krus_aragon
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Is this the first rolling stock to be branded "Intercity" since the days of BR (Swallow livery et. al.)?
No. Great Western was branded INTERCITY around the time of the 'Merlin' livery.Is this the first rolling stock to be branded "Intercity" since the days of BR (Swallow livery et. al.)?
The period of copyright would have been something on the order of twenty-eight years back then, so it would have long since expired!The first Intercity route was Liverpool - Manchester in 1830*. They should have copyrighted the name back then. Inter-regional services deserve more attention.
Don’t ScotRail’s HSTs have Inter7City on the side of them as well?Is this the first rolling stock to be branded "Intercity" since the days of BR (Swallow livery et. al.)?
I do dislike the use of acronyms as brand names. Of course to 99% of railway enthusiasts know what GWR or LNER stand for but much of the general public will not. The brand is a great marketing tool to sell to the public where the company operates too.
The EMR lettering looks so out of place on Best Impressions brilliant livery.
Best to ask the DfT about that as it's they who now specify the "Railway" name. I do agree with you.I suppose it's not that important in the scheme of things, but I wonder why franchise names are being changed from "Trains" to "Railway", as also Great Western and South Western. They are not "railway companies" in the sense that the pre-1948 companies were, owning their own permanent way and rolling stock. They are train operators, as the abbreviation TOC implies; they run leased trains and pay another organisation for the right run on its tracks. What do they actually own?
It looks like a variant of Gotham to me.Hi,
Can anyone tell me the font is called on the new logo?
Thank youIt looks like a variant of Gotham to me.
If so, that would be delightfully appropriate, considering where Gotham is.It looks like a variant of Gotham to me.
Wasn't there a set of MK3 coaches which Chiltern used to run which were liveried with 'intercity' in a blue colour? Can anyone confirm? I think they mainly did Aylesbury or Banbury in the evening peak.Is this the first rolling stock to be branded "Intercity" since the days of BR (Swallow livery et. al.)?
Quite right, as previously used by Wrexham and Shropshire. Though, in their case, it just happened to be on the stock already, and didn't feature in the rakes that they refurbished (the silver ones). It wasn't part of their branding.Wasn't there a set of MK3 coaches which Chiltern used to run which were liveried with 'intercity' in a blue colour? Can anyone confirm? I think they mainly did Aylesbury or Banbury in the evening peak.
I like https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/timetables-updates/changes-to-train-times/matt-testLooks like the EMR site has been launched early: https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/ - it's very burgundy! (alternatively - and perhaps more likely - it's just a mistake and it'll disappear shortly but nice to see a preview )
Matt Test
Locations affected
Everywhere
Dates
Tuesday, August 20, 2019 to Tuesday, August 27, 2019
Test Content.
It's just happily retailed me a ticket so it appears that the journey planner is up and running!
I'm half expecting an email from them cancelling the ticket (I've not collected it yet!) and issuing a refund!I reckon you have probably given some poor person at EMR a heart attack as they got a notification that someone had purchased a ticket on their website before it's even meant to be up
Abellio are getting excellent value out of that template - it's uncannily similar to the version deployed by their other franchises (and brands). Nothing wrong with that of course, it works reasonably wellProvisionally though it looks like they're on the right lines with the site. I look forward to seeing the intended version in due course!