Tube re-name

[Clint]

Snowflake...they can call it cornflake for all I care. Just an observation.

 

[dad_of_jon]

It's not the Tube (Underground) lines, it's the Overground lines which were never named before so there is no erasion of history.

point taken In this case. It is happening elsewhere.

 

[dad_of_jon]

What's so controversial about the London Overground lines getting individual names, and why does a guy from Swansea even care?

The Tube lines are all colour coded and named, and it makes it much easier to navigate busy labyrinthine tube stations like Euston where you can end up on any one of 6 lines going in 13 different directions (that's in addition to the 20+ national rail platforms). Need to get to Waterloo? Take the Northern (black) line south. Easy.

All they're doing is updating London Overground lines from all being orange to all having individual names and colours. If you'd ever tried to change at Highbury and Islington you'd understand!

I think given trains work because of engineers and scientific discoveries, name them after people who have made them possible, or maybe telford, brunel trevithick etc is not snappy enough?

I'll concede that the trev line would be easier on the brain cells.

 

[DaleMC]

They've tried to go with names with more meaning amd imagination than naming it regally (Victoria, Jubilee, Elizabeth). They're not my choice, think they would've been better to reference the places on the specific route; I do like the engagement with History in London though.

 

[stripeyjoe]

Looking at them I think they've got it wrong.
At least one should be called SNOWFLAKE.

How about a nice pink colour for the Gamon line?

 

[Rodcx500z]

How about a nice pink colour for the Gamon line?

Oi i am not a nice pink colour but a nice shade of red more so when i have had a scoop or three