New London train line names

[ladymuck]

yep "the Lizzie line" is the newest.

That's what I call it. HWMBO calls it the Lizbian Line.

[edison]

Naming them is a good idea and is long overdue. Not sure I like all the names but that's a moot point and people will call them whatever they like.

It's starting to make the tube map very crowded now with so many lines. It'll soon be like Tokyo at this rate where you need a degree in urban geography to read the map.

[courtg9000]

Am I the only that is suprised that one of them wasn't called the Sadiq or the Khan line?

[ladymuck]

Am I the only that is suprised that one of them wasn't called the Sadiq or the Khan line?

"My Dad was a bus driver" wasn't snappy enough

Although, if a line was called The Khan Line, my immediate thought was to then call it Genghis because I'm bad, evil person.

[SueEllen]

"My Dad was a bus driver" wasn't snappy enough

Although, if a line was called The Khan Line, my immediate thought was to then call it Genghis because I'm bad, evil person.

Nah.

Maybe it's because you're a Londoner..

[Snooky]

It's starting to make the tube map very crowded now with so many lines. It'll soon be like Tokyo at this rate where you need a degree in urban geography to read the map.

You know the lines are already there and already on the map, right? Is it the change in colour on the map that you think you'll find so challenging?

[edison]

You know the lines are already there and already on the map, right? Is it the change in colour on the map that you think you'll find so challenging?

Yes I do. I grew up and have worked in London a lot so am familiar with the map

Over the next couple of decades there are several extensions and new lines mooted, some may come to fruition when funding can be secured. Things like the Bakerloo extension, Elizabeth line extension, Crossrail 2 (although that might be 2050 given how long the original took) and so on. It's only going to get more crowded.

According to some studies, the London map was already one of the most complex metro maps in the world and it's only going to get more complex.

At least it's not as complicated as Tokyo with all the private lines added to the publicly owned ones.

[WTFH]

It'll soon be like Tokyo at this rate where you need a degree in urban geography to read the map.

Riding the Tokyo metro is easy. You don't need to know station names or read kanji. Each line is a different colour and denoted by a Roman letter and each station is denoted by an Arabic number.

If I got on the Asakusa line at Sengakuji, that's A07. If the next station was A08, I was heading in the right direction. Alternatively I'd get the Mita Line in to Otemachi (I02/03 to I09)

The more difficult bit in Osaka is when at stations like Umeda where there's an underground shopping centre and it's very easy to lose your bearings, but that's not about the trains themselves, as I'd frequently use the underground routes to walk between different places. Eventually you worked out certain things (such as the best exit for BIC Camera)

[ladymuck]

As ever, Diamond Geezer nicely summarises it all in his quaintly geeky way:

https://diamondgeezer.blogspot.com/2...ine-names.html

[northernladuk]

As ever, Diamond Geezer nicely summarises it all in his quaintly geeky way:

https://diamondgeezer.blogspot.com/2...ine-names.html

That's a fun roundup. Good read that.

I've no problems with the names personally but am surprised they've chosen those. It does say it was up for public consultation and bearing in mind the demographics of London nowadays I'm surprised they've come up with historic and cultural references. That said the directive was to find names linked to history and the people involved in renaming train lines wouldn't be your average bod.

That said I clicked the link in that article about the consultation which answers my points.
https://diamondgeezer.blogspot.com/2...und-lines.html

I wondered why there weren't more modern or daft names but Liney McLineface does get a mention and it also says the public wasn't allowed a vote so all makes more sense now.