wp-gdpr-compliance domain was triggered too early. This is usually an indicator for some code in the plugin or theme running too early. Translations should be loaded at the init action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /home/camcab/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6114Harry And The Amazing Technicolour Tube Map<\/span><\/p>\n\n … was mooted, Andy and Tim were aghast with the complexity of too many colours; and they set about writing a musical based on the life of Harry Beck, ‘inventor” of the iconic diagram.<\/p>\n Unfortunately the promoters thought that such a story would not be “commercial” and the idea was dropped. Some of the songs were re-written and became part of an LP record and later a show, believe it or not, about an obscure character from the Book Of Genesis in the Bible.<\/p><\/div>\n … but the orange colour <\/span>of the lines on the map would stay the same<\/span>. For those less familiar with the London rail set up, here is a chunk of the Overground map showing several of the indistinctly separate services.<\/p>\n See, all orange<\/span>! Confusing, innit?<\/p><\/div>\n … is to be known at the Lioness<\/span>\u00a0line. A silly name that may well become more meaningless if the footy playing girls start being beaten!<\/p><\/div>\n … Enfield, Cheshunt and Chingford, known on-and-off as the Jazz Service<\/span>) is to be the Weaver<\/span> line.<\/p><\/div>\n … will become the Suffragette<\/span> line.<\/p><\/div>\n … becomes the Windrush<\/span> line.<\/p><\/div>\n
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![<\/a><\/div>\nIt is not generally known that Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber were very dedicated London Underground enthusiasts. When the idea of a map including national rail lines …\n<\/a><\/div>\n… was mooted, Andy and Tim were aghast with the complexity of too many colours; and they set about writing a musical based on the life of Harry Beck, ‘inventor” of the iconic diagram.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\nUnfortunately the promoters thought that such a story would not be “commercial” and the idea was dropped. Some of the songs were re-written and became part of an LP record and later a show, believe it or not, about an obscure character from the Book Of Genesis in the Bible.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nThere have been suggestions that the original book and lyrics should be revived, particularly now that transport for London is intending to change the distinctive Overground orange for multi-coloured lines.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nfbb has been able to obtain the lyrics for this re-write and up-date of one of the original songs.<\/div>\n\nHarry’s map was elegant,<\/span><\/div>\nit looked so fine<\/span><\/div>\n\nThe tasteful style was<\/span><\/div>\nthe ultimate in good design<\/span><\/div>\nAnd this is why it caught the eye<\/span><\/div>\nWe all would stop and stare<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nHarry loved his map of many colours<\/span><\/div>\nIn a class above the rest<\/span><\/div>\nIt really was the very best<\/span><\/div>\nSuch a stunning map of many colours<\/span><\/div>\nHow he loved his map of many colours<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nIt was red and yellow and green<\/span><\/div>\nand brown and blue<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nLondon Transport<\/span><\/div>\nweren’t too pleased with what they saw<\/span><\/div>\nThey had never<\/span><\/div>\nseen\u00a0<\/span>a style like that before\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\nBut now this map<\/span><\/div>\nHad filled a gap<\/span><\/div>\nThey gave it just one try.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nAnd when posters graced the scene<\/span><\/div>\nThe bosses turned a shade of green<\/span><\/div>\nThe astounding graphics\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\ntook the biscuit<\/span><\/div>\nFrom Metropolitan to the District<\/span><\/div>\nIt was handsome, it was smart<\/span><\/div>\nIt was a gorgeous work of art.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nBut the redrawn map of many colours<\/span><\/div>\nDoes it now have just too many colours?<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nIt\u2019s now red and yellow<\/span><\/div>\nand green and brown<\/span><\/div>\nAnd scarlet and black and\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\nochre and peach<\/span><\/div>\nAnd ruby and olive and violet and fawn<\/span><\/div>\nAnd lilac and gold and\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\nchocolate and mauve<\/span><\/div>\nAnd cream and crimson and\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\nsilver and rose<\/span><\/div>\nAnd azure and lemon and\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\nrusset and grey<\/span><\/div>\nAnd purple and white and\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\npink and orange<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nIt’s just too cluttered\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\nand tough for me and YOU!<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nSo what is all the fuss about?