WMTrains livery and station branding

[Ted172]

Noticed that 350377 now has advertising on one of the centre coaches where the large W logo is replaced with RSC Royal Shakespeare Company visit Stratford on Avon. Looks rather good.

Are there any photos of this?

 

[vlad]

...having seen the absolutely appalling quality of LNR and WMR's publicity material and liveries when compared to the master of publicity and "look and feel" that LM were)

This would be the same London Midland that also used plenty of empty space, right?

This link shows a LM platform sign for Stone, which is right-justified and has over half the sign apparently completely unused.

 

[Spirit555]

Bescot Stadium has had all its existing handrails removed on Footbridge steps (Only recently painted) and they have been replaced with twin level handrails (As per fitted to stations with ramp exits). No signage changes at all or any movement on DDA compliance yet.

 

[Class172]

Bescot Stadium has had all its existing handrails removed on Footbridge steps (Only recently painted) and they have been replaced with twin level handrails (As per fitted to stations with ramp exits). No signage changes at all or any movement on DDA compliance yet.

I noticed last week that dual handrails have also been fitted to the bridge at Droitwich Spa station.

 

[Ted172]

Colwall has had its footbridge returned and in old GWR colours:

 

[ForTheLoveOf]

Colwall has had its footbridge returned and in old GWR colours:

View attachment 60368

Those are the same colours Penkridge was repainted in a few years ago, during LM's rule. Baffles me why that colour scheme was ever used for Penkridge, an ex-LMS (ex-ex-GJR) station!

 

[Spirit555]

The Paint Brush has been out again at both Erdington and Five Ways.(That I know of) Both painted in old London Midland colours. Seems a waste of money. Or are they using up the remaining paint as the Cross City seems to keep getting Green/Black repaints in the last few months

 

[Ted172]

The Paint Brush has been out again at both Erdington and Five Ways.(That I know of) Both painted in old London Midland colours. Seems a waste of money. Or are they using up the remaining paint as the Cross City seems to keep getting Green/Black repaints in the last few months

Are you sure they're not just touching up? Although i would've thought that stations having London Midland colours reapplied would be in West Midlands Railway colours by now.

 

[Spirit555]

There were far too many "wet Paint" signs for just touching up. At Five Ways every post on the to Redditch had one and paint looks far too clean and not particularly scratched as it usually looks.

Mark

 

[DavidGrain]

My experience on the cross city line is Selly Oak and University both of which to me look like full repaints in green and black.There are an odd couple of patches of orange in the University footbridge which I don't understand

 

[pt_mad]

Saw what I think was 350376 at Crewe and it now has a special vinyl replacing the large W in the centre. Advertisement Warner Bros tour Watford with a large photo of the steam train. Looks superb.

Can anyone confirm its 376?

 

[59CosG95]

Cannock now confirmed to have full WMR signage.

 

[sd0733]

Saw what I think was 350376 at Crewe and it now has a special vinyl replacing the large W in the centre. Advertisement Warner Bros tour Watford with a large photo of the steam train. Looks superb.

Can anyone confirm its 376?

Yes definitely 376 harry potter

Believe we now have
369 Edgbaston
370 Cadbury world
372 Liverpool
374 Liverpool Airport
376 Harry Potter
377 Stratford upon Avon

Edited to add the one i missed

 

[pt_mad]

Yes definitely 376 harry potter

Believe we now have

372 Liverpool
374 Liverpool Airport
376 Harry Potter
377 Stratford upon Avon

+Cadbury World?

 

[Ashscrivens]

Handrails are orange at Chester road but a very pale looking orange, might be an undercoat maybe, was more like a peach color.

Looked awful.

 

[Spirit555]

+Cadbury World?

Cadbury World one is 350370

HTH

Mark

 

[Ted172]

Handrails are orange at Chester road but a very pale looking orange, might be an undercoat maybe, was more like a peach color.

That could be the traditional GWR colours as seen at other West Midlands Railway stations such as Colwall, Ledbury, Malvern Link, Henley in Arden, Penkridge, Stratford-upon-Avon and others.

 

[DavidGrain]

That could be the traditional GWR colours as seen at other West Midlands Railway stations such as Colwall, Ledbury, Malvern Link, Henley in Arden, Penkridge, Stratford-upon-Avon and others.

Chester Road and Penkridge were never GWR stations,

 

[sd0733]

Cadbury World one is 350370

HTH

Mark

Yes of course, forgot that one. I even worked it yesterday!

 

[sd0733]

350369 now has advert vinyls.for Edgbaston Cricket ground. same style as all the others.

 

[Spirit555]

I have been advised that 172217 is now orange. The first 172/2 to be done

HTH

Mark

 

[59CosG95]

Photo on Flickr (https://flic.kr/p/2fdZ4w9) shows confirmation that Smethwick Rolfe Street is now WMR-signed.

 

[Ashscrivens]

The orange looks correct now, as you can see on the left lots of work is being done at Chester road, repainting and deep clean.

 

[Ashscrivens]

Aston has new signage

 

[59CosG95]

Aston has new signage

The text position here seems a lot more sensible. One hopes they put the "for Villa Park" transfers on the signs for Witton (which is actually closer) when that gets 'tangoed' too.

 

[VT 390]

Does anyone know how they pick which station signs to re-brand fully first as the other day when I visited all the stations between Wolverhampton and Shrewsbury only Albrighton had new signs. I originally thought that it could be done in alphabetical order but if this were the case would it not make more sense to start with the larger stations and then do all the smaller stations on a route at the same time?

 

[Silverlinky]

350368 is out and about with Resorts World Birmingham branding.

350115 has joined the refurb program and 350242 will shortly gain the interim livery

 

[59CosG95]

Does anyone know how they pick which station signs to re-brand fully first as the other day when I visited all the stations between Wolverhampton and Shrewsbury only Albrighton had new signs. I originally thought that it could be done in alphabetical order but if this were the case would it not make more sense to start with the larger stations and then do all the smaller stations on a route at the same time?

It seems to have been done at random, though there is probably a logic to it that we don't know about!
To clarify again - does Albrighton now have the orange WMR signage?

 

[VT 390]

It seems to have been done at random, though there is probably a logic to it that we don't know about!
To clarify again - does Albrighton now have the orange WMR signage?

Yes Albrighton does have the full new WMR signage

 

[Bletchleyite]

Does anyone know how they pick which station signs to re-brand fully first as the other day when I visited all the stations between Wolverhampton and Shrewsbury only Albrighton had new signs. I originally thought that it could be done in alphabetical order but if this were the case would it not make more sense to start with the larger stations and then do all the smaller stations on a route at the same time?

They seem to be doing smaller stations first. Polesworth was I think first of all!