Liveries & Operators Directory
In real life, vehicle ownership & usage can change frequently, and it can often take time for the current operator's livery to be applied to all vehicles (if at all).
The majority of Ready-To-Run scale model vehicles are reproduced in the colour scheme & branding of the organisation which operated the vehicle.
Categorisation can be a challenging (and often contentious!) topic. Some definitions which help us:
- Owner - an organisation who a vehicle belongs to, and which may be leased to operators
- Operator - an organisation with a fleet of vehicles, which may be owned or leased
- Livery - a colour scheme & branding, often related to the owner or operator of the vehicle
- Start year - the year when a livery was first applied
- End year - the year when a livery ceased being commonly used/applied. Sometimes it would take a period for vehicles to be repainted
- Heritage liveries - Anniversaries or nostalgia often inspire operators to paint selected vehicles in colour schemes replicating or inspired by past liveries
A lot of kit models are supplied undecorated.
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Liverpool and Manchester Railway
1830
- 1845
Ffestiniog Railway
1835
- Present Day
GWR black
1835
- 1947
GWR brown
1835
- 1947
GWR chocolate and cream
1835
- 1947
GWR green
1835
- 1947
GWR grey
1835
- 1947
LSWR - London and South Western Railway
1838
- 1922
Port of Par
1840
- 1977
MR - Midland Railway
1844
- 1922
NBR - North British Railway
1844
- 1922
CR - Caledonian Railway
1845
- 1922
GNR - Great Northern Railway
1846
- 1922
LBSCR - London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
1846
- 1922
LNWR - London and North Western Railway
1846
- 1922
LYR - Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
1847
- 1922
Royal Train
1850
- Present Day
NER - North Eastern Railway
1854
- 1922
GER - Great Eastern Railway
1862
- 1922
SDJR - Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway
1862
- 1930
Metropolitan Railway
1863
- 1933
Cambrian Railways
1864
- 1922
HR - Highland Railway
1865
- 1922
GVT - Glyn Valley Tramway
1873
- 1935
Brighton and Hove
1884
- Present Day
Aberdeen Corporation
1898
- 1975
LBR - Lynton and Barnstaple Railway
1898
- 1922
Birmingham City Transport
1899
- 1969
GCR - Great Central Railway
1899
- 1922
SECR - South Eastern and Chatham Railway
1899
- 1922
East Kent Railway
1900
- 1949
KESR - Kent and East Sussex Railway
1900
- 1939
Royal Navy
1900
- Present Day
Reading Buses
1901
- Present Day
Yellow Buses
1902
- Present Day
Yorkshire Traction
1902
- 2005
Ipswich Buses
1903
- Present Day
Longmoor Military Railway
1903
- 1969
Northern Counties Committee (Ireland)
1903
- 1949
Midland Red
1905
- 1981
Nottingham City Transport
1906
- Present Day
West Yorkshire Road Car Company
1906
- 1989
Finglands Coachways
1907
- 2013
Maidstone and District
1911
- 1998
GWR crimson lake
1912
- 1922
London Underground
1913
- Present Day
War Department
1914
- 1950
Railway Operating Division - WW1
1915
- 1920
Southdown Motor Services
1915
- 1989
Wilts & Dorset
1915
- Present Day
ECC International (English China Clay)
1919
- 1999
Ribble Motor Services
1919
- 1989
Pullman
1920
- Present Day
Royal Mail
1920
- Present Day
GWR blue
1923
- 1947
LMS bauxite
1923
- 1947
LMS black
1923
- 1947
LMS brown
1923
- 1947
LMS crimson lake
1923
- 1947
LMS grey
1923
- 1947
LNER black
1923
- 1947
LNER brown
1923
- 1947
LNER green
1923
- 1947
LNER grey
1923
- 1947
LNER pre-war brown
1923
- 1947
LNER teak
1923
- 1947
SR black
1923
- 1947
SR brown
1923
- 1947
