Worst Train Advert

43021HST · 18 Sep 2009

Whats your least favourite train advert, mine is the Virgin trains advert about some 'popular' squeaky clean business man traveling to some presentation and lots of fans are standing at the stations celebrating him. I bet a lot of business men think they're like that ****. I absolutely hate that advert along with a long list of other adverts.

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Max · 18 Sep 2009

klambert said:
Whats your least favourite train advert, mine is the Virgin trains advert about some 'popular' squeaky clean business man traveling to some presentation and lots of fans are standing at the stations celebrating him. I bet a lot of business men think they're like that ****. I absolutely hate that advert along with a long list of other adverts.

Why the negativity? I actually really like that advert, it's quite fun, as are most of the Virgin ones!

Bighat · 18 Sep 2009

Ditto, I hate most railway ads, but the one that currently is getting RIGHT up my nostrils is the 'Trainline' ad, with all the sheep, except for the smug looking prat who has prebooked.

ukrob · 18 Sep 2009

Max said:
Why the negativity? I actually really like that advert, it's quite fun, as are most of the Virgin ones!

Anti Virgin bias cos they took away locos and carriages

Oswyntail · 18 Sep 2009

klambert said:
Whats your least favourite train advert, mine is the Virgin trains advert about some 'popular' squeaky clean business man traveling to some presentation and lots of fans are standing at the stations celebrating him. I bet a lot of business men think they're like that ****. I absolutely hate that advert along with a long list of other adverts.

Do I detect an anti-business bias here? As I recall the advert (which i may be mis-remembering, not having seen it for some time), he gets on the train s*** scared because he has to prepare a presentation, but the journey (and the crowds) give him the inspiration and encouragement he needs. And, yes, lots of businessmen do feel stressed about giving presentations

Dai. · 18 Sep 2009

Oswyntail said:
Do I detect an anti-business bias here? As I recall the advert (which i may be mis-remembering, not having seen it for some time), he gets on the train s*** scared because he has to prepare a presentation, but the journey (and the crowds) give him the inspiration and encouragement he needs. And, yes, lots of businessmen do feel stressed about giving presentations

Stressed and Nervous so the encouragement on the train is something I could do with at some points haha :P

You also see Richard Branson mopping the floors

Also, I dislike the Network Southeast one in the other thread..

martyn29 · 18 Sep 2009

I like the Virgin ones, any advert where you see trains in has to be good

JustinStacey.x · 18 Sep 2009

Part of one of those virgin adverts was filmed at carluke station on the wcml, ive been there spotting so naturally i quite like that one.

Lampshade · 18 Sep 2009

That Virgin advert is a bit weird in that the train sets off from Glasgow, supposedly and travels south to Preston - yet the train arrives into Preston from the south into a northbound platform; also the where 'Preston' morphs into 'Presentation' on the ticket, it would normally have said 'Preston Lancs', couple of continuity errors there

EM2 · 18 Sep 2009

What about the NXEC 'Miniature Prices' posters? Class 91..but where's the wires?

Dai. · 18 Sep 2009

EM2 said:
What about the NXEC 'Miniature Prices' posters? Class 91..but where's the wires?

they are hardly going to be accurate in a train advert, the people they are targeting won't really care about the wires.

91107 said:
That Virgin advert is a bit weird in that the train sets off from Glasgow, supposedly and travels south to Preston - yet the train arrives into Preston from the south into a northbound platform; also the where 'Preston' morphs into 'Presentation' on the ticket, it would normally have said 'Preston Lancs', couple of continuity errors there

as above, 'accuracy' isn't the term coming into a marketers mind.

monkey · 18 Sep 2009

...I luuuuuuurvve this old br sleeper ad>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFiIyl2MyHM. theres others with similar music too which are pretty great...

Dai. · 18 Sep 2009

monkey said:
...I luuuuuuurvve this old br sleeper ad>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFiIyl2MyHM. theres others with similar music too which are pretty great...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN7naLLeB0A&feature=related
makes me giggle

SouthEastern-465 · 19 Sep 2009

EM2 said:
What about the NXEC 'Miniature Prices' posters? Class 91..but where's the wires?

