New Deliveries / New Livery & Branding Discussion

[BN]

And after all the new deliveries, Wolverhampton gets the one actually into service 1st........................A969 out on the road today.

[karl724223]

And after all the new deliveries, Wolverhampton gets the one actually into service 1st........................A969 out on the road today.

Pensnetts spare bus  @BN?

[Tony]

Current location of the electrics so far delivered are below. The list has changed today twice, so although that is the position tonight it wasn't earlier.

PB	BC	WA	WN	PN
E170	E172	E164	E165	E178
	E176	E168	E166	E196
	E186	E169	E167	E199
	E193	E171	E174	E201
	E194	E173	E177	E210
	E195	E175	E179	E211
	E198	E182	E180	E213
	E207	E184	E181	E215
	E208	E187	E183	E217
	E209	E192	E185
	E212		E188
			E189
			E190
			E197
			E200
			E202
			E203
			E204
			E205
			E206
			E214
			E216

[CL]

I've been reliably informed that E188 has had its vinyls applied today. Moreover, it also carries 'first responder' stickers (much like in London & Manchester) above the doors; I presume this'll be the standard on all EVs from here on.

[Tony]

I've been reliably informed that E188 has had its vinyls applied today. Moreover, it also carries 'first responder' stickers (much like in London & Manchester) above the doors; I presume this'll be the standard on all EVs from here on.

Photo on the main site later 

[Gareth]

I've been reliably informed that E188 has had its vinyls applied today. Moreover, it also carries 'first responder' stickers (much like in London & Manchester) above the doors; I presume this'll be the standard on all EVs from here on.

Oh, so that's what the symbols are for! I'd seen them in London for a while, I'd just assumed it was for garage staff to easily identify which kind of bus/fuel type.

[Tony]

Here's E188, just the thin light grey strip below the top deck windows to go on.

NXWM E188 (wmbusphotos.com)

[Stu]

Here's E188, just the thin light grey strip below the top deck windows to go on.

NXWM E188 (wmbusphotos.com)

Looks great to be honest.

I'm assuming that route branding is a thing of the past now? Or are there more surprises in store!

[Tony]

Looks great to be honest.

All the 'It's Grey, so it must be awful' people will be along soon, surprised they haven't commented on the Facebook photo yet, every other photo I have put on has attracted them.

Until they settle down the problem with route branding electrics is the running boards tend to not have the same bus on the same route all day

[BBS]

Looks great to be honest.

I'm assuming that route branding is a thing of the past now? Or are there more surprises in store!

That red really attracts the eye a lot more than the Coventry blue does

[frostjay974]

Has anyone else noticed that the red/blue stripe on the electric buses slightly curve just above the wheels but on any other regular bus the stripe is fully straight?

[Coventrybususer95]

Will the electric warning signs be added to cvs buses in due course?

[Stu]

All the 'It's Grey, so it must be awful' people will be along soon, surprised they haven't commented on the Facebook photo yet, every other photo I have put on has attracted them.

Until they settle down the problem with route branding electrics is the running boards tend to not have the same bus on the same route all day

I must admit, I travelled on one of the 'Zenobes' the other week before Christmas, and thought that the use of the red on the grab rails certainly helped 'liven up' the interior. I haven't travelled on any of Coventry's yet, but I can see from your photos that theirs are also red inside, which sort of contrasts with the sky-blue vinyl stylings on the exterior.

Having said that though, after travelling on a couple of the ex-Coventry E400s at WB and YW, their blue grab-poles don't really bother me that much.

I've done some graphic design work in the past, and while grey might seem to many as 'boring', it does allow for some interesting combinations of colour for 'accents'.

[Steve3229vp]

All the 'It's Grey, so it must be awful' people will be along soon, surprised they haven't commented on the Facebook photo yet, every other photo I have put on has attracted them.

Until they settle down the problem with route branding electrics is the running boards tend to not have the same bus on the same route all day

I don't have a problem with the grey livery, it's a good base for adding vinyls of any colour. It amazes me that you hear complaints about the 'It's Grey, so it must be awful' brigade but hardly any complaints (in comparison) about any of the liveries that had white as a base colour which let's face went grubby in no time at all.

[Wba_lad]

Here's E188, just the thin light grey strip below the top deck windows to go on.

NXWM E188 (wmbusphotos.com)

That really suits, nice photo tony