<\/div>\n<\/div>\nA year or so back we were told that the Overground lines were to be given separate names …\n<\/a><\/div>\n… but the orange colour <\/span>of the lines on the map would stay the same<\/span>. For those less familiar with the London rail set up, here is a chunk of the Overground map showing several of the indistinctly separate services.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\nSee, all orange<\/span>! Confusing, innit?<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nBut then came the announcement that the lines would get new names\u00a0and new colours<\/span>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nSo, here we go.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe Watford Line<\/span> (a name used since before the flood) …\n<\/a><\/div>\n… is to be known at the Lioness<\/span>\u00a0line. A silly name that may well become more meaningless if the footy playing girls start being beaten!<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe frequent suburban service from Liverpool Street to …\n<\/a><\/div>\n… Enfield, Cheshunt and Chingford, known on-and-off as the Jazz Service<\/span>) is to be the Weaver<\/span> line.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe\u00a0G<\/span>ospel O<\/span>ak to B<\/span>arking lin<\/span>e (always called\u00a0Goblin<\/span>) …\n<\/a><\/div>\n… will become the Suffragette<\/span> line.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe East London<\/span> line with its multiple destinations …\n<\/a><\/div>\n… becomes the Windrush<\/span> line.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe West London<\/span> cum North London<\/span> lines …\n<\/a><\/div>\n… takes the strangest of all the names, the Mildmay<\/span> line.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nWhich leaves the tiny illogical offshoot from Romford to Upminster<\/span>\u00a0which …\n<\/a><\/div>\n… has to have a name. Why? It is called the Liberty<\/span> line.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nActually, fbb thinks these names are all poor. They have been chosen mostly to be “politically correct” but they have no geographical or historical justification whatsoever.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nIt would appear that there is to be no “consultation” on the names.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nMany commentators have offered suggestions, so fbb will add his few ramblings tyi the mix.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe City branch of the Northern line – Angel<\/span><\/div>\n(colour as close to gold as possible)<\/div>\nLondon Underground have been threatening this Northern line split for years.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe Circle, Hammersmith and City\u00a0<\/div>\nand Wimbledon lines<\/div>\nbecome the City Link<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nEast London lines – Circle East<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nNorth\/West London lines – Circle West<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nGospel Oak to Barking – Goblin<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nLiverpool Street lines – Jazz<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nWatford line – Bakerloo<\/span><\/div>\nThere is some sense in making the Watford line part of the Bakerloo – especially if there is a decision to extend Underground trains from Harrow and Wealdstone to Watford again<\/span>!<\/div>\n<\/div>\nRomford to Upminster – Emerson Link<\/span>\u00a0<\/div>\ncoloured as the Elizabeth Line line.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThaneslink<\/span> <\/span>– no change of name.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nNext to tackle is the knitting that is the Docklands Light Railway. The routes actually operated by reall physical trains are complicated and there are timetabled “short workings” on two of them. Perhaps the best starter is to use the TfL “official” map. So we have:-<\/div>\n<\/div>\nLewisham to Stratford via Bow OR\u00a0 to Bank\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nWoolwich to Stratford via West Ham OR to Bank\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nBeckton to Tower Gateway.\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/span><\/div>\nOther cartographers offer routed D1 to D8<\/span> which seems excessive in detail and confusing in colour. Multiple blues are, again, applied to all 8.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nShould something like the Overground change be considered?<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThen there is the Croydon Tram network of four routes.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nA Simple Solution?<\/span><\/div>\nGo to Paris.\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\nDirection signs for all public transport are thoroughly consistent wherever you are. Here are some samples.<\/div>\n](\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiX0E3Fh3kh4VB8JcoDFQfrw0e78ip8kBYcAyNWysUC3O1hyp68RJzLaxlW770tPF7NtLYBOC8LT6zCcu4kOyCQwcEHbKH4PmH3Ag-HEYf9G40zmM709CKIw7YhEEkzTNwO2gXyCrydrwB_WOtIp97bTFNMXwVxzny0KSlofwYEiaFELwAx93tBAu6F2pud\/s782\/screenshot.26930.jpg\"){kind=link}
