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Title: Another HST advert Post by: bobm on June 25, 2014, 21:28:23 Power car 43163 has become the latest to receive an all over advert
(http://www.mbob.co.uk/rforum/hstply.jpg) picture courtesy of FGW Twitter Title: Re: Another HST advert Post by: Chris from Nailsea on June 25, 2014, 23:59:12 The removal of first class carriages continues apace, too ... ;) :D ;D
Title: Re: Another HST advert Post by: chrisr_75 on June 26, 2014, 00:02:45 The removal of first class carriages continues apace, too ... ;) :D ;D Standing room only for 25 people! Title: Re: Another HST advert Post by: thetrout on June 26, 2014, 00:07:09 Power car 43163 has become the latest to receive an all over advert Poor sod... :P Title: Re: Another HST advert Post by: Pb_devon on June 26, 2014, 10:09:10 ......yet 43181 (Devonport Royal Dockyard 1693-1992) remains without it's plates. :(
But I guess I should be grateful 181 didn't get this treatment!! due thanks to CfN who has been badgering FGW on my behalf. Title: Re: Another HST advert Post by: Chris from Nailsea on June 26, 2014, 18:01:36 Thank you for that very opportune reminder, Pb_devon, that I must now follow up again on that particular issue. CfN :-[ :P ::)
Title: Re: Another HST advert Post by: Pb_devon on June 26, 2014, 19:44:29 most obliged CfN
here's the news item, with an alert about the cheesy :D pose of our Council Leader http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Train-wrapped-Plymouth-branding-heads-London/story-21293253-detail/story.html (would SKS embed the item, please :)) Title: Re: Another HST advert Post by: bobm on June 26, 2014, 20:38:32 Had to embed the link after seeing the photo!
Quote (http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/images/localworld/ugc-images/276351/Article/images/21293253/6248117-large.jpg) A TRAIN service connecting Plymouth to London has taken on a new look this week seeking to entice people to the South West. First Great Western has wrapped its Plymouth to Paddington service in an image of Britain^s Ocean City featuring Smeaton^s Tower and the Hoe. Although the company has wrapped up other trains in the past this is the first time it has used the method to promote a specific destination. First Great Western spokesman James Davis said: ^It^s a great chance to promote the city and surrounding area. ^Although the route covers Plymouth to London, it can reach down to Penzance and up to South Wales and Hereford so covers huge numbers of people.^ Mr Davis also said that from a visual viewpoint it was a great way to remind people locally what was on their doorstep. The 14-metre long vinyl wrap covering the front engine has been produced in conjunction with city tourism coordinator Destination Plymouth. Chief executive Amanda Lumley said: ^We^ve got our summer season off to a cracking start with the Figaro race and the jazz and blues festival, and MTV Crashes has really raised the excitement levels about Plymouth.^ Plymouth City Council leader Tudor Evans said he was also enthusiastic about the new branding. ^This is a great sight,^ Cllr Evans said. ^ We want to let everyone know how great Plymouth ^ Britain^s Ocean City ^ is and there^s surely nothing better than to have our most iconic views on show right in the heart of the capital as well as all along the region.^ Read more: http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Train-wrapped-Plymouth-branding-heads-London/story-21293253-detail/story.html#ixzz35m9lAO1G Read more at http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Train-wrapped-Plymouth-branding-heads-London/story-21293253-detail/story.html#1rYU2AXhHIldGW4a.99 Also love the phrase "the front engine".... Title: Re: Another HST advert Post by: TaplowGreen on June 26, 2014, 21:39:46 Knowing the way Tudor Evans works I'm surprised he didn't insist it was named after him! ;D
Title: Re: Another HST advert Post by: Brucey on June 26, 2014, 21:58:49 So the purpose of the vinyl wrap is to make commuters stood on a crowded platform at Ealing Broadway waiting for their crowded Turbo back home look in envy at the holidaymakers heading off on their luxurious HST and want to book a holiday to Plymouth?
Hmm, can't really see it having much benefit. Title: Re: Another HST advert Post by: LiskeardRich on June 26, 2014, 22:14:17 This is the power car that was advertising the rail air link with Singapore airways or whoever it was,
Title: Re: Another HST advert Post by: TaplowGreen on June 27, 2014, 08:40:00 So the purpose of the vinyl wrap is to make commuters stood on a crowded platform at Ealing Broadway waiting for their crowded Turbo back home look in envy at the holidaymakers heading off on their luxurious HST and want to book a holiday to Plymouth? Hmm, can't really see it having much benefit. As a Janner I see your point and take no offence! ;D , perhaps a better tactic from the perspective of those becalmed on crowded platforms would have been to chosen a picture of Swindon? Would make them count their blessings!!! :D Title: Re: Another HST advert Post by: Brucey on June 27, 2014, 19:58:07 So the purpose of the vinyl wrap is to make commuters stood on a crowded platform at Ealing Broadway waiting for their crowded Turbo back home look in envy at the holidaymakers heading off on their luxurious HST and want to book a holiday to Plymouth? Hmm, can't really see it having much benefit. As a Janner I see your point and take no offence! ;D , perhaps a better tactic from the perspective of those becalmed on crowded platforms would have been to chosen a picture of Swindon? Would make them count their blessings!!! :D Title: Re: Another HST advert Post by: LiskeardRich on June 27, 2014, 21:28:06 So the purpose of the vinyl wrap is to make commuters stood on a crowded platform at Ealing Broadway waiting for their crowded Turbo back home look in envy at the holidaymakers heading off on their luxurious HST and want to book a holiday to Plymouth? Hmm, can't really see it having much benefit. As a Janner I see your point and take no offence! ;D , perhaps a better tactic from the perspective of those becalmed on crowded platforms would have been to chosen a picture of Swindon? Would make them count their blessings!!! :D Someone's got to! ::) :o Title: Re: Another HST advert Post by: bobm on June 27, 2014, 21:38:50 So the purpose of the vinyl wrap is to make commuters stood on a crowded platform at Ealing Broadway waiting for their crowded Turbo back home look in envy at the holidaymakers heading off on their luxurious HST and want to book a holiday to Plymouth? Hmm, can't really see it having much benefit. As a Janner I see your point and take no offence! ;D , perhaps a better tactic from the perspective of those becalmed on crowded platforms would have been to chosen a picture of Swindon? Would make them count their blessings!!! :D I can't give you Swindon on an HST - but I can give you Plymouth at Swindon on an HST. ;D (http://www.mbob.co.uk/rforum/plyswin.jpg) Having had a chance to see it close up, at Gloucester, I think it is actually one of the better HST adverts (http://www.mbob.co.uk/rforum/plyhst.jpg) Title: Re: Another HST advert Post by: thetrout on June 27, 2014, 22:53:54 Having had a chance to see it close up, at Gloucester, I think it is actually one of the better HST adverts Sort the typos please!! "Having had a chance to see it close up, at Gloucester, I think it is actually one of the better HST victims" ;D :P This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |