TfL rolls out new Overground line names and colours

The new names and colours of London's six Overground lines are being rolled out across London from Wednesday, Transport for London (TfL) has said.

When the overhaul was announced in August 2023, TfL said it wanted to give the routes distinct identities to make it easier for passengers to navigate the network.

Most TfL customer information channels and the 113 London Overground stations will see the changes from 25 November, although a small number will update before then, TfL said.

The change is estimated to cost £6.3m which will be paid for out of Mayor of London Sadiq Khan's Greater London Authority budget.

The services will now be known as the Lioness line, the Mildmay line, the Windrush line, the Weaver line, the Suffragette line and the Liberty line.

About 6,000 station wayfinding signs, Tube maps, station digital screens, onboard train information, Journey Planner and TfL Go audio and visual announcements on trains and stations will be updated as part of the scheme.

TfL said it would take nine days for all the stations to be updated with new signage, and online, station and train maps would need replacing as well as work to upgrade audiovisual passenger information system on the Class 378 trains, which run on the Lioness, Mildmay and Windrush lines.

Customer information screens and PA announcements at London Overground stations would also see changes, it continued, while TfL website and TfL Go updates would be fully complete by mid-December

Changes to the audiovisual passenger information system on the Class 710 trains will follow by January 2025.

Andy Lord, London’s transport commissioner, said: "Individual line colours and names have helped customers navigate the Tube for more than a hundred years, so we wanted to take a similar approach on the London Overground.

"These changes will help improve customer confidence when travelling and encourage more to use our services."

As part of its advertising for the new lines, TfL launched guided walks and held activities and events to help Londoners become familiar with the new look.

Since the network was created in 2007 all the London Overground lines were coloured orange on maps.

It also produced special episodes of its Mind the Gap podcasts looking at the history of each line name.

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