This Overground line, which stops at Peckham Rye, Surrey Quays and Canada Water, will be renamed in honour of the Windrush community.
For the first time in history, a re-imagining of London’s public transport network will see each of London’s six overground lines be given a unique name and line colour.
This significant change, which will include a major update to London’s world-famous Tube map, will make it easier for customers to navigate.
The Windrush line – Highbury & Islington to Clapham Junction – runs through areas with strong ties to Caribbean communities today, such as Peckham Rye, West Croydon and Dalston Junction, and honours the Windrush generation who continue to shape and enrich London’s cultural and social identity today.
It will be red parallel lines on the map.
This move follows research by Transport for London, which found that some customers find the London Overground network confusing and would find it easier to navigate if it wasn’t one colour and name.
Each route will be represented by a new line name and colour on the Tube map, on train line diagrams, at stations and on digital journey planning tools, such as TfL Go. The orange roundel will continue to be used across the London Overground network.
The new names were chosen following engagement with communities, customers, historians and industry experts.
The other new line names are:
• The Lioness line: Euston to Watford Junction. The Lioness line, which runs through Wembley, honours the historic achievements and lasting legacy created by the England women’s football team that continues to inspire and empower the next generation of women and girls in sport. It will be yellow parallel lines on the map.
• The Mildmay line: Stratford to Richmond/Clapham Junction. The Mildmay line, which runs through Dalston, honours the small charitable hospital in Shoreditch that has cared for Londoners over many years, notably its pivotal role in the HIV/AIDS crisis in the 1980s, which made it the valued and respected place it is for the LGBTQ+ community today. It will be blue parallel lines on the map.
• The Weaver line: Liverpool Street to Cheshunt/Enfield Town/Chingford. The Weaver line runs through Liverpool Street, Spitalfields, Bethnal Green and Hackney – areas of London known for their textile trade, shaped over the centuries by diverse migrant communities and individuals. It will be maroon parallel lines on the map.
• The Suffragette line: Gospel Oak to Barking Riverside. The Suffragette line celebrates how the working-class movement in the East End, fought for votes for women and paved the way for women’s rights.?The line runs to Barking, home of the longest surviving Suffragette Annie Huggett, who died at 103. It will be green parallel lines on the map.
• The Liberty line: Romford to Upminster. The Liberty line celebrates the freedom that is a defining feature of London and references the historical independence of the people of Havering, through which it runs. It will be grey parallel lines on the map.
The name changes will be brought in by Autumn 2024.
When is this insulting patronising left wing bollocks going to end. Once again, not a mention of the indigenous people of London, just ethnic driven brain washing. Kahn’s hatred of white Londoners is sickening and obvious every time he opens his vile mouth. The Lioness Line !!!!!! They lost FFS. Why not the Ramsey 1966 Line ? I guess we all know why. Why not a line to celebrate family values. rather than LBTG or whatever letters they are using today. I am so glad I have lived most of my life. I fear for the future of any white English children in London. They will be brain washed, bullied and made to feel guilty, ashamed and hating their heritage, up bringing and their country that has made these ungrateful hate filled immigrants a safe home. Yet still the toxic middle class will see this as something to celebrate