Over recent years many different brands have been used to promote the railways in Worcestershire. A few of these are illustrated here.
Once the West Midlands Transport Executive had become involved in financial support for West Midlands railways their 'WM' logo started appearing on trains and timetables.
There is a lovely line drawing on the front of this 1987 timetable and also another short-lived logo featuring the BR symbol below a sprinting man.
Presumably this was to advertise the then nearly new class 150 diesel multiple units.
Another spectacularly duff marketing move was the 'Express Link' complete with a ghastly green logo.
'Midline' was the invention of B.R. and the West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive to promote the local services in the West Midlands. The awful red logo was dumped once the P.T.E. renamed itself 'Centro'.
An example of a window display as used in the 1980s and 1990s