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Branding and logo for Great British Railways unveiled (www.bbc.co.uk)
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[–] 12 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I don't hate it as a design, though going with the union flag is a bit heavy-handed and not what I would have gone for, on first impression the colours remind me of NSE and not in a bad way. I would have gone for Rail Blue myself.

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    It's the most boring livery they could have come up with, and not exactly an original design but perhaps they weren't go in for a originality.

    It creates somewhat of a Mandela effect, it's so generic that I couldn't 100% guarantee that they didn't already look like that.

    Given that renationalisation is a bit of a hot button topic for the right wing, they probably didn't want to rock the boat too much. This doesn't particularly draw attention to itself.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago*

    Boring isn't necessarily bad, in fact I would argue that my preference for bringing back Rail Blue would be even more boring. I think it's best if people can come to associate their feelings of the railways with the livery rather than the other way round, so I'm favouring something simple and timeless.

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