SR engineers red
1923
- 1947
SR grey
1923
- 1947
SR olive green
1923
- 1947
SR stone
1923
- 1947
SNCB - Belgian Railways
1926
- Present Day
Green Line
1927
- 1939
Southern Vectis
1929
- Present Day
A1 Service
1931
- 1995
Eastern Counties
1931
- 1987
London Transport
1933
- 2000
Abbots of Leeming
1937
- Present Day
LMS coronation blue
1937
- 1946
LNER garter blue
1937
- 1947
SNCF - French Railways
1938
- Present Day
SR malachite green
1941
- 1947
NCB - National Coal Board
1946
- 1987
BR bauxite
1948
- 1985
BR black with British Railways lettering
1948
- 1951
BR crimson
1948
- 1960
BR crimson and cream
1948
- 1960
BR experimental purple
1948
- 1951
BR green with early emblem
1948
- 1957
BR grey
1948
- 1990
BR non-standard
1948
- 1994
BR plain black
1948
- 1980
BR plain green
1948
- 1970
Ulster Transport Authority
1948
- 1966
BR black with early emblem
1949
- 1957
BR express passenger blue
1949
- 1955
Scottish Omnibuses Ltd
1949
- 1985
BR green with coaching stock roundel
1950
- 1972
BR gulf red
1950
- 1980
Titfield Thunderbolt
1953
- 1953
BR departmental olive
1955
- 1985
BR chocolate and cream
1956
- 1966
BR maroon
1956
- 1970
BR black with late crest
1957
- 1968
BR green with late crest
1957
- 1972
BR electric blue
1959
- 1968
Blue Pullman 'Nanking blue'
1960
- Present Day
BR golden ochre
1963
- 1967
Stotts Tours Oldham
1963
- Present Day
BR blue
1965
- 1990
BR blue and grey
1965
- 1990
Silcock & Collings
1966
- 1990
British Steel
1967
- 1999
NIR - Northern Ireland Railways
1967
- Present Day
Freightliner (BR)
1968
- 1994
Keighley and Worth Valley Railway
1968
- 1986
West Midlands PTE
1969
- 1990
BOC Gases
1970
- 1995
BR engineers yellow
1970
- 1994
Eddie Stobart
1970
- Present Day
Sealink
1970
- 1984
Amtrak
1971
- Present Day
BR research department
1972
- 1994
NACCO
1972
- 2018
National Express
1972
- Present Day
MAT-Transauto
1973
- 1996
BR white
1975
- 1985
Tiphook Rail
1975
- 1997
Blue Circle Cement
1978
- 2001
BR large logo blue
1978
- 1994
Cargowaggon
1979
- Present Day
VTG
1979
- Present Day
Stagecoach Scotland
1980
- Present Day
British Industrial Sand (BIS)
1982
- 1987
Intercity
1982
- 1994
London and South East
1982
- 1986
Railfreight grey (inc. Red Stripe)
1982
- 1992
First South West (aka Devon & Cornwall)
1983
- Present Day
Metrobus
1983
- Present Day
Provincial Bus Company
1983
- 1995
ScotRail (BR)
1983
- 1997
Stagecoach West
1983
- Present Day
Stagecoach Western
1983
- Present Day
BR Highland green and cream
1984
- 1995
Midland Fox
1984
- 1997
Police
1984
- 2013
GMPTE - Greater Manchester PTE
1985
- 2000
Strathclyde Passenger Transport
1985
- 2015
Western Scottish
1985
- 1997
Andrews of Sheffield
1986
- 1995
Foster Yeoman
1986
- 2006
GM Buses
1986
- 1994
National Express West Midlands
1986
- Present Day
NSE - Network SouthEast
1986
- 1994
Provincial
1986
- 1992
Regional Railways
1986
- 2000
Stagecoach North East
1986
- Present Day
ARC - Amey Roadstone
1987
- 1999
Bluestar
1987
- Present Day
Irish Rail / Iarnród Éireann
1987
- Present Day
Railfreight 'Sector' triple grey
1987
- 1994
RFS Engineering
1987
- 2000
Departmental grey
1988
- 1994
Hunslet-Barclay
1989
- 2003
London Central
1989
- Present Day
London General
1989
- Present Day
London General
1989
- Present Day
Metroline
1989
- Present Day
Parcels sector
1989
- 1994
Satlink
1989
- 1995
Selkent
1989
- Present Day
Stagecoach South
1989
- Present Day
Stagecoach South East
1989
- Present Day
Aintree Coachline
1990
- Present Day
Civil Engineers 'Dutch'
1990
- 2000
Infrastructure
1990
- 1995
Stagecoach Mansfield
1990
- Present Day
