, bland...

 

[TheGrandWazoo]

I do find this opprobrium towards Ray Stenning and Best Impressions perverse to say the least, particularly when he's getting the blame for a scheme that he's not responsible for. And who'd have thought so many graphic designers would be on this board

The reality is that most design agencies have a house style. Should an operator want something completely new, then I'm sure that BI would do it. However, that they can reuse designs and collateral means that they can create a livery plus all the other marketing collateral at a lower cost.

Also, liveries that are designed that reflect the two main manufacturers styling so they're going to look similar. I might also add that this is of little interest to the 99.99% of passengers; if you're a passenger on the Norwich Park and Ride, are you going to know that it's similar to Buses of Somerset? I'm guessing not.

Opinions are personal but I do tend to agree with the overall view on the GNW livery; it's restrained bordering on dull and I was thinking they might have gone for something bolder and brighter as a greater break from the past.

 

[Robertj21a]

Even 'restrained bordering on dull' is fairly complimentary compared to my thoughts!
What a missed opportunity.

 

[Jordan Adam]

It wasn't Stenning... it is Buzz Marketing who created it.

But yes, very much a similar theme, pattern, brand, bland...

Indeed, i was made aware not long after making that comment, but had yet to edit it here to reflect that.

It's such a bland and repetitive design that i was mistaken for thinking it was the word of Stenning! Looking at Buzz Marketing's previous work they quite evidently lack any buzz!

 

[LOL The Irony]

They made the quite uninspired "Palladium" livery for Blackpool Transport.