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Old BR logo on London Underground
It suddenly struck me yesterday when I was up in London, why do TFL
still use the old British Rail logo? Whenever you get to a station with an overground rail connection, there are signs saying "Trains" with an arrow and the old logo. In fact I'd also like to what they think the things that run on the Underground are if not "trains"? On the southbound Bakerloo platfrom at Waterloo, there's still a sign that says "British Rail" in blue illuminated glass. Its on both sides of the sign, so I wonder of this is a deliberate. Now, If you look at the new "Overground" stickers going up on the information signs at station, they also have the old BR logo printed on them. Why does this still happen? Neill |
Old BR logo on London Underground
At the time of privatisation is was decided that the symbol would be
retained to indicate the railway network and that is still the case today. |
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On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 12:57:39 -0800 (PST), Neill
wrote: Why does this still happen? Because it remains as the logo used to represent mainline rail throughout the country, and has by no means been retired. Neil -- Neil Williams Put my first name before the at to reply. |
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On 28 Dec, 20:57, Neill wrote:
It suddenly struck me yesterday when I was up in London, why do TFL still use the old British Rail logo? Whenever you get to a station with an overground rail connection, there are signs saying "Trains" with an arrow and the old logo. You'd better tell the National Rail people to stop using it too: http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/ On the southbound Bakerloo platfrom at Waterloo, there's still a sign that says "British Rail" in blue illuminated glass. Its on both sides of the sign, so I wonder of this is a deliberate. Old Street still has a British Rail (Eastern Region) sign lurking. U -- http://londonconnections.blogspot.com/ A blog about transport projects in London |
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Neill wrote:
It suddenly struck me yesterday when I was up in London, why do TFL still use the old British Rail logo? What makes you think that it's only "up in London" that the National Rail symbol is used? What part of the country do you come from? Don't you see it there? -- Richard J. (to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address) |
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"Neill" wrote in message ... Now, If you look at the new "Overground" stickers going up on the information signs at station, they also have the old BR logo printed on them. Why does this still happen? Because the 'London Overground' is still part of the current national rail network, whose sign it is, not the 'tube' despite what you might think if you listen only to Ken Livingstone? Paul |
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It suddenly struck me yesterday when I was up in London, why do TFL
still use the old British Rail logo? Whenever you get to a station with an overground rail connection, there are signs saying "Trains" with an arrow and the old logo. It's *not* an old logo. Every railway station in the country shows that logo - its accepted as the standard design in the UK meaning "Railway", regardless of who is running the trains. National Rail still use it, maps still use it... why would you change it? (Incidentally, what is the name of this logo, I remember someone telling me once but I have forgotten!) In fact I'd also like to what they think the things that run on the Underground are if not "trains"? In non enthusiast speak, they are tubes - even the sub-surface stock. So, the rail symbol and the word trains quite easily conveys National Trains. On the southbound Bakerloo platfrom at Waterloo, there's still a sign that says "British Rail" in blue illuminated glass. Its on both sides of the sign, so I wonder of this is a deliberate. I doubt it, but why change it? It is blindingly obvious what it means. Plus, whilst British Rail as an organisation may be defunct, the term "british rail" is still an accurate description of where the sign is pointing too. Plus, these days, if you put the TOC name on it you'll have to replace the sign every few years. Now, If you look at the new "Overground" stickers going up on the information signs at station, they also have the old BR logo printed on them. Why does this still happen? London Overground is effectively a Train Operating Company on the national rail network, just like One, c2c, SouthWest Trains, any others you may care to mention, therefore the railway logo is still valid. TfL choose to substantiate that with the Overground label which, given that they own London Overground, is a fairly obvious thing to do. Best Wishes, LEWIS |
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On Dec 29, 12:36 am, "Lew 1"