RES - Rail Express Systems
1991
- 2002
Railfreight Distribution (RFD)
1992
- 1997
uno (UniversityBus)
1992
- Present Day
Central Services
1993
- 1995
Mendip Rail
1993
- Present Day
Deutsche Bahn
1994
- Present Day
Eurostar
1994
- Present Day
LoadHaul
1994
- 1996
Mainline Freight
1994
- 1996
Merseyrail
1994
- Present Day
Railtrack
1994
- 2002
Stagecoach London
1994
- Present Day
Transrail
1994
- 1996
Waterman Railways
1994
- 2000
DRS - Direct Rail Services
1995
- Present Day
EPS (European Passenger Services) Grey
1995
- 1998
National Power
1995
- 1999
Stagecoach East (aka Cambus)
1995
- Present Day
Chiltern Railways
1996
- Present Day
Connex
1996
- 2003
EWS - English Welsh and Scottish
1996
- 2009
First Glasgow
1996
- Present Day
Freightliner PLC
1996
- Present Day
Gatwick Express
1996
- 2008
GNER - Great North Eastern Railway
1996
- 2007
Great Western Trains
1996
- 1998
Island Line / Isle of Wight
1996
- Present Day
Midland Mainline
1996
- 2007
Porterbrook
1996
- 2004
South West Trains
1996
- 2017
Stagecoach Manchester
1996
- Present Day
STVA
1996
- Present Day
Thames Trains
1996
- 2004
Travel West Midlands
1996
- 2008
Wales and West
1996
- 2001
Anglia Railways
1997
- 2004
Central Trains
1997
- 2007
First Hampshire & Dorset
1997
- Present Day
First London
1997
- 2013
First North Western
1997
- 2004
First Scotland East
1997
- Present Day
Fragonset
1997
- 2006
Scotrail (NatEx)
1997
- 2004
SilverLink
1997
- 2007
Thameslink
1997
- 2006
Virgin Cross Country
1997
- 2007
Virgin West Coast
1997
- 2019
WAGN - West Anglia Great Northern
1997
- 2006
Cambrian Trains
1998
- 2001
First Great Western
1998
- 2015
Harry Needle Railroad Company
1998
- Present Day
Northern Spirit
1998
- 2001
Unilink Southampton
1998
- Present Day
WCRC - West Coast Railway Company
1998
- Present Day
Western Greyhound
1998
- 2015
Corus
1999
- 2010
Hanson Aggregates
1999
- Present Day
Cotswold Rail
2000
- 2010
Hull Trains
2000
- Present Day
Advenza Freight
2001
- 2010
GBRf - GB Railfreight
2001
- Present Day
Southern Rail
2001
- Present Day
Wessex Trains
2001
- 2006
Network Rail
2002
- Present Day
Riviera Trains
2002
- 2015
Arriva Trains Wales
2003
- 2018
South Eastern Trains
2003
- Present Day
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First Transpennine Express
2004
- 2015
National Express East Anglia
2004
- 2012
Network Colchester
2004
- 2015
Northern Rail (2004 to 2016)
2004
- 2016
One Anglia
2004
- 2008
Scotrail (First)
2004
- 2015
Drax
2005
- Present Day
Go North East
2005
- Present Day
Go North East
2005
- Present Day
Go North East
2005
- Present Day
Go North East
2005
- Present Day
Go South Coast
2005
- Present Day
Stagecoach Yorkshire
2005
- Present Day
Fastline Freight
2006
- 2010
First Capital Connect
2006
- 2014
RailAdventure
2006
- Present Day
Colas Rail
2007
- Present Day
CrossCountry Trains
2007
- Present Day
East Midlands Trains
2007
- 2019
Grand Central Trains
2007
- Present Day
Greater Anglia
2007
- Present Day
London Midland (2007)
2007
- 2017
London Overground
2007
- Present Day
Go Ahead London
2008
- Present Day
RSS - Railway Support Services
2008
- Present Day
Wrexham and Shropshire
2008
- 2011
Abellio London
2009
- Present Day
Aggregate Industries
2009
- Present Day
DB Schenker / DB Cargo UK
2009
- Present Day
East Coast
2009
- 2015
Devon and Cornwall Railways
2011
- Present Day
Stagecoach North West
2011
- Present Day
Ermewa
2012
- Present Day
Great Northern (GTR)
2014
- Present Day
Rail Operations Group
2014
- Present Day
Caledonian Sleeper
2015
- Present Day
Great Western Railway (2015)
