New Deliveries / New Livery & Branding Discussion

[barry]

Just showed my wife, who has absolutely no interest in buses, the images of the new MMC's and her first comment was.... Oh are Midland Red making a comeback?.... I must admit I do see a slight throwback to 1974  - all red buses on the Hagley Rd with the word 'Midland'' on the side. I wonder if the powers that be have noticed the inevitable resemblance to the uninitiated.
Never mind in a couple of years perhaps they'll bring back cream and blue... Hurraahh!

[RW]

I've been told today by an inspector that the 9 is recieving green branding. Any truth?

Hope it's not green. Haven't NX heard the saying 'red and green should never be seen'. Would be a terrible clash with the new livery!

[tank90]

I've been told today by an inspector that the 9 is recieving green branding. Any truth?

Hope it's not green. Haven't NX heard the saying 'red and green should never be seen'. Would be a terrible clash with the new livery!

I agree but a royal blue with silver text would look good with the Reds and creamy gold yellow.

[CL]

I've been told today by an inspector that the 9 is recieving green branding. Any truth?

Hope it's not green. Haven't NX heard the saying 'red and green should never be seen'. Would be a terrible clash with the new livery!

Personally, red and green* would just look too 'festive' for me. I'd hate to be another to say it, but bring more blue branding, or black (if faded to darker grey) would be a much more 'elegant' approach for the 9 in my perspective. (I'm thinking Royale Black Diamond, y'know?)

*EDIT: Not to mention the gold, as well. Also, I notice a T-Side advert on the right-side of the buses. Would it mean that the branding would have to be asymmetrical, like the 97 branding on the tridents - that is, if these are to be branded, which I think was confirmed by @Tony, by a small degree... (Not my photos; @nxwmbusfan1999 (?) had already posted a link.)

7 have already been delivered, yes?

6101: https://www.flickr.com/photos/45168281@N05/16547307458/
6102: https://www.flickr.com/photos/45168281@N05/16547454390/
6103: https://www.flickr.com/photos/45168281@N05/16548760409/
6104: https://www.flickr.com/photos/45168281@N05/16114907133/
6106: https://www.flickr.com/photos/45168281@N05/16114907923/

[bususer12]

Some pictures off twitter;
https://twitter.com/MrSmiley1988

[Ronnoc]

Some pictures off twitter;
https://twitter.com/MrSmiley1988

They look smart.

[CL]

Some pictures off twitter;
https://twitter.com/MrSmiley1988

They look smart.

And with Pensnett's new bus-wash, I'd expect them to stay looking smart, eh?

[Tony]

I expect a picture of the new branding will be appearing on here very soon

Yes! - takes longer to get it on my website than facebook!

[Trident 4194]

Seen a picture, what Have they done? It looks cartoonified, although I spotted it's now every 7 mins not every 8mins, does this meAn they need extra bus?

[Roy]

Seen a picture, what Have they done? It looks cartoonified, although I spotted it's now every 7 mins not every 8mins, does this meAn they need extra bus?

The current timetable has journeys every 7 to 8 minutes during the day, so it's correct to say that they run up to every 7 minutes.

[Tony]

I expect a picture of the new branding will be appearing on here very soon

Yes! - takes longer to get it on my website than facebook!

Here it is along with the nearside photo that isn't on Facebook

(Rhys why copy my photo off Facebook and put it on my website forum! - that is why I deleted it)

[pb2012]

I expect a picture of the new branding will be appearing on here very soon

Yes! - takes longer to get it on my website than facebook!

Here it is along with the nearside photo that isn't on Facebook

(Rhys why copy my photo off Facebook and put it on my website forum! - that is why I deleted it)

Nice photo not nit picking but should it  say 03/15 not 03/05 like the branding though?

[979]

I expect a picture of the new branding will be appearing on here very soon

Yes! - takes longer to get it on my website than facebook!

Here it is along with the nearside photo that isn't on Facebook

(Rhys why copy my photo off Facebook and put it on my website forum! - that is why I deleted it)

LOL.. Get your own photo's Rhys.😂

[domino.99]

All good sorry.

Has it got the grey dot seating?

[979]

All good sorry.

Has it got the grey dot seating?

Leather, and that inspector friend of your's was right!