wrote: It suddenly struck me yesterday when I was up in London, why do TFL still use the old British Rail logo? Whenever you get to a station with an overground rail connection, there are signs saying "Trains" with an arrow and the old logo. It's *not* an old logo. Every railway station in the country shows that logo - its accepted as the standard design in the UK meaning "Railway", regardless of who is running the trains. National Rail still use it, maps still use it... why would you change it? (Incidentally, what is the name of this logo, I remember someone telling me once but I have forgotten!) In fact I'd also like to what they think the things that run on the Underground are if not "trains"? In non enthusiast speak, they are tubes - even the sub-surface stock. So, the rail symbol and the word trains quite easily conveys National Trains. On the southbound Bakerloo platfrom at Waterloo, there's still a sign that says "British Rail" in blue illuminated glass. Its on both sides of the sign, so I wonder of this is a deliberate. I doubt it, but why change it? It is blindingly obvious what it means. Plus, whilst British Rail as an organisation may be defunct, the term "british rail" is still an accurate description of where the sign is pointing too. Plus, these days, if you put the TOC name on it you'll have to replace the sign every few years. Now, If you look at the new "Overground" stickers going up on the information signs at station, they also have the old BR logo printed on them. Why does this still happen? London Overground is effectively a Train Operating Company on the national rail network, just like One, c2c, SouthWest Trains, any others you may care to mention, therefore the railway logo is still valid. TfL choose to substantiate that with the Overground label which, given that they own London Overground, is a fairly obvious thing to do. Best Wishes, LEWIS London Overground isn't quite like a TOC. It is a concession from TfL. A private firm operate it on TfLs behalf. TfL set the timetable, fares and staffing levels. They also retain 100% of the fares. If a LO station only has LO services then it will eventually not have the NR Double Arrow logo, there are some expections to this. There is more information in the Corporate Design section of the TfL website. I completely agree with no changing all the signs unless essential. Though there are still some high-profile signs up with Aldwych! |
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On 29 Dec, 00:49, chunky munky wrote:
London Overground isn't quite like a TOC. It is a concession from TfL. A private firm operate it on TfLs behalf. TfL set the timetable, fares and staffing levels. They also retain 100% of the fares. 90%. And it is a TOC within the National Rail system. The thing it isn't is a franchise. If a LO station only has LO services then it will eventually not have the NR Double Arrow logo, there are some expections to this. There is more information in the Corporate Design section of the TfL website. That's not quite right - the North London Railway is a National Rail service, but the East London Railway is not, probably due to the project's heritage as a tube line. Stations that are only served by the East London Railway (which also happen to be the ones owned by TfL rather than Network Rail) won't have double arrows, but the rest will. U -- http://londonconnections.blogspot.com/ A blog about transport projects in London |
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On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 21:55:45 -0000, "Paul Scott"
wrote: "Neill" wrote in message ... Now, If you look at the new "Overground" stickers going up on the information signs at station, they also have the old BR logo printed on them. Why does this still happen? Because the 'London Overground' is still part of the current national rail network, whose sign it is, not the 'tube' despite what you might think if you listen only to Ken Livingstone? Or if you look at Tube line diagrams. All TOCs are equal, but some TOCs are more equal than others. |
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"Neill":
It suddenly struck me yesterday when I was up in London, why do TFL still use the old British Rail logo? Whenever you get to a station with an overground rail connection, there are signs saying "Trains" with an arrow and the old logo. Lewis Cox: It's *not* an old logo. Every railway station in the country shows that logo - its accepted as the standard design in the UK meaning "Railway", regardless of who is running the trains. National Rail still use it, maps still use it... why would you change it? Well, some might prefer it to be changed because it seems to imply that there is a still a single organization responsible for all those trains. On the other hand, some also might prefer to leave it alone just on the off-chance that that situation comes to pass again. In fact I'd also like to what they think the things that run on the Underground are if not "trains"? In non enthusiast speak, they are tubes - even the sub-surface stock. Well, I think enough people know them as "tube trains" for that explanation not to fly. Consider also all those signs that say things like "1st *train* - High Barnet - 1 min" (emphasis added). I suggest, instead, that when the signs read "BR sign trains", the symbol is meant to be interpreted as an adjective, so it's national rail trains as opposed to tube trains. -- Mark Brader "The routes 'London' and 'not London' are Toronto not necessarily mutually exclusive." --Tim Stevens for ATOC, UK My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 16:49:38 -0800 (PST), chunky munky
