Commuter Livery Needs A Change

[KSW]

The new colour livery is horrid, if this colour will be introduced I can't imagine this at all. The interior of the seating is blue with bright white everywhere and the exterior will be Green/White doors it will look terrible. The old Iarnrod Eireann arrow sign was better. I was joking with a friend today about this colour livery, it wouldn't surprise me if they did go ahead with the green an white doors and probably an orange border along the windows that will give it the Irish flag/Irish rails new Logo Green White and Orange

[m3parkway]

Originally Posted by KSW

The new colour livery is horrid, if this colour will be introduced I can't imagine this at all. The interior of the seating is blue with bright white everywhere and the exterior will be Green/White doors it will look terrible.

The seats have already been changed to a more green colour to match.

[Mark Gleeson]

From a purely technical point of view that livery would not be allowed in public service on an electrified route, that said none of IE's current liveries bar the ICR comply

There is a EU legal requirement for the doors to be a different colour to the rest of the carriage so that explains the doors

The 29k fleet is 10 years in service and due a paint, if that was the case they would be trying this out on a stored 2700 unit

They tried out some strange liveries on the MK3 intl coach too

[berneyarms]

Originally Posted by Mark Gleeson

From a purely technical point of view that livery would not be allowed in public service on an electrified route, that said none of IE's current liveries bar the ICR comply

There is a EU legal requirement for the doors to be a different colour to the rest of the carriage so that explains the doors

The 29k fleet is 10 years in service and due a paint, if that was the case they would be trying this out on a stored 2700 unit

They tried out some strange liveries on the MK3 intl coach too

Rather than just posting half-statements like this, it would help the rest of us understand if you would explain why?

Why is it and no other livery compliant?

[Traincustomer]

Just a thought... how many jobs, even temporary year-long contracts could be created with the hundreds of thousands of euro that livery changes cost? Could these jobs yield more in the way of bettering the customer experience and bringing in money than a livery? More than likely yes if focusing on the right things. And how many millions has the state imparted with over the years for various rebrandings that at the end of the day matter little to everyday customers/clients if there is insufficient change for the better in the organisations.

Not singling IÉ out here or wishing to detract from the foregoing informed debate about liveries but just making a general observation and putting perspective on its relative unimportance given the much more serious issues of our times.

[berneyarms]

Originally Posted by Traincustomer

Just a thought... how many jobs, even temporary year-long contracts could be created with the hundreds of thousands of euro that livery changes cost? Could these jobs yield more in the way of bettering the customer experience and bringing in money than a livery? More than likely yes if focusing on the right things. And how many millions has the state imparted with over the years for various rebrandings that at the end of the day matter little to everyday customers/clients if there is insufficient change for the better in the organisations.

Not singling IÉ out here or wishing to detract from the foregoing informed debate about liveries but just making a general observation and putting perspective on its relative unimportance given the much more serious issues of our times.

Presumably the trains will only be reliveried when they come up for repainting in the normal course.

There is a normal cycle involved in which trains/buses are repainted, so it is hardly true to say that a new livery being applied necessarily costs hundreds of thousands of EURO.

[KSW]

Originally Posted by m3parkway

The seats have already been changed to a more green colour to match.

Thank you I've seen these seats when the train was passing a station I was curious. They are better design should be on all 22k