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Post by capitalomnibus on May 21, 2021 18:07:07 GMT
Hopefully it means more of the 'British Rail' logo.
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Post by MetrolineGA1511 on May 23, 2021 13:03:19 GMT
Although franchisees have had some input into liveries and seat colourings, I think these distinctions could be phased out with all stock having a common livery and a standard moquette updated every few years, like London Underground.
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Post by Dillon95 on May 23, 2021 15:37:49 GMT
Although franchisees have had some input into liveries and seat colourings, I think these distinctions could be phased out with all stock having a common livery and a standard moquette updated every few years, like London Underground. The idea of this sounds very sterile and bland.
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Post by wirewiper on May 23, 2021 15:59:14 GMT
Although franchisees have had some input into liveries and seat colourings, I think these distinctions could be phased out with all stock having a common livery and a standard moquette updated every few years, like London Underground. I don't see that myself. The rail system will still operate in a competitive environment especially for inter-city journeys, and strong branding will continue to be a feature on many routes.
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Post by capitalomnibus on May 24, 2021 17:18:14 GMT
Although franchisees have had some input into liveries and seat colourings, I think these distinctions could be phased out with all stock having a common livery and a standard moquette updated every few years, like London Underground. That sounds good, maybe we can have network South East again
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2021 18:31:48 GMT
Although franchisees have had some input into liveries and seat colourings, I think these distinctions could be phased out with all stock having a common livery and a standard moquette updated every few years, like London Underground. Maybe not a unified livery and moquette but I could definitely see networks taking on one name regardless of operator. Similar to how London Overground has retained that name since its inception despite a joint venture and now solely Arriva. It would certainly reduce costs and avoid situations where like on SWR we are what 4 years into the contract and still the 444/450 exterior refurbs aren’t complete.
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Post by Eastlondoner62 on May 24, 2021 19:10:48 GMT
Although franchisees have had some input into liveries and seat colourings, I think these distinctions could be phased out with all stock having a common livery and a standard moquette updated every few years, like London Underground. Maybe not a unified livery and moquette but I could definitely see networks taking on one name regardless of operator. Similar to how London Overground has retained that name since its inception despite a joint venture and now solely Arriva. It would certainly reduce costs and avoid situations where like on SWR we are what 4 years into the contract and still the 444/450 exterior refurbs aren’t complete. I see this too, I think pretty much every name used today will become an extremely long term name. I wouldn't be too surprised to see this be the case with liveries too.
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Post by ServerKing on May 26, 2021 9:02:30 GMT
They could have a BR livery but have different interior and moquette like TfL buses do
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Post by busman on May 26, 2021 11:40:05 GMT
If having one uniform moquette across all trains releases budget that allows more comfortable seats to be specced, give me comfort any day of the week. No more ironing board seating please. I couldn’t care less about the colour of my seat, as long as its clean and comfortable.
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Post by MetrolineGA1511 on May 31, 2021 4:32:49 GMT
Although franchisees have had some input into liveries and seat colourings, I think these distinctions could be phased out with all stock having a common livery and a standard moquette updated every few years, like London Underground. I don't see that myself. The rail system will still operate in a competitive environment especially for inter-city journeys, and strong branding will continue to be a feature on many routes. I would certainly prefer variety to continue. I am just concerned there could be less variety in the medium term.
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Post by wirewiper on Sept 28, 2022 12:07:35 GMT
Is Great British Railways about to hit the buffers? Since covid the industry has lost £2billion of revenue, and is struggling with failing infrastructure, a wave of industrial unrest that shows no signs of going away anytime soon, and collapsing services, especially Avanti West Coast although other operators are also struggling to operate services reliably. A lack of a sense of direction is demoralising civil servants tasked with changing the structure following the ending of franchising. Reform may now come from a different direction - the Labour Party has now made a firm commitment to take Britain's railways back into public ownership once in government, by renationalising trans operators as contracts expire, a pledge that was affirmed at Party Conference this week. www.theguardian.com/business/2022/sep/28/great-british-railways-is-dead-rail-industry-at-lowest-ebb-since-the-days-of-railtrack
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Post by SILENCED on Sept 28, 2022 13:02:32 GMT
Is Great British Railways about to hit the buffers? Since covid the industry has lost £2billion of revenue, and is struggling with failing infrastructure, a wave of industrial unrest that shows no signs of going away anytime soon, and collapsing services, especially Avanti West Coast although other operators are also struggling to operate services reliably. A lack of a sense of direction is demoralising civil servants tasked with changing the structure following the ending of franchising. Reform may now come from a different direction - the Labour Party has now made a firm commitment to take Britain's railways back into public ownership once in government, by renationalising trans operators as contracts expire, a pledge that was affirmed at Party Conference this week. www.theguardian.com/business/2022/sep/28/great-british-railways-is-dead-rail-industry-at-lowest-ebb-since-the-days-of-railtrackAnd East Coast, Northern and South Eastern are doing so much better than the other franchises!
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Post by capitalomnibus on Sept 28, 2022 23:51:40 GMT
Is Great British Railways about to hit the buffers? Since covid the industry has lost £2billion of revenue, and is struggling with failing infrastructure, a wave of industrial unrest that shows no signs of going away anytime soon, and collapsing services, especially Avanti West Coast although other operators are also struggling to operate services reliably. A lack of a sense of direction is demoralising civil servants tasked with changing the structure following the ending of franchising. Reform may now come from a different direction - the Labour Party has now made a firm commitment to take Britain's railways back into public ownership once in government, by renationalising trans operators as contracts expire, a pledge that was affirmed at Party Conference this week. www.theguardian.com/business/2022/sep/28/great-british-railways-is-dead-rail-industry-at-lowest-ebb-since-the-days-of-railtrackI would not look too much into that. Clearly Labour party propaganda, also put out by the Guardian.
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Post by MetrolineGA1511 on Oct 1, 2022 11:23:46 GMT
Is Great British Railways about to hit the buffers? Since covid the industry has lost £2billion of revenue, and is struggling with failing infrastructure, a wave of industrial unrest that shows no signs of going away anytime soon, and collapsing services, especially Avanti West Coast although other operators are also struggling to operate services reliably. A lack of a sense of direction is demoralising civil servants tasked with changing the structure following the ending of franchising. Reform may now come from a different direction - the Labour Party has now made a firm commitment to take Britain's railways back into public ownership once in government, by renationalising trans operators as contracts expire, a pledge that was affirmed at Party Conference this week. www.theguardian.com/business/2022/sep/28/great-british-railways-is-dead-rail-industry-at-lowest-ebb-since-the-days-of-railtrackAnd East Coast, Northern and South Eastern are doing so much better than the other franchises! Not all the time. Northern Rail delayed my arrival back into Manchester by nearly 3 hours on Sept 18th.
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Post by snowman on Nov 14, 2022 16:53:18 GMT
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