![<\/a><\/div>\n… was mooted, Andy and Tim were aghast with the complexity of too many colours; and they set about writing a musical based on the life of Harry Beck, ‘inventor” of the iconic diagram.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\nUnfortunately the promoters thought that such a story would not be “commercial” and the idea was dropped. Some of the songs were re-written and became part of an LP record and later a show, believe it or not, about an obscure character from the Book Of Genesis in the Bible.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nThere have been suggestions that the original book and lyrics should be revived, particularly now that transport for London is intending to change the distinctive Overground orange for multi-coloured lines.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nfbb has been able to obtain the lyrics for this re-write and up-date of one of the original songs.<\/div>\n\nHarry’s map was elegant,<\/span><\/div>\nit looked so fine<\/span><\/div>\n\nThe tasteful style was<\/span><\/div>\nthe ultimate in good design<\/span><\/div>\nAnd this is why it caught the eye<\/span><\/div>\nWe all would stop and stare<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nHarry loved his map of many colours<\/span><\/div>\nIn a class above the rest<\/span><\/div>\nIt really was the very best<\/span><\/div>\nSuch a stunning map of many colours<\/span><\/div>\nHow he loved his map of many colours<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nIt was red and yellow and green<\/span><\/div>\nand brown and blue<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nLondon Transport<\/span><\/div>\nweren’t too pleased with what they saw<\/span><\/div>\nThey had never<\/span><\/div>\nseen\u00a0<\/span>a style like that before\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\nBut now this map<\/span><\/div>\nHad filled a gap<\/span><\/div>\nThey gave it just one try.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nAnd when posters graced the scene<\/span><\/div>\nThe bosses turned a shade of green<\/span><\/div>\nThe astounding graphics\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\ntook the biscuit<\/span><\/div>\nFrom Metropolitan to the District<\/span><\/div>\nIt was handsome, it was smart<\/span><\/div>\nIt was a gorgeous work of art.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nBut the redrawn map of many colours<\/span><\/div>\nDoes it now have just too many colours?<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nIt\u2019s now red and yellow<\/span><\/div>\nand green and brown<\/span><\/div>\nAnd scarlet and black and\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\nochre and peach<\/span><\/div>\nAnd ruby and olive and violet and fawn<\/span><\/div>\nAnd lilac and gold and\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\nchocolate and mauve<\/span><\/div>\nAnd cream and crimson and\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\nsilver and rose<\/span><\/div>\nAnd azure and lemon and\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\nrusset and grey<\/span><\/div>\nAnd purple and white and\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\npink and orange<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nIt’s just too cluttered\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\nand tough for me and YOU!<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nSo what is all the fuss about?<\/div>\n<\/div>\nA year or so back we were told that the Overground lines were to be given separate names …\n<\/a><\/div>\n… but the orange colour <\/span>of the lines on the map would stay the same<\/span>. For those less familiar with the London rail set up, here is a chunk of the Overground map showing several of the indistinctly separate services.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\nSee, all orange<\/span>! Confusing, innit?<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nBut then came the announcement that the lines would get new names\u00a0and new colours<\/span>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nSo, here we go.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe Watford Line<\/span> (a name used since before the flood) …\n<\/a><\/div>\n… is to be known at the Lioness<\/span>\u00a0line. A silly name that may well become more meaningless if the footy playing girls start being beaten!<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe frequent suburban service from Liverpool Street to …\n<\/a><\/div>\n… Enfield, Cheshunt and Chingford, known on-and-off as the Jazz Service<\/span>) is to be the Weaver<\/span> line.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe\u00a0G<\/span>ospel O<\/span>ak to B<\/span>arking lin<\/span>e (always called\u00a0Goblin<\/span>) …\n<\/a><\/div>\n… will become the Suffragette<\/span> line.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe East London<\/span> line with its multiple destinations …\n<\/a><\/div>\n… becomes the Windrush<\/span> line.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe West London<\/span> cum North London<\/span> lines …\n<\/a><\/div>\n… takes the strangest of all the names, the Mildmay<\/span> line.