First TPE's Nova brand for their new trains

[Mikey C]

Will First TPE also be acquiring some trains from Vivarail

 

[59CosG95]

Will First TPE also be acquiring some trains from Vivarail

Unlikely; given the nature of TPE's routes, D-Traisn would be the wrong Corsa action.

 

[edwin_m]

Yes, they would be opel-less.

 

[mushroomchow]

I heard they're going to pick up some 67s for thunderbird duties.

Given that enthusiasts refer to them as Skips, they're going to go one further and brand them as Ladas.

 

[61653 HTAFC]

I heard they're going to pick up some 67s for thunderbird duties.

Given that enthusiasts refer to them as Skips, they're going to go one further and brand them as Ladas.

But if the knitting ever goes up we can stick Skodas on the Mk5s!

 

[gimmea50anyday]

Internally there is a lot of disappointment from front line staff about this. A competition was ran internally a year ago looking for ideas for naming the fleet but this seems to have been forgotten about with little to no regard to the entries staff have put in. Combined with the rib taking from the "Boy Racer" image the name generates, the spanish translation and the fact supernovas are gas giants that lose their energy, shrink and become black holes actually perfectly sums up how staff feel.

This may be a marketing gimmick, but from the staff point of view it has been very poorly thought through and very few staff, if any, have anything positive to say about the name.

 

[LOL The Irony]

I heard they're going to pick up some 67s for thunderbird duties.

Given that enthusiasts refer to them as Skips, they're going to go one further and brand them as Ladas.

I don't know why, but that makes me imagine an actual skip with boosters attached, painted silver, red & blue with "Thunderbird 1" scrawled on each side.

 

[gimmea50anyday]

No 67's are being utilised.

 

[LOL The Irony]

No 67's are being utilised.

I think it was a joke.

 

[whhistle]

...and very few staff, if any, have anything positive to say about the name.

That's the same all over the railway though.
Marketing departments and what really happens on the railway are usually very far apart.

 

[cambsy]

With all the rubbish car stuff going on, how about Maestro, which could mean the best etc or derogatory after the god awful Rover Maestro, which could be more likely used by enthusiasts, I’m old enough to remember them.

 

[mpthomson]

Don't forget an Austrian village with practically no places of interest gets loads of American tourists just because it's name is a rude word in the English language. Maybe we'll see a flood of Spanish speaking enthusiastics who want to see the Spanish built train with the funny name.

And of course, the skiing area and mountain just to the west of Garmisch Partenkirchen, for similar reasons!

 

[ScotTrains]

Instead of Nova 1, 2 and 3, they should have gone with Dwarf Nova, Classic Nova and Supernova.
Numbers are just going to get confusing.

 

[43096]

Instead of Nova 1, 2 and 3, they should have gone with Dwarf Nova, Classic Nova and Supernova.
Numbers are just going to get confusing.

Nova 1s will be known as either Super Hitachi Intercity Trains or Japanese Not-Wired as far as I'm concerned.

 

[Bletchleyite]

Japanese Not-Wired

That is quite clever

 

[43096]

That is quite clever

Ian Walmsley coined that one in Modern Railways this month.

 

[gimmea50anyday]

That is quite clever

So is Super Hitachi Intercity Train! Sierra Hotel India Tango!!! XD

 

[gimmea50anyday]

So Nova, what can we come up with for Nova. Ummmm......

Not On Vernon's Account?

 

[LOL The Irony]

Super Hitachi Intercity Train perfectly describes the IET's.

 

[61653 HTAFC]

Super Hitachi Intercity Train perfectly describes the IET's.

Though I propose an amendment: as they serve the North they should be known as Super Hitachi Intercity Train Expresses!

 

[LOL The Irony]

Or Transpennine's UnReliable Diesel's

 

[gimmea50anyday]

In which case Supernova Hitachi Intercity Transpennine Express! XD

 

[gingertom]

Surely the refurbished 185s should have been Nova 1? Bit weird having 4 train classes with 1 named completely differently.

Think 4 different names (could have all been spaced themed) would have worked better and easier to remember/say than 1, 2 and 3.

We could expand the theme. Suggestions for Black Hole?

 

[D365]

Super Hitachi Intercity Train perfectly describes the IET's.

Have you travelled on one?

 

[Harbornite]

In which case Supernova Hitachi Intercity Transpennine Express! XD

Better still, call 'em 802s.

 

[LNW-GW Joint]

The name Nova goes well with the stylised "star" and radiating bodyside lines in the TPE branding.
It could quite possibly have been part of the original branding package, now a couple of years old, but only just announced as the train brand.

 

[SPADTrap]

Hope it doesn't go as far as the Nova 5. That crashed and killed everyone on board except a service droid.

Anyone who gets that reference wins a cookie.

Nova 6 is when I'll begin to worry.

My name is Viktor Reznov...

 

[hexagon789]

Nova 1s will be known as either Super Hitachi Intercity Trains or Japanese Not-Wired as far as I'm concerned.

Love it!

 

[Class465fan]

Nova 6 is when I'll begin to worry.

My name is Viktor Reznov...

... and I will have my REVENGE!!

 

[LOL The Irony]

Oh no no no, Vladmir Makarov is worse.