New NX:WM Livery?

[Badger]

Talk on Facebook is that this is the new National Express West Midlands livery. Is this for the Olympics?

http://wmbusphotos.com/NXWM/4001-4224/4177.html

It's not an Ex-London bus, as it's also shown in the old Travel WM livery.

If it is a new livery, then why weren't the Wolverhampton Wright's delivered in it?

 

[Class20]

There a small article in the current issue of Bus & Coach Buyer about this. Its only a trial livery and passengers traveling on the bus are being asked for their views on the livery/colour. The bus has also received tinted windows.

 

[Eagle]

Wonder if there'll be a Coventry version of it? (Hope not, as we already have three liveries on our buses as it is...).

 

[trentside]

It appears that NatEx can't get out the habit of fiddling with the liveries every few years. Towards the end of the TWM brand, there were several different versions in existence. Constant changes serve only to create a disjointed brand image.

This new version is slightly better than the current NatEx West Midlands livery, but not by much.

 

[Badger]

Wonder if there'll be a Coventry version of it? (Hope not, as we already have three liveries on our buses as it is...).

Sky blue all over with dark blue accents apparently.

 

[Statto]

Not fussy on the new livery looks like a London bus, i prefer the Blue/Silver/Red livery of Travel West Midlands

 

[Ivo]

It is infinitely better than that hideous new First livery...

 

[Badger]

I miss that livery, yeah.

Just to recap,

(Not my albums)

West Midlands Travel: cream and blue
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ewood_eddie1968/4340243833/

West Midlands Travel: white and blue
http://www.reddibus.com/galleryimages/WMT/572.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZOX1B0UI8...KhM/i0-PEfeKBTM/s1600/B791-AOC.W.Midlands.jpg

West Midlands Travel:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevin_r_boyd/3648634012/in/set-72157604000512989
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bus_WM_Doridge_2.png

Travel West Midlands:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevin_r_boyd/2739970404/in/set-72157604000512989
http://wmbusphotos.com/NXWM/1317-1514/twm1401.050914.jpg

Toothpaste:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevin_r_boyd/2239804725/in/set-72157604000512989
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Travel_West_Midlands_4697.jpg

Current:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevin_r_boyd/3647819479/in/set-72157604000512989
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Travel_West_Midlands_4773.jpg

Future:
http://wmbusphotos.com/NXWM/4001-4224/4177.html

Unsure: (Any idea what was going on here? Just repainted to sell on?)
http://wmbusphotos.com/NXWM/1317-1514/1467.html
http://wmbusphotos.com/NXWM/1317-1514/1415.html


I think the worst livery was the West Midlands Travel one before the silver was replaced with white.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pityarder/4802093508/
Just doesn't look nice.

 

[Eagle]

Unsure: (Any idea what was going on here? Just repainted to sell on?)
http://wmbusphotos.com/NXWM/1317-1514/1467.html
http://wmbusphotos.com/NXWM/1317-1514/1415.html

The buses that run the 801 in Coventry are plain white, with both NXWM and NXC wordmarks. Are these to sell on too? (Does smack a bit of the latter days of NXEA...)

 

[Badger]

At one point a huge load of Wolverhampton's buses were plain white. I remember very loose rumours NXWM was going to First, the buses being repainted for easy change of livery, and that it fell through. Never been with "people who know" to test those rumours though. (It was a huge bunch of Optare Spectras and Solos).

 

[Eagle]

I remember very loose rumours NXWM was going to First.

Every franchise in existence has rumours of a buyout by First... I'm reminded of this thread.

 

[Badger]

My mom (shush :roll says this is probably some sort of Olympic propaganda, getting Birmingham to look like London.

A bit peeved to be honest, my favourite WM bus company already runs in red:

http://wmbusphotos.com/Midland/fleetlist.html

No confusing the two of course, for now, but eventually both do run Optare Solos and Excels. (Although that implies NX:WM will ever have a universal livery displayed).