wrote: London Overground isn't quite like a TOC. It is a concession from TfL. A private firm operate it on TfLs behalf. TfL set the timetable, fares and staffing levels. They also retain 100% of the fares. Apart from revenue risk, it is not dissimilar from Merseyrail, which is "franchised" by the PTE. It is, however, still part of the national network, which LOROL will need to remain unless TfL plans on removing fares interavailability, through fares and the likes which is likely to annoy quite a few people if they do. Neil -- Neil Williams Put my first name before the at to reply. |
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Old BR logo on London Underground
On 29 Dec, 00:36, "Lew 1" wrote:
It's *not* an old logo. Every railway station in the country shows that logo Not quite every station. St Pancras has only HS1 logos, not a BR Double Arrow in sight! |
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On Dec 29, 11:28 am, Standing at HN28 signal
wrote: On 29 Dec, 00:36, "Lew 1" wrote: It's *not* an old logo. Every railway station in the country shows that logo Not quite every station. St Pancras has only HS1 logos, not a BR Double Arrow in sight! Nor do stations served only by the UndergrounD. The logo is used only for the 'National Rail' network. At privatisation this was easy to define as all lines owned by Railtrack. Not so simple now. |
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Old BR logo on London Underground
"Colin Rosenstiel" wrote in message ... In article , (umpston) wrote: On Dec 29, 11:28 am, Standing at HN28 signal wrote: On 29 Dec, 00:36, "Lew 1" wrote: It's *not* an old logo. Every railway station in the country shows that logo Not quite every station. St Pancras has only HS1 logos, not a BR Double Arrow in sight! Nor do stations served only by the UndergrounD. The logo is used only for the 'National Rail' network. At privatisation this was easy to define as all lines owned by Railtrack. Not so simple now. So why isn't used at St Pancras International? It is served by two 'National Rail' TOCs, East Midlands Trains and First Capital Connect. IIRC Network Rail didn't take over management of St Pancras International # until mid December - might that have something to do with it? # where the NR site says, on the media release about the Thameslink platforms: "Network Rail already manages the entire St Pancras International station" - do they really mean the Eurostar aspects as well? IIRC when the traffic management and temporary signage was being discussed a few weeks ago it was generally consider that NR had nothing to do with St Pancras operational aspects Paul |
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Mark Brader:
Well, some might prefer it to be changed because it seems to imply that there is a still a single organization responsible for all those trains. Neil Williams: Why does it have to represent that? Where did I say "has to"? -- Mark Brader "Never re-invent the wheel unnecessarily; Toronto yours may have corners." -- Henry Spencer |
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What's also odd is that the 'Overground' flashes on LUL car diagrams
inside trains do not have the BR/NR double arrow but those affixed to station diagrams do. And those on station diagrams are being placed against every possible LU/LO interchange and not as per the design manual. EG a Bakerloo Line NB sign at Baker Street should show LO interchange at Queens Park (for Euston), Willesden Junction (for NLL/ WLL) and Harrow & Wealdstone (for NB DC line) yet the amending stickers shown at evert 'joint' LO/LU station. |
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On 29 Dec, 00:49, chunky munky wrote:
There is more information in the Corporate Design section of the TfL website. And the 'London Overground Signs Standard' is especially enlightening, particularly pages 24 and 29 where 55 Broadway's hidden agenda to extend the Metropolitan line to Croydon is exposed :) http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/corporate/...ardIssue01.pdf or http://tinyurl.com/yvv8g3 Stuart J |
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"StuartJ" wrote in message ... On 29 Dec, 00:49, chunky munky wrote: There is more information in the Corporate Design section of the TfL website. And the 'London Overground Signs Standard' is especially enlightening, particularly pages 24 and 29 where 55 Broadway's hidden agenda to extend the Metropolitan line to Croydon is exposed :) http://tinyurl.com/yvv8g3 Well spotted LOROL Paul S |
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In article
