Logo Query

[rjholt]

Folks - any idea what this logo was/is:

 

[Domh245]

It was one of the earlier WAGN logos, WAGN being a subsidary of prism rail

 

[Smudger105e]

 

[rjholt]

Thanks - appreciated.

 

[Stampy]

We
Are
Going
Nowhere

 

[MK Tom]

Was WAGN ever owned by National Express? Don't know why but my brain seems to have a connection between the two.

 

[cf111]

Was WAGN ever owned by National Express? Don't know why but my brain seems to have a connection between the two.

I think Prism were sold to National Express so you may well be right.

"WAGN" was an awful name, why make people think instantly of wagons?

 

[W-on-Sea]

Yes, National Express acquired the Prism Rail companies - not just WAGN, but LTS Rail (which became c2c), possibly others too.

 

[paulravuslante]

Yes, National Express acquired the Prism Rail companies - not just WAGN, but LTS Rail (which became c2c), possibly others too.

Wales & West and Valley Lines too.

 

[Hadders]

National Rail also ran Silverlink. At one time they had WAGN, c2c and Silverlink in the former Network South East area.

 

[LLivery]

I think Prism were sold to National Express so you may well be right.

"WAGN" was an awful name, why make people think instantly of wagons?

West Anglia Great Northern - was it really an awful name? It described the network perfectly, unlike c2c. They don't even know what c2c means! Though when I lived in Highams Park for a short time as a kid, other kids always called it wagon!
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The empire of National Express was impressive. Midland Mainline, Central Trains, ScotRail, Silverlink, West Anglia Great Northern, c2c, Wales & Borders, Wessex Trains, "one" Railway. Then it all went hopelessly wrong....

 

[GatwickDepress]

Don't forget they also operated Gatwick Express until merger into the Southern franchise. NatEx did indeed seem to have all the necessary fingers in the pie.

 

[swtandgw]

It looks so much like a Triforce.

For those unfamiliar with the reference, it's a prominent symbol found in the Zelda video games.

 

[plymothian]

Also reminiscent of Anglia TV's logo, from the same region.

 

[CyrusWuff]

If memory serves, the logic behind the logo was that the top two corners represented Peterborough and Kings Lynn, with the bottom representing London, i.e. the extent of WAGN's operations.

 

[dave12435]

And it does also remind me of the old Anglia TV logo

Just the other way up