Transport For Wales Livery

[anamyd]

Something like that I think...

I have been searching like transport for wales 175004 etc

 

[_toommm_]

I have been searching like transport for wales 175004 etc

No I'm not referring to 175004 photos specifically. I'm comparing the new livery in photos vs the new livery in person.

 

[anamyd]

Oh right yeah I've seen 107 and 003 in person and I think they both look good, both up close and at a distance! Has 004 been done or not...? A bit confused!

 

[sw1ller]

Oh right yeah I've seen 107 and 003 in person and I think they both look good, both up close and at a distance! Has 004 been done or not...? A bit confused!

Still in the old colours.

 

[Gareth Marston]

Theirs a video of the first unit ?to be re liveried being done

https://wales247.co.uk/watch-the-tr...as-the-transport-for-wales-fleet-takes-shape/

 

[krus_aragon]

Theirs a video of the first unit ?to be re liveried being done

https://wales247.co.uk/watch-the-tr...as-the-transport-for-wales-fleet-takes-shape/

There's an echo in here, Gareth!

Wales247 have some footage of 175003 getting reliveried at Chester (note the opening footage shows 175102 going in).

https://wales247.co.uk/watch-the-tr...as-the-transport-for-wales-fleet-takes-shape/

I noted that while the white and red livery was applied as a vinyl, the yellow front was painted on.

The attached article says it was done as a "continuous day and night-time shifts over a single weekend", which suggests the expected rate of progress is one a week.

 

[anamyd]

Still in the old colours.

Thanks. So it's still just the two 175s (107 and 003) in red and white TfW or is there a different third unit...?

 

[craigybagel]

Thanks. So it's still just the two 175s (107 and 003) in red and white TfW or is there a different third unit...?

Still just those two

 

[anamyd]

Still just those two

Thanks Saw 158-835 in ex-ATW rememberance poppy "livery" earlier (2130 Aber-Mach):

 

[PHILIPE]

Thanks Saw 158-835 in ex-ATW rememberance poppy "livery" earlier (2130 Aber-Mach):

There were quite a lot of units, especially 150s, like this

 

[AlexNL]

To simplify it further, the design for the TfW Rail livery (regardless of the operator) has been mandated by TfW themselves within the Senedd (Welsh Assembly), in a similar fashion to the ScotRail Saltire livery being mandated by Transport Scotland within Holyrood (Scottish Parliament).

The design used by Transport for Wales builds upon the work done by Smörgåsbord for Visit Wales in 2015.

This is the Visit Wales colour palette, maybe we'll see some of those colours reappear in Transport for Wales outings in the future:

 

[whhistle]

Shame they didn't go for a more muted grey tone instead of white. Picture from Rail Staff 252.

 

[Bletchleyite]

Silver would probably look good, but it isn't the current trend so might look a bit dated. The VTWC livery seemed timeless, but then the newly done Voyager (which carries the full livery rather than the cut-down version insisted on for the Pendolinos) really does make the silver based livery look early-2000s.

 

[krus_aragon]

The design used by Transport for Wales builds upon the work done by Smörgåsbord for Visit Wales in 2015.

This is the Visit Wales colour palette, maybe we'll see some of those colours reappear in Transport for Wales outings in the future:

Those colour names are gloriously contrived. Dolgellau Gold, Penrhyn Purple, and Tom Jones Green...

 

[59CosG95]

Those colour names are gloriously contrived. Dolgellau Gold, Penrhyn Purple, and Tom Jones Green...

Surprised they don't have "Rob Brydon Crimson" in there too...

 

[anamyd]

Surprised they don't have "Rob Brydon Crimson" in there too...

 

[Mordac]

A bit like the Glasgow Subway colour isn't 'orange,' it's 'SPT Red.'

 

[Philip]

Any other 175s in the new livery now or in the process?

 

[krus_aragon]

Any other 175s in the new livery now or in the process?

With the acute rolling stock shortage due to wheel flats, I doubt that any could be spared to go through the relivery process.

 

[Philip]

Thanks, makes sense. Interestingly, if not already reported, a 175 made a return trip to Liverpool Lime Street on Sunday; it left Chester just before 12 and arrived in Liverpool at 12:40. It went via the Halton Curve and was for crew-training purposes. Any pictures?

 

[PHILIPE]

Thanks, makes sense. Interestingly, if not already reported, a 175 made a return trip to Liverpool Lime Street on Sunday; it left Chester just before 12 and arrived in Liverpool at 12:40. It went via the Halton Curve and was for crew-training purposes. Any pictures?

All the discussion, together with a link to a photograph, is here:-

www.railforums.co.uk/threads/halton-curve-upgrade-is-on.102873/page-27

 

[article17_gdpr]

175107 one of the two (afaik) rebranded Coradia's caught on fire this morning. So that might not be seen for a bit. Hope they refurb the inside while they fix it. Wishful thinking I know.

 

[paddyb6]

175107 one of the two (afaik) rebranded Coradia's caught on fire this morning. So that might not be seen for a bit. Hope they refurb the inside while they fix it. Wishful thinking I know.

Yeah, 107 caught fire between Hereford and Abergavenny this morning (10:45)
2Z99 was sent for a rescue (presumably) from Cardiff

 

[anamyd]

Yeah, 107 caught fire between Hereford and Abergavenny this morning (10:45)
2Z99 was sent for a rescue (presumably) from Cardiff

Uh oh! On another note, 158-822 and 158-826 (two of the PRM modified TfW 158s) are in the process of going into TfW livery according to Livery Changes, page 32, RAIL magazine issue 872, so look out for them! They should look a bit like my avatar

 

[article17_gdpr]

Uh oh! On another note, 158-822 and 158-826 (two of the PRM modified TfW 158s) are in the process of going into TfW livery according to Livery Changes, page 32, RAIL magazine issue 872, so look out for them! They should look a bit like my avatar

Was wondering how long that would take will be nice to see some more in the new livery. I'm quite a fan of it. Minus the burn marks that is. That train delayed my journey by over 5 hours... I was on the North bound one that had to backtrack to Abergavenny.

 

[anamyd]

Was wondering how long that would take will be nice to see some more in the new livery. I'm quite a fan of it. Minus the burn marks that is. That train delayed my journey by over 5 hours... I was on the North bound one that had to backtrack to Abergavenny.

Sorry to hear that. Would be good to have Andy25 (the Alstom employee) posting again, it was good to have his recent input on the way the Alstom fleets are being maintained and their design and the company's cost cutting exercises around the time they were initially built and changes to the specs of the original orders to save money.

 

[CambrianCoast]

Uh oh! On another note, 158-822 and 158-826 (two of the PRM modified TfW 158s) are in the process of going into TfW livery according to Livery Changes, page 32, RAIL magazine issue 872, so look out for them! They should look a bit like my avatar

I’ll keep my eyes peeled for the newly re-liveried 158s and try and get a snap if they’re about.

 

[craigybagel]

I’ll keep my eyes peeled for the newly re-liveried 158s and try and get a snap if they’re about.

822 was out and about today (it's spending the night at Machynlleth) so I suspect the info was wrong and it's not been stopped for repainting yet.

 

[anamyd]

I’ll keep my eyes peeled for the newly re-liveried 158s and try and get a snap if they’re about.

Thanks!

 

[anamyd]

822 was out and about today (it's spending the night at Machynlleth) so I suspect the info was wrong and it's not been stopped for repainting yet.

Hmm...