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nWhich leaves the tiny illogical offshoot from Romford to Upminster<\/span>\u00a0which …\n<\/a><\/div>\n… has to have a name. Why? It is called the Liberty<\/span> line.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nActually, fbb thinks these names are all poor. They have been chosen mostly to be “politically correct” but they have no geographical or historical justification whatsoever.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nIt would appear that there is to be no “consultation” on the names.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nMany commentators have offered suggestions, so fbb will add his few ramblings tyi the mix.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe City branch of the Northern line – Angel<\/span><\/div>\n(colour as close to gold as possible)<\/div>\nLondon Underground have been threatening this Northern line split for years.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe Circle, Hammersmith and City\u00a0<\/div>\nand Wimbledon lines<\/div>\nbecome the City Link<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nEast London lines – Circle East<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nNorth\/West London lines – Circle West<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nGospel Oak to Barking – Goblin<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nLiverpool Street lines – Jazz<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nWatford line – Bakerloo<\/span><\/div>\nThere is some sense in making the Watford line part of the Bakerloo – especially if there is a decision to extend Underground trains from Harrow and Wealdstone to Watford again<\/span>!<\/div>\n<\/div>\nRomford to Upminster – Emerson Link<\/span>\u00a0<\/div>\ncoloured as the Elizabeth Line line.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThaneslink<\/span> <\/span>– no change of name.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nNext to tackle is the knitting that is the Docklands Light Railway. The routes actually operated by reall physical trains are complicated and there are timetabled “short workings” on two of them. Perhaps the best starter is to use the TfL “official” map. So we have:-<\/div>\n<\/div>\nLewisham to Stratford via Bow OR\u00a0 to Bank\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nWoolwich to Stratford via West Ham OR to Bank\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nBeckton to Tower Gateway.\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/span><\/div>\nOther cartographers offer routed D1 to D8<\/span> which seems excessive in detail and confusing in colour. Multiple blues are, again, applied to all 8.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nShould something like the Overground change be considered?<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThen there is the Croydon Tram network of four routes.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nA Simple Solution?<\/span><\/div>\nGo to Paris.\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\nDirection signs for all public transport are thoroughly consistent wherever you are. Here are some samples.<\/div>\n](\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEis6aZ7c6mrXTJhxw5nGWWd6r17MdY-17DZs2wU_TTzg01-B8GGa_fww_vUv8rbvIRdHc6oDXvM3OHfyfrWpp5P5na4XEp0VWsWa0Kku_0cduWyert8E-bFH8CM0en_Ru8MoC3W3sJi7EDWvP-JSbtO0-Zg1mPSziqFgdYH_Cc_VwvBGW2N-GlWGHxC6qVy\/s766\/screenshot.26931.jpg\"){kind=link}
![<\/a><\/div>\nUnfortunately the promoters thought that such a story would not be “commercial” and the idea was dropped. Some of the songs were re-written and became part of an LP record and later a show, believe it or not, about an obscure character from the Book Of Genesis in the Bible.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nThere have been suggestions that the original book and lyrics should be revived, particularly now that transport for London is intending to change the distinctive Overground orange for multi-coloured lines.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nfbb has been able to obtain the lyrics for this re-write and up-date of one of the original songs.<\/div>\n\nHarry’s map was elegant,<\/span><\/div>\nit looked so fine<\/span><\/div>\n\nThe tasteful style was<\/span><\/div>\nthe ultimate in good design<\/span><\/div>\nAnd this is why it caught the eye<\/span><\/div>\nWe all would stop and stare<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nHarry loved his map of many colours<\/span><\/div>\nIn a class above the rest<\/span><\/div>\nIt really was the very best<\/span><\/div>\nSuch a stunning map of many colours<\/span><\/div>\nHow he loved his map of many colours<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nIt was red and yellow and green<\/span><\/div>\nand brown and blue<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nLondon Transport<\/span><\/div>\nweren’t too pleased with what they saw<\/span><\/div>\nThey had never<\/span><\/div>\nseen\u00a0<\/span>a style like that before\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\nBut now this map<\/span><\/div>\nHad filled a gap<\/span><\/div>\nThey gave it just one try.