London’s new Overground lines explained

The London Tube map is about to change as the overground is split into six separate lines each name has a special meaning wind Rush after London’s Caribbean Community who first came to Britain on the Empire wind Rush ship in the 1940s the Lioness line celebrates England’s women footballers who won the

Euros in 2022 suffragette remembers the women who fought for the right to vote in the early 1900s Mild May honors a hospital in East London that treated HIV AIDS patients in the 1980s the Weaver line reflects the importance of textiles in London’s history while the Liberty Line running through haing refers to

That bur’s special Royal status which it received in 1465 the change is designed to make the London overground which is currently a whole mass of sprawling lines easier to navigate so what do you think about the new names and the new map let me know in the comments

The London Overground is getting a rebrand and being divided into six lines with their own names and colours. Transport for London say this will make it easier for passengers to navigate the network. The changes are expected to cost £6.3m. #tube #overground #transport #london #transportforlondon #c4news

35 comments

  7. So we name tube lines after black immigrants, a women's soccer team that no one watches, women's rights, and HIV positive people? What's wrong with you Britain? What's the name of the next line, the "Social Benefits For Life Line", the "Stabbed By Black Immigrants Line", or the "Only Fans Mommies Line"?

  10. "Each name has a special meaning, they represent court cases the government have lost and still not paid out for"

  12. Why not use the names used before it became the Overground? The East London line, the North London Line, the Goblin line, the Watford line and the Lea Valley line.

  18. Hearing these names will just make people cringe… this isn't simply naming a line after a women's national sports player's nickname… clearly, they're ticking boxes – none of these names exclusively describe the city of London.

  21. If dictator Khan cared about democracy and being re-elected, he would have put these names to the vote.

  22. Not sure there was a lot of Liberty in 1491…. But there should be the Coke Line recognising the coal furnaces of the steel industry, as some old codgers might assume.

  23. Football is a masonic occult magic spell, bread and circuses , to distract the masses , so the occult freemasonic elite can maintain their grip

  25. I wonder just how money was wasted on this unnecessary expense? I'm 80 and an out of towner yet I have no absolutely no trouble whatsoever in getting around.

    Change for change sake it would appear- and worse still, it won't help!!!!!

  32. Dead hand of the Mayor. TFL didn't think this up on their own. Lines all already had names, not generally "Anti-Woke" but this the Wokerati at their worst. What a waste of money for rebranding etc. Sounds like TFL plans for some updates to the map got politically hijacked

  35. More colours on the map, more confusion, one line marked Orange as Overground instead, highlights the brand as stronger and simplified.

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