Stagecoach Supertram 120 seems to have something against fleet livery as following the expiry of the contract for its all advert for The Full Monty television series it hasn’t returned to standard colours – meaning the last time it saw fleet livery was at the start of May 2009! The new livery for 120 features the LGBTQIA+ rainbow colours as part of a design for “Bringing People Together”.
This is Supertram’s first pride design (if memory serves there haven’t previously been any livery changes to mark any pride events either on the network) and is probably the first time a UK tram has gone all in with a complete wrap. It is certainly a colourful livery and for many possibly the best thing is that it features absolutely no vinyls on the windows!
This is the sixth non-standard livery carried by 120, which started off in December 1999 with the first all over ad on the network for Ask Jon. This stayed on the tram until March 2001 when it received an ad for Meadowhall which was then removed in September 2004. It was then a period of fleet livery until May 2009 when a design for East Midlands Trains was applied. Then in October 2010 it received the most famous short-term long-lived livery in history when it received Sheffield Corporation colours. This livery remained in situ until May of this year when it was replaced by The Full Monty advert which has now been replaced by “Bringing People Together”.
120 is guaranteed to brighten up any time with its myriad of colours.
A close-up of the centre of the tram.
Another view of some of the detail of the livery. (All Photographs by Ryan Hartley, 18th September 2023)
Tram 120 carries no brand identity of any kind.