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nAnd when posters graced the scene<\/span><\/div>\nThe bosses turned a shade of green<\/span><\/div>\nThe astounding graphics\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\ntook the biscuit<\/span><\/div>\nFrom Metropolitan to the District<\/span><\/div>\nIt was handsome, it was smart<\/span><\/div>\nIt was a gorgeous work of art.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nBut the redrawn map of many colours<\/span><\/div>\nDoes it now have just too many colours?<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nIt\u2019s now red and yellow<\/span><\/div>\nand green and brown<\/span><\/div>\nAnd scarlet and black and\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\nochre and peach<\/span><\/div>\nAnd ruby and olive and violet and fawn<\/span><\/div>\nAnd lilac and gold and\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\nchocolate and mauve<\/span><\/div>\nAnd cream and crimson and\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\nsilver and rose<\/span><\/div>\nAnd azure and lemon and\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\nrusset and grey<\/span><\/div>\nAnd purple and white and\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\npink and orange<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nIt’s just too cluttered\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\nand tough for me and YOU!<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nSo what is all the fuss about?<\/div>\n<\/div>\nA year or so back we were told that the Overground lines were to be given separate names …\n<\/a><\/div>\n… but the orange colour <\/span>of the lines on the map would stay the same<\/span>. For those less familiar with the London rail set up, here is a chunk of the Overground map showing several of the indistinctly separate services.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\nSee, all orange<\/span>! Confusing, innit?<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nBut then came the announcement that the lines would get new names\u00a0and new colours<\/span>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nSo, here we go.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe Watford Line<\/span> (a name used since before the flood) …\n<\/a><\/div>\n… is to be known at the Lioness<\/span>\u00a0line. A silly name that may well become more meaningless if the footy playing girls start being beaten!<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe frequent suburban service from Liverpool Street to …\n<\/a><\/div>\n… Enfield, Cheshunt and Chingford, known on-and-off as the Jazz Service<\/span>) is to be the Weaver<\/span> line.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe\u00a0G<\/span>ospel O<\/span>ak to B<\/span>arking lin<\/span>e (always called\u00a0Goblin<\/span>) …\n<\/a><\/div>\n… will become the Suffragette<\/span> line.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe East London<\/span> line with its multiple destinations …\n<\/a><\/div>\n… becomes the Windrush<\/span> line.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe West London<\/span> cum North London<\/span> lines …\n<\/a><\/div>\n… takes the strangest of all the names, the Mildmay<\/span> line.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nWhich leaves the tiny illogical offshoot from Romford to Upminster<\/span>\u00a0which …\n<\/a><\/div>\n… has to have a name. Why? It is called the Liberty<\/span> line.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nActually, fbb thinks these names are all poor. They have been chosen mostly to be “politically correct” but they have no geographical or historical justification whatsoever.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nIt would appear that there is to be no “consultation” on the names.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nMany commentators have offered suggestions, so fbb will add his few ramblings tyi the mix.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe City branch of the Northern line – Angel<\/span><\/div>\n(colour as close to gold as possible)<\/div>\nLondon Underground have been threatening this Northern line split for years.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe Circle, Hammersmith and City\u00a0<\/div>\nand Wimbledon lines<\/div>\nbecome the City Link<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nEast London lines – Circle East<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nNorth\/West London lines – Circle West<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nGospel Oak to Barking – Goblin<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nLiverpool Street lines – Jazz<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nWatford line – Bakerloo<\/span><\/div>\nThere is some sense in making the Watford line part of the Bakerloo – especially if there is a decision to extend Underground trains from Harrow and Wealdstone to Watford again<\/span>!<\/div>\n<\/div>\nRomford to Upminster – Emerson Link<\/span>\u00a0<\/div>\ncoloured as the Elizabeth Line line.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThaneslink<\/span> <\/span>– no change of name.