GusB
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"It really isn't" is an opinion. I think it'd be best if we agreed to differ.
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New Stagecoach bus livery
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Yorkshireguy
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Saw one yesterday in Dundee - definitely looks a bit brighter in daylight. The front looks good with the multi-colour stripe, but the logo on the sides looks amateur. Could do with a splash of the other corporate colours.
Local with its lighter colours worked to make buses look perceptually larger, newer and brighter. It did this well on Solo SRs, where the curves of the vehicle and the livery complement each other and there's not a lot of empty white before the giant beachball. Can't say this new one works the same.
Local with its lighter colours worked to make buses look perceptually larger, newer and brighter. It did this well on Solo SRs, where the curves of the vehicle and the livery complement each other and there's not a lot of empty white before the giant beachball. Can't say this new one works the same.
Russel
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Steady on! I didn't declare that someone is wrong. I merely disagreed with the opinion that the Electro livery in question is smart. I'm well aware that it's subjective and I'm as entitled to have my own opinion about it as everyone else is.
You may find it more comfortable if you remove the contortions from your undergarments!
I chose to ignore it, but given it isn't just me that picked up on it, "It really isn't", did rather translate as "I'm right, you're wrong.".
It would appear that Stagecoach South Wales’ 48118 (YJ24BBN) has been making the rounds lately as the company’s first Optare Solo SR repainted into the dark livery. This screenshot comes from within a private Facebook bus enthusiasts’ group so couldn’t be hyperlinked.
Russel
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Guessing it's had a replacement window since the repaint!
Leyland Bus
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Surely that just proves how ridiculous it is having the huge logo in vinyl on the sides, half of its gone already through a window replacement... Stuff like that almost never gets replaced...
Flange Squeal
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I've noticed some Enviro 400s have had the lower deck window the big logo would go over kept clear from point of application, creating a gap in the logo, while others and Enviro 300s I've seen have the logo slapped over the windows. Does anyone know if the latter are standard vinyl, or Contra Vision? Either way I think it looks naff, but just curious. With vehicles I'd seen of late without the big logo, I'd started thinking that while I'm still not a fan of the dark blue livery, at least everything in one colour would mean a hopeful end of panel replacement 'breaking' the livery so buses might at least look a bit more presentable with this compared to 'Local' livery. And I sort of hoped the powers that be might've thought the same... after all, would mean money saved on vinyls etc!
Finally saw one in person yesterday, and it is slightly lighter than I was probably expecting, but still looks like a basecoat waiting for a proper livery to be applied over the top.
Also, in the North East, we've already got 1 E200MMC (26068) wearing the new livery without the coloured pattern on the front panel, and I've seen a couple of different variations of the application of the pattern on the front end of the older E400s across the country. Thought it would at least be a more consistently applied livery if nothing else, but seemingly not.
Also, in the North East, we've already got 1 E200MMC (26068) wearing the new livery without the coloured pattern on the front panel, and I've seen a couple of different variations of the application of the pattern on the front end of the older E400s across the country. Thought it would at least be a more consistently applied livery if nothing else, but seemingly not.
I’ve noticed this as well. Stagecoach would be all well and good if every time it introduces a new livery it actually manages to consistently stick to it. But some repaints have the black bits, others don’t, some have the additional colours, some don’t. Local was just as bad (I think Inverness had a habit of doing whatever it wanted to).
Again, at least with Beachball, consistency remained (fairly) key.
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m79900
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Do you think we'll see any of the remaining Darts/Tridents repainted?
A Trident has been done, not sure of the fleet number
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Makes it even more bizarre then. And according to bus times, it’s was previously an Aldershot based vehicle but has since been transferred to the South West. So much for the Manchester vehicles sparking a clearout of Tridents too!
Leyland Bus
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What's even more bizarre is that no one (on Flickr atleast) appears to have photographed it yet!
Then again, I’m currently in Kernow and allegedly repainted ex Kernow Green 33303 is also doing a good job of hiding!What's even more bizarre is that no one (on Flickr atleast) appears to have photographed it yet!
ClydeCoaster
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First two are out the trap in Ayr with Stagecoach West Scotland also; a Scania K230/ADL E300 (28694) and an E200MMC (37493).
There also appears to be a Caetano Levante in the new livery as well lurking at Ayr, which I'm assuming is from Stranraer. The Levantes were in gold distance livery, so is this new slate blue a uniform look for buses and coaches?? I notice the recent repaints of Ayr's Plaxton Elites for the X77 into distance gold have been missing the large Stagecoach logo at the rear.
(Also, personal opinion...seriously bland. And that strapline "We've got you"...cringe)
There also appears to be a Caetano Levante in the new livery as well lurking at Ayr, which I'm assuming is from Stranraer. The Levantes were in gold distance livery, so is this new slate blue a uniform look for buses and coaches?? I notice the recent repaints of Ayr's Plaxton Elites for the X77 into distance gold have been missing the large Stagecoach logo at the rear.
(Also, personal opinion...seriously bland. And that strapline "We've got you"...cringe)
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PG
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It's just crying out for some scally to complete it with
"by the short n curlies" (in the dirt)!
SnapperHappy24
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I've seen internal designs showing how to apply the new livery to a range of coaches so looks like everything will end up like it in time.
150249
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It's been cooped up at Matford ever since the repaint. Its barely been outside. There are several photos on private Facebook groups.What's even more bizarre is that no one (on Flickr atleast) appears to have photographed it yet!
I'm not being deliberately obtuse as I know such guidance will include specific guidance on vinyl placement per vehicle type, but I did chuckle at the thought that there needs to be a full spread of type specific guides when the main step is always "paint entire thing blue"
And then bung a big sticker with the logo over the side window closest to the back, on both side. What else is there to say
I can’t help but cringe about that strapline either. For some of their less frequent routes, will there need to be small print added? “We’ve got you…. except after 7pm and all day Sundays”
To add a positive though, I prefer the colour to the majority-white current livery. The messaging on the rear of a South East example 15333 has a more meaningful message too, with “less traffic, cleaner air, happier planet. It all starts with choosing the bus”.
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Or when we cancel 6 in a row like we occasionally enjoy doing
Possibly "remember not to paint the glass or the wheels"
overthewater
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I have finally spotted one of the buses with the new livery, I have to say it isn't bad but the vinyl on the sides do make it look cheap, which is a shame.
Putting any strapline on the actual vehicles is surely a bad idea, as advertising straplines tend to be short lived and the livery, assuming it sticks, will outlive it.
First never put ‘Transforming travel’ on buses and only a small few had a variant of ‘We believe that buses are the future’
At some point in a few years, a new marketing slogan will come along and they’ll have to take it off all the buses
First never put ‘Transforming travel’ on buses and only a small few had a variant of ‘We believe that buses are the future’
At some point in a few years, a new marketing slogan will come along and they’ll have to take it off all the buses