2015
- Present Day
Hitachi Rail
2015
- Present Day
Scotrail (Saltire)
2015
- Present Day
Transport for London
2015
- Present Day
Virgin East Coast
2015
- 2018
Xplore Dundee
2015
- Present Day
Northern Trains (2016 to Present)
2016
- Present Day
TransPennine Express
2016
- Present Day
West Midlands Trains
2017
- Present Day
LNER - London North Eastern Railway (2018)
2018
- Present Day
Saphos Trains
2018
- Present Day
Touax Rail Ltd
2018
- Present Day
Transport for Wales
2018
- Present Day
Avanti West Coast
2019
- Present Day
East Midlands Railway
2019
- Present Day
Loram Rail Operations
2019
- Present Day
Cappagh
2020
- Present Day
Rail Charter Services
2020
- Present Day
Hanson and Hall Rail Solutions
2021
- Present Day
Lumo
2021
- Present Day
Aberdonian - Venture
Airlinks
Alder Valley
Aldershot and District
Alexander Midland
Anderson Travel Ltd
Arriva (buses)
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (ATSF)
Awaiting Categorisation
Badgerline
Bakers Dolphin
Ballykissangel
Barton Transport
Bassetts Coachways Ltd
Bath Services
Bath Tramways
Baxter’s
BEA
Belfast Corporation
Bere Regis
Birch Brothers Ltd
Birkenhead Corporation
Birmingham Corporation Transport
Black & White Motorways Ltd
Black Prince
Blackpool Transport
Blue Bus
Blue Triangle
Bluebird
BOAC
Bolton Corporation Transport
Boultons
Bournemouth Corporation
Bradford Corporation
Brewers
Brighton Blue
Brighton Corporation Transport
Bristol City
Bristol Greyhound
Bristol Omnibus
Bristol Tramways
British Airways
British Army
Bromley Pageant
Burnley and Pendle
Bury Corporation
Bus Eireann
Caledonian Express NBC
Caledonian Omnibus Co
CamBus
Capital Citybus
Cardiff Bus
Cardiff Corporation
Central Scottish
Charlie's Cars
Chatham & District Traction Co
Chester Corporation Transport
Chesterfield Transport
Chiltern Bus
Chrome Plated
City Coach Co
City Line
City of Cardiff Transport
City of Exeter
City of Lincoln Transport
City of Manchester
City of Oxford Motor Services
City of Portsmouth
Clarkes of London
Clydeside
Colchester Borough Transport
Conoco
County Bus
County Motors
Coventry - Atkinsons
Coventry Transport
Crosville
Cumberland
Derby Corporation Transport
Devon General
Docklands Transit
Doncaster Corporation
Douglas Corporation
Dundee Corporation Transport
Durham District Services Ltd
East Kent Road Car Co Ltd
East Midlands
East Yorkshire
Eastbourne
Eastern Belle
Eastern National
Eastern Scottish
Eavesway Travel
Edinburgh Corporation Transport
Ellen Smith
Ensignbus
Epsom Coaches
Eurolines
Eurostar
Express Shuttle
Eynon's of Trimsaran
First Badgerline
First Bristol
First Cityline
First Essex
First Glasgow
First Leeds
First Manchester
First Orpington
First Southampton
Flightlink
Flights Coach Travel
Fox's
Freelance
Gateshead
Glasgow Corporation
Go Coastline
Go Northern
Go-Ahead Gateshead
Gold Plated
Great Yarmouth
Greater Glasgow
Greenslades
Grey Cars
Grey Green
Grimsby Corporation
Guinness
Halifax Corporation
Hallmark Car and Coach Ltd
Hampshire Bus
Hants and Dorset
Hants and Sussex
Happiways Tours
Harris Coaches
Harry Shaw Travel
Hastings and District
Hebble Motor Services
Hedingham
Highland Omnibuses
Huddersfield Corporation
Hull Corporation
Ideal White
Isle of Man Transport
Jersey Motor Transport
Jetlink
John Fishwick and Sons
Johnsons Coach Travel
Jones of Aberbeeg
Keighley and District
Kentish Bus
Kenzies Coaches
King Alfred
Kingfisher Huddersfield
Kingston Upon Hull
Lancashire United
Lancaster City
Leaside Buses
Leathers Coaches
Leeds City Transport
Leicester City Transport
Lewis Coaches
Lincolnshire Road Car Co.