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nNext to tackle is the knitting that is the Docklands Light Railway. The routes actually operated by reall physical trains are complicated and there are timetabled “short workings” on two of them. Perhaps the best starter is to use the TfL “official” map. So we have:-<\/div>\n<\/div>\nLewisham to Stratford via Bow OR\u00a0 to Bank\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nWoolwich to Stratford via West Ham OR to Bank\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nBeckton to Tower Gateway.\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/span><\/div>\nOther cartographers offer routed D1 to D8<\/span> which seems excessive in detail and confusing in colour. Multiple blues are, again, applied to all 8.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nShould something like the Overground change be considered?<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThen there is the Croydon Tram network of four routes.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nA Simple Solution?<\/span><\/div>\nGo to Paris.\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\nDirection signs for all public transport are thoroughly consistent wherever you are. Here are some samples.<\/div>\n](\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgqz9RKWYVzprCLeCZ-Accgl0Jf2fpiyoYRU7tEV0s30brKX2GdM_gVB0UeO8DAGY6sjsXjyVVheGMH9NJRNitJH2VEI5GJeS-SCUOWqGwpgzeOv85NuoxdiuklVx3R1VuVFnw2yPMstHJYDdbV55hxNqsO9pKR0GROLfMiuQNGglvR9t5sGsSzvG5B8tYR\/s688\/screenshot.26932.jpg\"){kind=link}
![<\/a><\/div>\n… but the orange colour <\/span>of the lines on the map would stay the same<\/span>. For those less familiar with the London rail set up, here is a chunk of the Overground map showing several of the indistinctly separate services.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\nSee, all orange<\/span>! Confusing, innit?<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nBut then came the announcement that the lines would get new names\u00a0and new colours<\/span>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nSo, here we go.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe Watford Line<\/span> (a name used since before the flood) …\n<\/a><\/div>\n… is to be known at the Lioness<\/span>\u00a0line. A silly name that may well become more meaningless if the footy playing girls start being beaten!<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe frequent suburban service from Liverpool Street to …\n<\/a><\/div>\n… Enfield, Cheshunt and Chingford, known on-and-off as the Jazz Service<\/span>) is to be the Weaver<\/span> line.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe\u00a0G<\/span>ospel O<\/span>ak to B<\/span>arking lin<\/span>e (always called\u00a0Goblin<\/span>) …\n<\/a><\/div>\n… will become the Suffragette<\/span> line.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe East London<\/span> line with its multiple destinations …\n<\/a><\/div>\n… becomes the Windrush<\/span> line.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe West London<\/span> cum North London<\/span> lines …\n<\/a><\/div>\n… takes the strangest of all the names, the Mildmay<\/span> line.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nWhich leaves the tiny illogical offshoot from Romford to Upminster<\/span>\u00a0which …\n<\/a><\/div>\n… has to have a name. Why? It is called the Liberty<\/span> line.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nActually, fbb thinks these names are all poor. They have been chosen mostly to be “politically correct” but they have no geographical or historical justification whatsoever.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nIt would appear that there is to be no “consultation” on the names.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nMany commentators have offered suggestions, so fbb will add his few ramblings tyi the mix.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe City branch of the Northern line – Angel<\/span><\/div>\n(colour as close to gold as possible)<\/div>\nLondon Underground have been threatening this Northern line split for years.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe Circle, Hammersmith and City\u00a0<\/div>\nand Wimbledon lines<\/div>\nbecome the City Link<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nEast London lines – Circle East<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nNorth\/West London lines – Circle West<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nGospel Oak to Barking – Goblin<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nLiverpool Street lines – Jazz<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nWatford line – Bakerloo<\/span><\/div>\nThere is some sense in making the Watford line part of the Bakerloo – especially if there is a decision to extend Underground trains from Harrow and Wealdstone to Watford again<\/span>!<\/div>\n<\/div>\nRomford to Upminster – Emerson Link<\/span>\u00a0<\/div>\ncoloured as the Elizabeth Line line.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThaneslink<\/span> <\/span>– no change of name.