Six
names


for
London
Overground
lines
have
been
officially
launched
by
the
Mayor
of
London
Sadiq
Khan.

He
has
been
at
Dalston
Junction
today
to
unveil
the
names
and
a
celebratory
plaque.

The
London
Overground
was
launched
at
Hampstead
Heath
station
in
November
2007
by
Sadiq
Khan’s
predecessor
Ken
Livingstone,
when
Transport
for
London
took
over
control
of
the
Metro
lines
which
had
been
part
of
the
Silverlink
franchise.

Since
then,
more
routes
have
been
added,
and
each
is
now
being
identified
with
its
own
name
and
colour.

The
names
of
Underground
lines
evolved
and
did
not
all
appear
at
the
same
time,
often
being
based
on
the
name
of
the
original
company,
so
that
the
Central
London
Railway
became
the
Central
Line,
while
the
Baker
Street
&
Waterloo
Railway
soon
became
the
Bakerloo
Railway
and
later
the
Bakerloo
Line,
after
the
shortened
name
had
been
suggested
by
a
newspaper
columnist.

The
six
Overground
names
have
been
chosen
in
most
cases
to
represent
the
communities
they
serve
so
that,
for
example,
the
Windrush
Line,
running
from
Highbury
&
Islington
to
New
Cross,
Clapham
Junction,
Crystal
Palace
and
West
Croydon,
commemorates
the
name
of
the
ship
which
brought
492
Caribbean
migrants
to
Britain
in
1948.

However,
the
name
of
the
Lioness
Line
from
Euston
to
Watford
Junction
via
Wembley,
which
is
often
known
within
the
railway
as
‘the
DC
Lines’,
refers
to
the
English
women’s
football
team.

Entrepreneur
Levi
Roots
and
singer
Mica
Paris
joined
community
representatives
of
the
line
names
at
the
official
launch.

The
new
names
and
colours,
which
were
developed
through
competitions
and
then
fine-tuned
by
creative
agency
DNCO,
were
also
considered
by
TfL’s
Independent
Disability
Advisory
Group,
so
that
the
colours
would
be
as
clear
as
possible
to
passengers
with
impaired
vision.

Today’s
launch
came
at
the
end
of
an
intensive
nine
days,
during
which
6,000
new
station
direction
signs
were
installed.
Map
posters,
digital
screens
and
information
displays
on
trains
were
all
updated,
and
a
new
pocket
edition
of
the
Underground
map
showing
the
line
colours
has
also
just
been
published.

TfL
said
final
touches
to
the
TfL
website,
TfL
Go
app
and
audiovisual
passenger
information
on
newer
London
Overground
trains
will
be
completed
over
the
next
couple
of
months.

Mayor
of
London
Sadiq
Khan
said: ‘I’m
delighted
to
officially
launch
the
six
new
line
names
and
colours
of
the
London
Overground,
in
an
historic
change
to
the
capital’s
transport
network.

‘These
distinct
colours
and
identities
will
not
only
make
our
fantastic
London
Overground
network
easier
for
customers
to
navigate,
they
also
celebrate
the
best
of
London,
from
the
contribution
of
the
Windrush
generation
to
our
inspiring
England
women’s
football
team,
as
well
as
other
untold
elements
of
London’s
cultural
history.

‘The
London
Overground
is
now
a
reminder
that
we
wouldn’t
be
the
city
we
are
today
without
the
energy
and
diverse
experiences
of
everyone
who
lives
here.’