Probally because NXEC is going bankrupt that they had to use a hornby train!.

Even so there are hornby trains avalible with a overhead system.

Anyway my most hated train advert of all time is that cheaply made "SouthEastern" one where you can see it was made very cheaply and it was very pointless and gets on your nerves after showing it time after time again.

If anyone is wondering what one I am talking about it's the one shown early this year and at the end it says "SouthEastern" "make a conection".

mrcheek · 19 Sep 2009

speaking of inaccuracies, has anyone else noticed that on the Virgin ads, they dub over the noise of a Valenta?
Aparently they did so because its a sound people associate with fast trains...

ukrob · 19 Sep 2009

mrcheek said:
speaking of inaccuracies, has anyone else noticed that on the Virgin ads, they dub over the noise of a Valenta?
Aparently they did so because its a sound people associate with fast trains...

:roll::roll:

Lampshade · 19 Sep 2009

mrcheek said:
speaking of inaccuracies, has anyone else noticed that on the Virgin ads, they dub over the noise of a Valenta?
Aparently they did so because its a sound people associate with fast trains...

Like to see the TOCs who have just had MTUs fitted do that

Anyway a sound I associate with fast trains is passengers moaning because of the chronic overcrowding, although I don't think that would work as an advertisement.

monkey · 20 Sep 2009

Dai. said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN7naLLeB0A&feature=related
makes me giggle

^^haha...that is amazing... :lol:

37401 · 20 Sep 2009

Dai. said:
they are hardly going to be accurate in a train advert, the people they are targeting won't really care about the wires.

as above, 'accuracy' isn't the term coming into a marketers mind.

and also in that advert they show NXEC livery Mk4`s... im still waiting for these diesel powered full liveried 91 sets

Death · 20 Sep 2009

37401 said:
and also in that advert they show NXEC livery Mk4`s... im still waiting for these diesel powered full liveried 91 sets

If we're going to be that pedantic about the accuracy of these adverts, can someone tell me the TOPS class and commission/introduction dates for the interesting "flat bed" rolling stock that can be seen in This advert? :lol:

:razz:

...And following on from the same; When will we be getting 91+Mk. III workings running past the Moon, too?

Oswyntail · 21 Sep 2009

Death said:
...And following on from the same; When will we be getting 91+Mk. III workings running past the Moon, too?

And, to be fully and enjoyable pedantic, isn't that a Class 90?

90019 · 21 Sep 2009

Oswyntail said:
And, to be fully and enjoyable pedantic, isn't that a Class 90?

Yes, it is.

jayc · 12 Oct 2009

Anyone remember the Southern trains advert from around 2004?

"The 8:15 to Croydon".

Mojo · 12 Oct 2009

jayc said:
Anyone remember the Southern trains advert from around 2004?

"The 8:15 to Croydon".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFizOqg6fFw

I thought it was a good one!

poshbakerloo · 12 Oct 2009

klambert said:
Whats your least favourite train advert, mine is the Virgin trains advert about some 'popular' squeaky clean business man traveling to some presentation and lots of fans are standing at the stations celebrating him. I bet a lot of business men think they're like that ****. I absolutely hate that advert along with a long list of other adverts.

aww I really like it. Although its the only train advert I've seen. It I think it gives a good impression of trains in this country
--- old post above --- --- new post below ---
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1g8in8w_90&feature=related

this advert is the best ever tho

Jordy · 12 Oct 2009

How about this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvIeG6zlFHY

Its very strange

hock:

poshbakerloo · 13 Oct 2009

^^^lmao!!!

317666 · 13 Oct 2009

Have you seen that 5-minute SouthEastern 'in our hands' ad? Complete with false claims that the Javelins are the fastest trains in the country! *ahem* eurostar *ahem*

MCR247 · 13 Oct 2009

But they dont run completely in the country

466.networkers · 13 Oct 2009

317666 said:
Have you seen that 5-minute SouthEastern 'in our hands' ad? Complete with false claims that the Javelins are the fastest trains in the country! *ahem* eurostar *ahem*

They are technically the fastest trains that run solely in the UK, beating the Pendolino/220/221/HSTs etc by 15mph.

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