NR Brunel explained

NR Brunel
Style:Sans-serif
Creator:The Foundry
Commissioned By:
Releasedate:2000s
Characters:210
License:Proprietary
Trademark:Network Rail
Shown Here:NR Brunel - Regular weight
Arabic:No
Cyrillic:No
Devangari:No
Greek:No
Hebrew:No
Ipa:No
Latin:Yes

The NR Brunel typeface is the Network Rail standard for signing at Network Rail managed stations.[1]

This font is an evolution of the Brunel typeface designed by a specialist typeface design company, The Foundry, for Railtrack[2] in 1999 and adopted initially by Network Rail.[3]

It was recommended as a new national standard for station signs in a 2009 report commissioned by the Secretary of State for Transport,[4] and was adopted by South West Trains and East Midlands Trains for their station signage.

Beginning in 2023, the typeface is due to be phased out as new rail operator Great British Railways reintroduces an updated version of Rail Alphabet as part of its systemwide rebranding.[5]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Way Finding . . Network Rail . 12 February 2017 .
  2. Web site: David Quay Design . . David Quay Design . David Quay . 12 February 2017 .
  3. . 1 August 2011 . Managed Stations Wayfinding . Network Rail Design Guidelines & Specifications . 10 . 12 February 2017 .
  4. Web site: Better rail stations . November 2009 . 31 October 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091122073856/http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/rail/passenger/stations/betterrailstations/pdf/report.pdf . 22 November 2009 .
  5. Web site: Great British Railways: Williams-Shapps plan for rail. 2021-07-02. GOV.UK. en.