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Naming the London Overground Lines | TfL (madeby.tfl.gov.uk)

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TfL have announced official names and colours for the Overground lines:

We’re giving the lines on the London Overground names that celebrate London’s wonderful and varied cultural heritage. In this blog post, we tell you all about the names, the stories behind them and when the changes will come into effect.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sufragette feels a bit of a mouthful - I can see it becoming "The Suffy" or something. My feelings about 'Liberty' have probably been poluted by the way that some American extremists abuse the word.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We’ll see about Suffragette. The Metropolitan has two more syllables and doesn’t get abbreviated, but Lizzie does, and that has one less than Metropolitan.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Good point. I wonder if it’s because there’s not an obvious abbreviation. “The Metty”?

[–] guy_threepwood 1 points 1 year ago

It’s always been the Met line?