Your opinion on liveries…

[Stu]

I have a question, if you could liven this hideous livery we have right now, how would you do it? I'm my opinion, we could add a lot more "strips" to either sides, such as adding the current stripe towards the rear wheels, and adding a much larger red 2 toned stripe where the current stripe is, alongside adding more colour to the rear, could just be a simple stripe of red. It may cost more but presentation is always key. For the "high end" buses, the same can be done, however actually completing the Grey lining and not cutting it towards the end, maybe another grey line towards the roof section like the 20 plates have, it's just my opinion before someone sparks me costs and other things. As a tourist who comes to Birmingham ( unlikely but still ) and sees that our buses are a complete mess and the the most unknown livery saga going on really isn't going to improve Birmingham.

If you thought our mish-mash of liveries is a 'mess', you've never been down to Cornwall!  

Last time I was down in Penzance, I lost count of how many different liveries were in use, most on buses transferred in from elsewhere. 

[Mayfield]

NX dull, dull, dull
Stage coach just dull
Arriva awful
First new colours IMO the best by far
Better if they all get rid of the save the world boring green

[Westy]

I'd just wish they'd finish painting vehicles in one livery, before starting another!

Have a breather!

Nx have still got the odd red & white knocking about, besides the mainly crimson & rapidly catching up grey!

[don]

I'd just wish they'd finish painting vehicles in one livery, before starting another!

Have a breather!

Nx have still got the odd red & white knocking about, besides the mainly crimson & rapidly catching up grey!

There aren't that many red and whites knocking around - maybe 50 or so E40Ds - and a handful of others which should be withdrawn pretty soon (I thought they would have gone with the last lot of electrics to be honest - a few Tridents, 3 Geminis, handful of v early E400s and 3 Scaniasi).

However I'm very surprised at the slow speed of repainting the E40Ds from 4880-4995, Especially the red and white ones, although most of the ex Coventry's have been done. The WB ones seem to have come to a complete halt, along with the repainting of crimson WN and PN B7RLEs.