London Overground lines to be given names and colours from Wednesday

Individual names and colours for London Overground railway lines volition beryllium introduced from Wednesday.

Transport for London (TfL) said it volition update 6,000 presumption absorption signs arsenic good arsenic maps, integer screens and online travel planners.

The six names volition beryllium Lioness, Mildmay, Windrush, Weaver, Suffragette and Liberty.

TfL said “stakeholders, customers, staff, historians, manufacture experts and communities” played a “key role” successful deciding the names, which were chosen to honour and observe antithetic aspects of London’s past and culture.

The alteration is estimated to outgo £6.3 million, which volition beryllium paid for retired of Mayor of London Sadiq Khan’s Greater London Authority budget.

TfL said fiscal constraints mean it volition not initially update maps and audio announcements connected its different services, specified arsenic the London Underground.

The overhaul involves 1 of the biggest changes successful the past of the capital’s Tube map.

London Overground lines person each been coloured orangish connected TfL maps since the web was created successful 2007, erstwhile the transport authorization took power of services connected 4 suburban obstruction lines.

The strategy has expanded to 113 stations, creating what has been described arsenic a “mass of orangish spaghetti” connected maps, making it hard for immoderate passengers to enactment retired what bid they need.

Each way volition beryllium represented connected maps arsenic parallel lines successful antithetic colours.

Andy Lord, London’s transport commissioner, said: “This is an breathtaking measurement arsenic millions of lawsuit journeys connected the London Overground volition beryllium transformed by making it simpler to navigate.

“Individual enactment colours and names person helped customers navigate the Tube for much than 100 years, truthful we wanted to instrumentality a akin attack connected the London Overground.

“These changes volition assistance amended lawsuit assurance erstwhile travelling and promote much to usage our services.”

When the determination was announced successful February, John Bull, exertion of transport website London Reconnections, said giving the lines names and colours was “an overdue change”.

He told the PA quality agency: “One of the existent benefits that the Overground has brought is the quality to thrust postulation – that isn’t section – to absorbing places successful Zone 2, Zone 3 and beyond.

“But if it’s not a acquainted travel you can’t conscionable accidental ‘I’m going to get connected the orangish line’. You person to cognize however they interconnect.”

The names and colours for London Overground lines volition be:– The Lioness enactment betwixt Euston and Watford Junction (yellow).

This honours the England women’s shot squad winning Euro 2022 astatine Wembley, which is connected the line.

– The Mildmay enactment betwixt Stratford and Richmond/Clapham Junction (blue).

The Mildmay Mission Hospital successful Shoreditch specialises successful treating patients with HIV-related illnesses.

– The Windrush enactment betwixt Highbury and Islington and each of Clapham Junction/New Cross/Crystal Palace/West Croydon (red).

The sanction honours the Windrush generation, who came to the UK from the Caribbean to capable labour shortages aft the Second World War.

The enactment runs done areas with communities linked to the Caribbean.

– The Weaver enactment betwixt Liverpool Street and Cheshunt/Enfield Town/Chingford (maroon).

The enactment runs done areas known for the textile trade.

– The Suffragette enactment betwixt Gospel Oak and Barking Riverside (green).

This is successful tribute to the question that fought for votes for women. Barking was location to suffragette Annie Huggett, who lived to 103.

– The Liberty enactment betwixt Romford and Upminster (grey).

This celebrates however Havering, which the enactment runs through, historically had much self-governance done being a royal liberty.