{"id":303096,"date":"2025-07-30T05:26:45","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T05:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/303096\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T05:26:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T05:26:45","slug":"london-transport-is-getting-a-colourful-new-look-to-celebrate-the-25th-birthday-of-tfl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/303096\/","title":{"rendered":"London Transport is Getting a Colourful New look to Celebrate the 25th birthday of TfL"},"content":{"rendered":"

How did you celebrate your 25th birthday (if you\u2019re that old)?. Cake? Party hats?\u00a0Overdoing it at\u00a0a pub night? Well, TfL is commemorating 25 years of service with a glow-up, giving eight of its services a fresh new makeover.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A\u00a0new purple-blue design will\u00a0wrap\u00a0TfL buses, DLR trains, Jubilee line trains, trams and IFS Cloud Cable Car cabins. As well as featuring a new colour, the new design will\u00a0depict a timeline of\u00a0London\u2019s transport network achievements over the last quarter-century, including the launch of the Oyster card in 2003 and the opening of the Elizabeth line in 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In a first for TfL, the distinctive new designs will be in place on a number of vehicles across all types of London transport. The Docklands Light Railway (DLR), Elizabeth line, IFS Cloud Cable Car, London Overground, London Trams and London Underground, as well as on one of London\u2019s more than 2,000 zero-emission buses and a taxi, will\u00a0boast the designs, while a special 25th\u00a0anniversary roundel will also feature on Santander Cycles bikes.<\/p>\n

Commenting on the designs, London\u2019s Transport Commissioner Andy Lord said: \u2018We\u2019re excited to launch these special designs across a number of our services for the first time to mark the occasion, whilst also looking ahead to the next 25 years and all the improvements we have in the pipelines, such as those to make our network as accessible and inclusive as possible.\u2019<\/p>\n

Deputy Mayor for Transport Seb Dance called the 25th anniversary \u2018a great opportunity to reflect on just how much our transport network has evolved and transformed in recent years, serving millions of Londoners and visitors to our city each and every day\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He added:, \u2018We\u2019re committed to doing all we can to invest in and improve our network further, so it is fit for future generations and the next 25 years.\u2019<\/p>\n

And the next 25 years are set to be big for TfL. In the pipeline for London\u2019s transport network is\u00a0a \u00a32.9 billion investment programme to modernise the Piccadilly line<\/a>,\u00a0proposals to extend the Bakerloo line<\/a>\u00a0in southeast London\u00a0and\u00a0new Docklands Light Railway trains<\/a>, which enter service next year.<\/p>\n

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The anniversary celebrations don\u2019t stop at the redesign. TfL has organised an anniversary poster series highlighting its major achievements<\/a>, and has hosted and planned a series of events, competitions and opportunities for the public to get involved. These include an upcoming \u2018then and now\u2019 photography exhibition and a poster design competition at the London Transport Museum<\/a>, and a call-out for people to share their favourite memories from the network since 2000. Find out more about that call-out here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The specially designed transport skins will stay on the TfL network until at least the end of the year, so you\u2019ve got plenty of time to catch them in action.<\/p>\n

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