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nNext to tackle is the knitting that is the Docklands Light Railway. The routes actually operated by reall physical trains are complicated and there are timetabled “short workings” on two of them. Perhaps the best starter is to use the TfL “official” map. So we have:-<\/div>\n<\/div>\nLewisham to Stratford via Bow OR\u00a0 to Bank\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nWoolwich to Stratford via West Ham OR to Bank\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nBeckton to Tower Gateway.\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/span><\/div>\nOther cartographers offer routed D1 to D8<\/span> which seems excessive in detail and confusing in colour. Multiple blues are, again, applied to all 8.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nShould something like the Overground change be considered?<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThen there is the Croydon Tram network of four routes.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nA Simple Solution?<\/span><\/div>\nGo to Paris.\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\nDirection signs for all public transport are thoroughly consistent wherever you are. Here are some samples.<\/div>\n](\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjpcwvF6wNXMep91krcmT1bs64iQBMjqWahri4KPZAq5fG6NZ6gwxTBM1p8VGiEQldyHr44fF4jyw8R8eZnScSulYqQEgAwMtpw6w2DXH8UChq8rYCtsA8R9XiTRgDVHsRisJB-Gx6M5hEQ3UlipEJlK4nhyL_Y242Zaqr3Q7SODm3x2dlXCvYDddoDQsas\/s548\/screenshot.26933.jpg\"){kind=link}
![<\/a><\/div>\nSee, all orange<\/span>! Confusing, innit?<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nBut then came the announcement that the lines would get new names\u00a0and new colours<\/span>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nSo, here we go.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe Watford Line<\/span> (a name used since before the flood) …\n<\/a><\/div>\n… is to be known at the Lioness<\/span>\u00a0line. A silly name that may well become more meaningless if the footy playing girls start being beaten!<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe frequent suburban service from Liverpool Street to …\n<\/a><\/div>\n… Enfield, Cheshunt and Chingford, known on-and-off as the Jazz Service<\/span>) is to be the Weaver<\/span> line.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe\u00a0G<\/span>ospel O<\/span>ak to B<\/span>arking lin<\/span>e (always called\u00a0Goblin<\/span>) …\n<\/a><\/div>\n… will become the Suffragette<\/span> line.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe East London<\/span> line with its multiple destinations …\n<\/a><\/div>\n… becomes the Windrush<\/span> line.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe West London<\/span> cum North London<\/span> lines …\n<\/a><\/div>\n… takes the strangest of all the names, the Mildmay<\/span> line.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nWhich leaves the tiny illogical offshoot from Romford to Upminster<\/span>\u00a0which …\n<\/a><\/div>\n… has to have a name. Why? It is called the Liberty<\/span> line.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nActually, fbb thinks these names are all poor. They have been chosen mostly to be “politically correct” but they have no geographical or historical justification whatsoever.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nIt would appear that there is to be no “consultation” on the names.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nMany commentators have offered suggestions, so fbb will add his few ramblings tyi the mix.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe City branch of the Northern line – Angel<\/span><\/div>\n(colour as close to gold as possible)<\/div>\nLondon Underground have been threatening this Northern line split for years.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe Circle, Hammersmith and City\u00a0<\/div>\nand Wimbledon lines<\/div>\nbecome the City Link<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nEast London lines – Circle East<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nNorth\/West London lines – Circle West<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nGospel Oak to Barking – Goblin<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nLiverpool Street lines – Jazz<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nWatford line – Bakerloo<\/span><\/div>\nThere is some sense in making the Watford line part of the Bakerloo – especially if there is a decision to extend Underground trains from Harrow and Wealdstone to Watford again<\/span>!<\/div>\n<\/div>\nRomford to Upminster – Emerson Link<\/span>\u00a0<\/div>\ncoloured as the Elizabeth Line line.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThaneslink<\/span> <\/span>– no change of name.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nNext to tackle is the knitting that is the Docklands Light Railway. The routes actually operated by reall physical trains are complicated and there are timetabled “short workings” on two of them. Perhaps the best starter is to use the TfL “official” map. So we have:-<\/div>\n<\/div>\nLewisham to Stratford via Bow OR\u00a0 to Bank\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nWoolwich to Stratford via West Ham OR to Bank\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nBeckton to Tower Gateway.