, (StuartJ) wrote: On 29 Dec, 00:49, chunky munky wrote: There is more information in the Corporate Design section of the TfL website. And the 'London Overground Signs Standard' is especially enlightening, particularly pages 24 and 29 where 55 Broadway's hidden agenda to extend the Metropolitan line to Croydon is exposed :) http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/corporate/...sets/downloads /overground/OvergroundSignsStandardIssue01.pdf or http://tinyurl.com/yvv8g3 They're all in Overground Orange here. What am I missing? -- Colin Rosenstiel |
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On Sat, 29 Dec 2007, Paul Scott wrote:
Well spotted LOROL I'm glad i'm not the only person who's been thinking that! tom -- Cthulu saves! (so he can eat you later) |
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On Dec 29, 2:08 pm, (Colin Rosenstiel) wrote:
In article , (umpston) wrote: On Dec 29, 11:28 am, Standing at HN28 signal wrote: On 29 Dec, 00:36, "Lew 1" wrote: It's *not* an old logo. Every railway station in the country shows that logo Not quite every station. St Pancras has only HS1 logos, not a BR Double Arrow in sight! Nor do stations served only by the UndergrounD. The logo is used only for the 'National Rail' network. At privatisation this was easy to define as all lines owned by Railtrack. Not so simple now. So why isn't used at St Pancras International? It is served by two 'National Rail' TOCs, East Midlands Trains and First Capital Connect. Well crumbs I don't know! However my statement that the logo is used only for the National Rail network still holds true - I haven't heard of any non national-rail stations where it is used only of some NR stations where for some reason it isn't. |
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On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 04:46:13 -0800 (PST), umpston wrote:
It's *not* an old logo. Every railway station in the country shows that logo Not quite every station. St Pancras has only HS1 logos, not a BR Double Arrow in sight! Nor do stations served only by the UndergrounD. The logo is used only for the 'National Rail' network. At privatisation this was easy to define as all lines owned by Railtrack. Err, no. e.g. Harrow-on-the-Hill had a double arrow logo outside at the time of privatisation (and still does). |
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On 29 Dec, 22:30, (Colin Rosenstiel) wrote:
In article , (StuartJ) wrote: On 29 Dec, 00:49, chunky munky wrote: There is more information in the Corporate Design section of the TfL website. And the 'London Overground Signs Standard' is especially enlightening, particularly pages 24 and 29 where 55 Broadway's hidden agenda to extend the Metropolitan line to Croydon is exposed :) http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/corporate/...ds/assets/down... or http://tinyurl.com/yvv8g3 They're all in Overground Orange here. What am I missing? -- Colin Rosenstiel Check the stations between Crystal Palace and East Croydon in the diagram on page 29. |
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StuartJ wrote:
On 29 Dec, 22:30, (Colin Rosenstiel) wrote: In article , (StuartJ) wrote: On 29 Dec, 00:49, chunky munky wrote: There is more information in the Corporate Design section of the TfL website. And the 'London Overground Signs Standard' is especially enlightening, particularly pages 24 and 29 where 55 Broadway's hidden agenda to extend the Metropolitan line to Croydon is exposed :) http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/corporate/...ds/assets/down... or http://tinyurl.com/yvv8g3 They're all in Overground Orange here. What am I missing? -- Colin Rosenstiel Check the stations between Crystal Palace and East Croydon in the diagram on page 29. East Croydon isn't listed on page 29, but I see what you mean. Check the station between Anerley and West Croydon. -- Richard J. (to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address) |
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In article ,
(Richard J.) wrote: StuartJ wrote: On 29 Dec, 22:30, (Colin Rosenstiel) wrote: In article , (StuartJ) wrote: On 29 Dec, 00:49, chunky munky wrote: There is more information in the Corporate Design section of the TfL website. And the 'London Overground Signs Standard' is especially enlightening, particularly pages 24 and 29 where 55 Broadway's hidden agenda to extend the Metropolitan line to Croydon is exposed :) http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/corporate/...ds/assets/down... or http://tinyurl.com/yvv8g3 They're all in Overground Orange here. What am I missing? Check the stations between Crystal Palace and East Croydon in the diagram on page 29. East Croydon isn't listed on page 29, but I see what you mean. Check the station between Anerley and West Croydon. Yes, yes, seen it now. "Northwood Junction" indeed. -- Colin Rosenstiel |
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On Dec 30, 3:24 pm, asdf wrote:
On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 04:46:13 -0800 (PST), umpston wrote: It's *not* an old logo. Every railway station in the country shows that logo Not quite every station. St Pancras has only HS1 logos, not a BR Double Arrow in sight! Nor do stations served only by the UndergrounD. The logo is used only for the 'National Rail' network. At privatisation this was easy to define as all lines owned by Railtrack. Err, no. e.g. Harrow-on-the-Hill had a double arrow logo outside at the time of privatisation (and still does). And were there not Railtrack lines running via this station? Please explain. |
