£4 Million has been set aside in Transport for London’s (TfL) 2023/24 budget for the project
The allocation for renaming is intended to make it easier to navigate the routes, which have a complicated set of interchanges.
Plans to give each line its own name were included in Sadiq Khan’s election manifesto in 2021, as part of his stated aim to better-reflect the diverse history of the capital.
The six current London Overground lines are:
Gospel Oak to Barking Riverside
Highbury and Islington to New Cross/West Croydon/Crystal Palace/Clapham Junction
Euston to Watford Junction
Liverpool Street to Chingford/Enfield Town/Cheshunt
Romford to Upminster
Stratford to Richmond/Clapham Junction
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The budget does not make clear when work on renaming the London Overground lines will begin, or how it will be carried out.
The London Overground took over the lines previously run by Silverlink Metro in 2007, after the franchise was disbanded, with the aim of providing better connections outside of central London.
It has gradually been extended to incorporate all of the six lines currently operated, and today connects a total of 112 stations.
TfL announced that it will be delivering a range of schemes across the capital, including the rollout of the ULEZ to outer London, introducing the first of 54 new DLR trains, and unveiling the full peak timetable for the Elizabeth Line, due in May 2023.
Plans to give each line its own name were included in Sadiq Khan’s election manifesto in 2021, as part of his stated aim to better-reflect the diverse history of the capital.
The six current London Overground lines are:
Gospel Oak to Barking Riverside
Highbury and Islington to New Cross/West Croydon/Crystal Palace/Clapham Junction
Euston to Watford Junction
Liverpool Street to Chingford/Enfield Town/Cheshunt
Romford to Upminster
Stratford to Richmond/Clapham Junction
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The budget does not make clear when work on renaming the London Overground lines will begin, or how it will be carried out.
The London Overground took over the lines previously run by Silverlink Metro in 2007, after the franchise was disbanded, with the aim of providing better connections outside of central London.
It has gradually been extended to incorporate all of the six lines currently operated, and today connects a total of 112 stations.
TfL announced that it will be delivering a range of schemes across the capital, including the rollout of the ULEZ to outer London, introducing the first of 54 new DLR trains, and unveiling the full peak timetable for the Elizabeth Line, due in May 2023.
North London Line is now ‘Overground Richmond/Clapham Junction – Stratford’
West London Line is now ‘Overground Willesden Junction – Clapham Junction’
DC line/Watford Euston is now ‘Overground Watford Junction – Euston’
Gospel Oak to Barking is now ‘Overground Gospel Oak – Barking’
East London Line is now ‘Overground Dalston/Highbury & Islington – West Croydon/Crystal Palace/New Cross’
The former Greater Anglia lines added in 2015 have not been added to this list.
