[Talk-GB] National Rail as a brand (was: Bulk railway station changes)

[Donald Noble]

> Richard Fairhurst richard at systemed.net wrote:
>
> Two particular cases I'm unsure about:
>
> 1. ScotRail is now, as well as a TOC name, the Scottish Executive-mandated
> brand for rail services north of the border. I'm not sure whether the
> double-arrow is still used in the new branding scheme. (Examples:
> http://www.transportscotland.gov.uk/rail/role/the-brand/implementation -
> there don't appear to be any double-arrows in the Queen Street pic, but
> there may be outside, and I presume that it's still signposted from roads
> etc. the same way.)

I checked this on my way home this evening, been meaning too for a few
days now, but only just got round to it.

There are still a few British Rail style Double-Arrow signs, denoting
that the station is part of the national railway network. I seem to
recall this is also the case at other stations with the new Scotrail –
Scotland's Railways branding, and still used on road signs pointing to
these stations. I'm not totally sure what is happening to the stations
with the Strathcyde Passenger Transport branding, these may be
gradually replaced with the Scotrail one.

Just to bring things back to the original question, I think that
'brand=National Rail' is an appropriate term (even if someone claims
it may not be a "brand"), and for example the Glasgow Subway could be
marked as 'brand=SPT_Subway' or similar, and likewise for other light
rail and maybe tram networks?

I think that most stations wouldn't need this adding initially (i.e.
no mass change) but it could be helpful for areas with another network

Donald


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