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The issue of corporate advertising is at the heart of the Railway's problem. I've always said that the route name should feature in large letters - and remain fixed forever. The franchise holder's name should be in a far smaller font. When a franchise changes there should be no need to spend millions on uniforms and train vinyls as they belong to the route. All that has to be done is put a little sticker over the outgoing fanchisee's name. Eg;
First Great Western
National Express East Coast
To get back on thread about colours, it is of course highly subjective. I personally love a dark blue...so GNER's old livery of Dark Blue with a Red stripe worked for me. As did Thameslink's Dark Blue & Gold.
Ho hum, nostalgia's not what it used to be.
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