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On Dec 30, 9:33 pm, (Colin Rosenstiel) wrote:
In article , (umpston) wrote: e.g. Harrow-on-the-Hill had a double arrow logo outside at the time of privatisation (and still does). And were there not Railtrack lines running via this station? Please explain. Not for the last 6 years at least! -- Colin Rosenstiel Please explain. |
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On 30 Dec, 21:20, umpston wrote:
On Dec 30, 3:24 pm, asdf wrote: On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 04:46:13 -0800 (PST), umpston wrote: It's *not* an old logo. Every railway station in the country shows that logo Not quite every station. St Pancras has only HS1 logos, not a BR Double Arrow in sight! Nor do stations served only by the UndergrounD. The logo is used only for the 'National Rail' network. At privatisation this was easy to define as all lines owned by Railtrack. Err, no. e.g. Harrow-on-the-Hill had a double arrow logo outside at the time of privatisation (and still does). And were there not Railtrack lines running via this station? Please explain. The boundary between Railtrack (later Network Rail) and LUL on the lines from Marylebone is at 61.25 km, some 0.5 km south of Harrow-on- the-Hill station, which is entirely owned and operated by LUL. Stuart J |
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On Dec 30, 9:58 pm, (Colin Rosenstiel) wrote:
In article , (umpston) wrote: On Dec 30, 9:33 pm, (Colin Rosenstiel) wrote: In article , (umpston) wrote: e.g. Harrow-on-the-Hill had a double arrow logo outside at the time of privatisation (and still does). And were there not Railtrack lines running via this station? Please explain. Not for the last 6 years at least! Please explain. Railtrack PLC went into railway administration in 2001 and was replaced by Network Rail. -- Colin Rosenstiel I know this - my post (and the reply from asdf) was referring to the time of privatisation. |
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On Dec 30, 10:32 pm, StuartJ wrote:
On 30 Dec, 21:20, umpston wrote: On Dec 30, 3:24 pm, asdf wrote: On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 04:46:13 -0800 (PST), umpston wrote: It's *not* an old logo. Every railway station in the country shows that logo Not quite every station. St Pancras has only HS1 logos, not a BR Double Arrow in sight! Nor do stations served only by the UndergrounD. The logo is used only for the 'National Rail' network. At privatisation this was easy to define as all lines owned by Railtrack. Err, no. e.g. Harrow-on-the-Hill had a double arrow logo outside at the time of privatisation (and still does). And were there not Railtrack lines running via this station? Please explain. The boundary between Railtrack (later Network Rail) and LUL on the lines from Marylebone is at 61.25 km, some 0.5 km south of Harrow-on- the-Hill station, which is entirely owned and operated by LUL. Stuart J Thank you for your clarification. I stand corrected. Best wishes. |
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If a LO station only has LO services then it will eventually not have
the NR Double Arrow logo, there are some expections to this. There is more information in the Corporate Design section of the TfL website. Ah, my apologise. However, I don't think I like this. Assuming that National Rail railcards are still vaild along with National Rail ticketing and information, to not have the National Rail symbol strikes me as odd. Best Wishes, LEWIS |
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Well crumbs I don't know! However my statement that the logo is used only for the National Rail network still holds true - I haven't heard of any non national-rail stations where it is used only of some NR stations where for some reason it isn't. With the exception of St Pancras though, non NR station have an alternative logo which convers what sort of train you are likely to get from there, and how it is different to a NR station. The news that St P doesn't have it is a great shame IMO - but not surprising. Signage is to St Pancras International what Etch-A-Sketch is to art. LEWIS |
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"Lew 1" wrote in message ... If a LO station only has LO services then it will eventually not have the NR Double Arrow logo, there are some expections to this. There is more information in the Corporate Design section of the TfL website. Ah, my apologise. However, I don't think I like this. Assuming that National Rail railcards are still vaild along with National Rail ticketing and information, to not have the National Rail symbol strikes me as odd. The TfL 'Corporate Design' stuff explains that it's only the Dalston Junction - Surrey Quays section (previously ELL) that won't display the NR symbol. Everywhere else keeps it. Paul S |
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