Yes, other operators including Abellio Anglia are using green for bike carriages and this really should be standardised, along with red for PRM spaces (or blue like blue badges if the TOC has a red livery) and gold for first class.
On British Rail liveries, it was yellow for 1st and red for catering.
I think that was a UIC standard, and I have been told that the Pendolinos dropped it by accident - and overlooked the chance to reintroduce it at the recent livery change!
Most definitely red for catering in Britain. Perfectly brought back by GA on INTERCITY Mk3 sets but for some reason not on the 745/0 fleet. Might have to get that rectified.
Everything on the railway is designed around staff & operational convenience
which could be rephrased as "to give a better chance of an on-time departure" (rather than amateurishly leaving the the staff trying to spot the appropriate vehicle as the train ran past them, then having to fight their way through the crowds to do whatever they had to do.)Everything on the railway is designed around staff & operational convenience
Everything on the railway is designed around staff & operational convenience
It does seem odd that they've managed to stick a massive bike sticker on their HSTs, but most of their other rolling stock doesn't have such signage.
Will be all very clear on GA from next year.
Truthfully, they could take the same lesson from Northern... the green / blue markings for bikes and wheelchairs are visible at the doorways on most units - even the Pacers.ScotRail could take a lesson from them!
Truthfully, they could take the same lesson from Northern... the green / blue markings for bikes and wheelchairs are visible at the doorways on most units - even the Pacers.
(Image of a Northern Class 156, unit 156 443, at Preston station, showing the blue markings over the doorway denoting Wheelchair access. Image courtesy of Wikipedia / Geof Sheppard)
"I'm going to get dinner as soon as I get on. Which carriage should I aim for to minimise stepping on everyone else?".
ScotRail could take a lesson from them!
ScotRail could take a lesson from them!
Is it green?
That's a good point, if you know your likely to use the buffet you might want to sit in/near it. (Not me! I go toward front then trapes through endless carriages!)
They are pretty dismal trains otherwise though. Not sure we should be looking at them as any kind of model for the future
They struck me as like a down-market class 700, but with steps all over the place and worse seats. 40 minutes out to Malmö was the absolute limit I'd want to use them for. I remember thinking they were okay 15 years ago, but that was back when my normal trains were unrefurbished Pacers in the north. Modern trains across Europe put them to shame