Aura details train wraps for Alstom's Greatest Gathering

Aura Brand Solutions installed over 300 signs and wrapped four trains for Alstom's Greatest Gathering, the 2025 Railway 200 event in Derby, using 3M premium wrap material with anti-graffiti protection.

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Aura details train wraps for Alstom's Greatest Gathering
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Aura Brand Solutions has built a track record in large-format, brand-sensitive vehicle livery - the kind of work transit operators lean on when a wrap needs to double as a statement, not just paintwork. For anyone procuring vehicle graphics, the question is who can actually deliver at that scale.

Aura's form on that front is well established. In 2025 the firm handled signage and train wraps for Alstom's Greatest Gathering event at the manufacturer's historic Litchurch Lane site in Derby, marking 200 years of the UK railway industry and drawing over 40,000 visitors across three days, with ticket proceeds going to charity. The job included installing more than 300 signs and refurbishing and wrapping two Class 50s, a Porterbrook Class 150 Sprinter, and a Class 47, all finished in 3M premium wrap material with anti-graffiti protection.

Why this matters: that spec sheet is the real story - anti-graffiti coatings and premium wrap material aren't incidental extras on a job this size, they're what keeps a large-format livery looking presentable months after launch. Fleet buyers sourcing wrap suppliers should ask for those durability and material specs upfront, not as an afterthought once the design is signed off.

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