Names of the Overground Lines for London

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The Lioness line: Euston to Watford Junction - Running through Wembley, the name is to honour the achievements of the England women's football team. On the map it will be marked with yellow parallel lines
The Mildmay line: Stratford to Richmond/Clapham Junction - It has been named after the small charitable hospital in Shoreditch, which played an important role during the HIV/Aids crisis in the 1980s. On the map it will be marked with blue parallel lines
The Windrush line: Highbury & Islington to Clapham Junction/New Cross/Crystal Palace/West Croydon - Running through several areas with strong ties to Caribbean communities, including Dalston Junction, Peckham Rye and West Croydon, it has been named to honour the Windrush community. On the map it will be marked with red parallel lines
The Weaver line: Liverpool Street to Cheshunt/Enfield Town/Chingford - With stops including Liverpool Street, Spitalfields, Bethnal Green and Hackney, the route travels through several areas of London known for their importance in the textile trade. On the map it will be marked with maroon parallel lines
The Suffragette line: Gospel Oak to Barking Riverside - Named to celebrate how London's East End working-class community fought for women's rights, the line also runs to Barking, home of the longest-surviving suffragette, Annie Huggett, who died aged 103. On the map it will be marked with green parallel lines
The Liberty line: Romford to Upminster - According to TfL, it is named "to reference the historical independence of the people of the borough of Havering", through which it runs, as well as the celebrating "a defining feature of London". On the map it will be marked with grey parallel lines

Poll Results

OptionVotes
The Weaver line 3
The Windrush line 2
The Mildmay line 1
The Suffragette line 1
The Lioness line 0
The Liberty line 0


Mark G, Thursday, 15 February 2024 10:21 (four months ago) link

Would be lovely if they just helped all the people whose lives they ruined in the windrush scandal, more so than just playing lip service to its name

a hoy hoy, Thursday, 15 February 2024 10:51 (four months ago) link

I believe they call this recuperation

Left, Thursday, 15 February 2024 11:23 (four months ago) link

Call it Windrush if you want, but it'll always be the If You See Someone Homeless Or Asking for Money, Donate to Whitechapel Mission line to me ❤️

hiroyoshi tins in (Sgt. Biscuits), Thursday, 15 February 2024 11:30 (four months ago) link

lol otm

Daniel_Rf, Thursday, 15 February 2024 11:31 (four months ago) link

If they want to discourage begging, why are the trains designed to optimise begging conditions lol

Ethinically Ambigaus (Bananaman Begins), Thursday, 15 February 2024 11:37 (four months ago) link

the tube names are probably worse overall but maybe better because at least they're transparent about their imperialism

there's something so deflating about seeing historical and ongoing struggles being folded so smoothly into the national narrative without any sort of reckoning and it gives me danny boyle olympic ceremony feelings

Left, Thursday, 15 February 2024 11:41 (four months ago) link

Also lol @ 'Liberty line', like they won't go for this woke stuff in Havering guys, better use something generic so we don't have to name it after Brexit

Ethinically Ambigaus (Bananaman Begins), Thursday, 15 February 2024 11:58 (four months ago) link

tbf this will probably annoy the right people so, y'know, whatever

Ethinically Ambigaus (Bananaman Begins), Thursday, 15 February 2024 11:59 (four months ago) link

I must be one of the right people because the Lioness line annoys me.

The British Boy of Film Classification (Tom D.), Thursday, 15 February 2024 12:16 (four months ago) link

suck it, gammon

Ethinically Ambigaus (Bananaman Begins), Thursday, 15 February 2024 12:27 (four months ago) link

Not as annoying as when they won the Euros tho eh? EH?

nashwan, Thursday, 15 February 2024 12:27 (four months ago) link

What would they have done if they'f actually won the World Cup? Renamed London Lioness?

The British Boy of Film Classification (Tom D.), Thursday, 15 February 2024 12:29 (four months ago) link

I never knew the names of the lines anyway, it was always 'that one that goes to (place I want to go to)'. Can guarantee that no-one will actually use these names, esp. the Suffragette line unless they're calling it the Suffering line or somesuch.

Also how do you actually pronounce Mildmay? I've never known, is it miled-may or milled-may?

Voted Suffragette btw as it was my local line when I lived in Harringay and all these names are terrible anyway.

rock will eat itself (Matt #2), Thursday, 15 February 2024 12:29 (four months ago) link

Does the Mildmay line go anywhere near Mildmay Park? Because if not, it's going to confuse a lot of people.

Suppose I will vote, eventually, although it's a poor lot to choose from and I wish there was a 'none of the above' or 'leave things how they are' option.

Wonder which line will become the Charles Line when the inevitable happens?

Grandpont Genie, Thursday, 15 February 2024 12:44 (four months ago) link

The old Mildmay park station is along the line

Ethinically Ambigaus (Bananaman Begins), Thursday, 15 February 2024 12:56 (four months ago) link

Mildmay is the rural juror of train line names

Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 15 February 2024 13:12 (four months ago) link

"So, what are we voting for?"

The one you like, the one you don't, whatevs.

It's like the uproar is "oh, all this money spent on renaming" but as soon as they can, the "opposition" will be renaming these the Churchill line, the Gladstone Line, or even The Harold Wilson line, because the one thing they like and respect, it's a "left-wing" leader that's dead and buried.

Mark G, Thursday, 15 February 2024 14:13 (four months ago) link

The Lioness line
The Panther line
The Tiger line
The Jaguar line
The Snow Leopard line
er, the Cougar line?

rock will eat itself (Matt #2), Thursday, 15 February 2024 18:29 (four months ago) link

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

System, Wednesday, 28 February 2024 00:01 (three months ago) link

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

System, Thursday, 29 February 2024 00:01 (three months ago) link


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