modernrail
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Does anybody else think the GTR branding is total rubbish?
I presumed it was a temporary measure but was extremely surprised to see it rolled out on the new Class 700 train. This is a real annoyance considering the scope of the new franchise.
Southern arguably had the best branded franchise in the country, with its design and colours suiting the trains and stations it uses/serves. The GTR branding is, to me, completely amateur. It should be aiming for something akin to TfL branding. Instead, its logos are completely naff and incoherent and its website looks like the sort of site a local authority might put up to advertise kids activities in the school holidays.
They should be able to do very, very much better than this. We are only talking about a logo for god's sake. If this is the best they can come up with, I suggest they hold a competition for their passengers to come up with something better. Considering the number of designers and imaginative people that will use their routes - I expect it will take about 30 seconds for a far superior design to emerge.
I cannot bear to see very very expensive new trains ruined by one little detail. However, beauty is in the eye of the beholder to I thought I would check what people think on here. If you agree with me, do feel free to bombard them with emails about the point before any more stickers go on and more money is wasted with something that needs to be replaced.
I presumed it was a temporary measure but was extremely surprised to see it rolled out on the new Class 700 train. This is a real annoyance considering the scope of the new franchise.
Southern arguably had the best branded franchise in the country, with its design and colours suiting the trains and stations it uses/serves. The GTR branding is, to me, completely amateur. It should be aiming for something akin to TfL branding. Instead, its logos are completely naff and incoherent and its website looks like the sort of site a local authority might put up to advertise kids activities in the school holidays.
They should be able to do very, very much better than this. We are only talking about a logo for god's sake. If this is the best they can come up with, I suggest they hold a competition for their passengers to come up with something better. Considering the number of designers and imaginative people that will use their routes - I expect it will take about 30 seconds for a far superior design to emerge.
I cannot bear to see very very expensive new trains ruined by one little detail. However, beauty is in the eye of the beholder to I thought I would check what people think on here. If you agree with me, do feel free to bombard them with emails about the point before any more stickers go on and more money is wasted with something that needs to be replaced.