Editing Metlink (section)

==Branding==
[[File:CRT TV Information Metlink.png|thumb|243x243px|left|A diagram of a CRT {{Tooltip|PID|Passenger Information Display}} screen pair]]
Metlink developed a master [[style guide]] for timetables, maps and other customer information, to complement the graphic [[design style]] of signage. The Metlink brand signage was implemented in 2003, with progressive replacement of the heterogeneous signage previously used by the various (some defunct) public transport operators at railway stations, tram and bus stops throughout Melbourne.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/06/10/1055220639633.html?from=storyrhs|title=Transport goes back to the future|author=Jonathan Green|work=The Age|date=2003-06-10|accessdate=2012-07-03|archive-date=23 May 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040523142445/http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/06/10/1055220639633.html?from=storyrhs|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/creative--media/metlink-brand-cleans-up-public-transports-image/2005/07/24/1122143728613.html|title=Metlink brand cleans up public transport's image|author=Christian Catalano|work=The Age|date=2005-07-25|accessdate=2012-07-03|archive-date=2 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102194759/http://www.theage.com.au/news/creative--media/metlink-brand-cleans-up-public-transports-image/2005/07/24/1122143728613.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/24/1098556292281.html?from=storylhs|title=Can't find platform 4, Flinders Street? Try Warrandyte|work=The Age|date=2004-10-25|accessdate=2012-07-03|archive-date=29 September 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929121819/http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/24/1098556292281.html?from=storylhs|url-status=live}}</ref>

Under the Metlink branding system, railway station signage and timetables were colour-coded '''<span style="color:blue;">Blue</span>''', tram stop signs and timetables were colour-coded '''<span style="color:green;">Green</span>''', and the bus network was colour-coded '''<span style="color:orange;">Orange</span>'''. Additionally, the regional train and coach network was colour-coded '''<span style="color:purple;">Purple</span>'''. This colour scheme has also been adopted by the successor public transport operator, [[Public Transport Victoria]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-12-10 |title=Corporate Branding Manual - a Freedom of Information request to Public Transport Victoria |url=https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/corporate_branding_manual |access-date=2022-03-21 |website=Right to Know |language=en |archive-date=18 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211018041732/https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/corporate_branding_manual |url-status=live }}</ref>