robmausser
Senior Member
Is it confirmed that the Eglinton LRT line cars will use the grey, black and white livery that is on the Metrolinx pilot vehicles? So many renderings from Metrolinx have shown the green and white livery for years but then the pilot vehicles are grey.
I've recently seen somewhere renderings for Finch that show the Alstom in grey and I didn't know if this was going to be standard for Toronto or if it was to match the Finch Line 6 colour scheme. If the latter is the case then maybe Eglinton will be orange.
Personally I think the grey looks drab and unfinished. A brand new line should exude some excitement and colour like the Waterloo bright blue or the TTC Flexity outlook red. If the Eglinton cars are grey with grey seating I think it will be a rather flat look to and exciting new line. It would be like they were prototypes or painted with primer. I hope they don't blow this.
I really dont think an official colour has been stated, even the green was in the mockups.
Green has 2 issues. First, Metrolinx rebranded and green is no longer the colour palette. And second, people associate green with GO.
I think the cars should be red just like TTC, whether or not it is built or funded and maintained by TTC is irrelevant, it will be transferable from TTC and it will be on TTC maps.
The cars should be TTC branded. They can put both a TTC and Metrolinx logo on them if they want to showcase that they built it.