Liverpool Corporation Passenger Transport
Llandudno and Colwyn Bay
Lockeys
London Buslines
London Coaches
London Country
London General
London Greenline
London Sightseeing
London United
Londonderry and Lough Swilly
Lothian Buses
Lytham St Annes Corporation
MacBraynes
Manchester Corporation
Mansfield and District
Maynes of Manchester
McGill’s
Merthyr Tydfil
Midland General
MK Metro
Morecambe and Heysham Corp Transport
Morris Bros
MTL North
National - United
National Holidays
National Welsh NBC
Neath and Cardiff
Newcastle Corporation
North Western
Northern Counties A1
Northern General NBC
Northumbria Motor Services
Notts and Derby
Oak Hall
OK Motor Services
Orange Luxury
Orpington Buses
Oxford Bus Co
Oxford Citylink
Parks of Hamilton
Parrys International
Plymouth City Transport
PMT
Portland Cement
Portland Cement
Portsmouth Corporation
Potteries Motor Traction
Premier Travel
Premier Watford
Private Owner
Private Owner
Railair
Ramsbottom U D C
Reading Corporation Transport
Robin Hood
Royal Air Force (RAF)
Royal Blue
Safeway Services
Salford City Transport
Samuel Ledgard
Scarborough Skipper
Scottish Citylink
Scottish Motor Traction
Scout Motor Services
Seagull Coaches
Selnec Cheshire
Selnec Northern
Selnec Southern
Severn Valley Railway
Shamrock and Rambler
Shearings
Sheffield Corporation
Shell
Skills Motor Coaches Ltd
South Midlands
South Wales Transport
South Yorkshire PTE
Southampton Citybus
Southampton Corporation Transport
Southend Transport
Southern National
Southern Vectis
Southport Corporation
St Helens Corporation
Stagecoach Busways
Stagecoach Devon General
Stagecoach Express
Stagecoach Perth Panther
Stagecoach Scotland
Stagecoach Transit
Stevensons of Uttoxeter
Stockton Corporation
Sunderland District Omnibus
Supreme Travel
Surrey Motors
Swindon Corporation
Thames Valley
Thamesdown
Thamesway
The Bee Line
The Big Bus Co
The Delaine
The Kings Ferry
The Mountain Goat
Tilling
Timpsons & Sons Ltd
Todmorden
Travel London
Travel Merry Hill
Trent Buses
Trossachs Trundler
Tynemouth and District Transport Co Ltd
Ulsterbus
United Automobile Services Ltd
United Counties
United Tyne & Wear
United Welsh Coaches
Unpainted
Uxbridge Buses
Valley Lines
Valliant - Brighton
Venture
VFM
Vista Coachway
W Alexander & Sons Ltd
W Robinson & Sons (Tours) Ltd
Wallace Arnold
Wallasey Corporation
Walsall Corporation
Warrington Corporation
Wear Buses
West Bromwich Corporation
West Riding
West Yorkshire PTE
Western National
Western SMT
Western Welsh
Westlink
Widnes Corporation
Wigan Corporation
Woods Travel Ltd
Wycombe Bus
Yelloway Motor Services
York City Rider
Yorkshire Bus Group
Yorkshire Woollen
Z Cars of Bristol
Commemorative / Special event
(Fictitious)
Harry Potter - Hogwarts Railways
(Fictitious)
Not Applicable
(Fictitious)
Thomas the Tank Engine
(Fictitious)
Uncategorised
(Fictitious)