\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/span><\/div>\nOther cartographers offer routed D1 to D8<\/span> which seems excessive in detail and confusing in colour. Multiple blues are, again, applied to all 8.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nShould something like the Overground change be considered?<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThen there is the Croydon Tram network of four routes.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nA Simple Solution?<\/span><\/div>\nGo to Paris.\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\nDirection signs for all public transport are thoroughly consistent wherever you are. Here are some samples.<\/div>\n](\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhJtFfirrKWQWqiAFkx9y6txtC1jBL0Fh2aVGPJjXPmQAB4NTjei5QdTwPHcI1WndLks_m2y2WLzR9HVjTf2ugF5yFhxoMW6I-Q3PGZEexOYvS1WGsT2WNOM2oAGcxjhQb13mg3eEqHJpHKPO4udTzQbhrp_dik2mEDhrdPdbNF6-LXJ22_3cADrfJUaK8W\/s780\/screenshot.26934.jpg\"){kind=link}
![<\/a><\/div>\n… is to be known at the Lioness<\/span>\u00a0line. A silly name that may well become more meaningless if the footy playing girls start being beaten!<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe frequent suburban service from Liverpool Street to …\n<\/a><\/div>\n… Enfield, Cheshunt and Chingford, known on-and-off as the Jazz Service<\/span>) is to be the Weaver<\/span> line.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe\u00a0G<\/span>ospel O<\/span>ak to B<\/span>arking lin<\/span>e (always called\u00a0Goblin<\/span>) …\n<\/a><\/div>\n… will become the Suffragette<\/span> line.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe East London<\/span> line with its multiple destinations …\n<\/a><\/div>\n… becomes the Windrush<\/span> line.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe West London<\/span> cum North London<\/span> lines …\n<\/a><\/div>\n… takes the strangest of all the names, the Mildmay<\/span> line.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nWhich leaves the tiny illogical offshoot from Romford to Upminster<\/span>\u00a0which …\n<\/a><\/div>\n… has to have a name. Why? It is called the Liberty<\/span> line.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nActually, fbb thinks these names are all poor. They have been chosen mostly to be “politically correct” but they have no geographical or historical justification whatsoever.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nIt would appear that there is to be no “consultation” on the names.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nMany commentators have offered suggestions, so fbb will add his few ramblings tyi the mix.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe City branch of the Northern line – Angel<\/span><\/div>\n(colour as close to gold as possible)<\/div>\nLondon Underground have been threatening this Northern line split for years.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe Circle, Hammersmith and City\u00a0<\/div>\nand Wimbledon lines<\/div>\nbecome the City Link<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nEast London lines – Circle East<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nNorth\/West London lines – Circle West<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nGospel Oak to Barking – Goblin<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nLiverpool Street lines – Jazz<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nWatford line – Bakerloo<\/span><\/div>\nThere is some sense in making the Watford line part of the Bakerloo – especially if there is a decision to extend Underground trains from Harrow and Wealdstone to Watford again<\/span>!<\/div>\n<\/div>\nRomford to Upminster – Emerson Link<\/span>\u00a0<\/div>\ncoloured as the Elizabeth Line line.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThaneslink<\/span> <\/span>– no change of name.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nNext to tackle is the knitting that is the Docklands Light Railway. The routes actually operated by reall physical trains are complicated and there are timetabled “short workings” on two of them. Perhaps the best starter is to use the TfL “official” map. So we have:-<\/div>\n<\/div>\nLewisham to Stratford via Bow OR\u00a0 to Bank\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nWoolwich to Stratford via West Ham OR to Bank\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nBeckton to Tower Gateway.\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/span><\/div>\nOther cartographers offer routed D1 to D8<\/span> which seems excessive in detail and confusing in colour. Multiple blues are, again, applied to all 8.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nShould something like the Overground change be considered?<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThen there is the Croydon Tram network of four routes.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nA Simple Solution?<\/span><\/div>\nGo to Paris.\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\nDirection signs for all public transport are thoroughly consistent wherever you are. Here are some samples.<\/div>\n](\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjO7TITZ6ePtMhNzitXfKdVoAs5HlVxA7A8T3WhyW-xDhAlDl3IW-4qPv9ZRilwSEilOL4HoYPtlfCrtApTAM7CmLePwBGOgXOYX9AxdhjCcgImF478IRUo___u_4AFBrYeEuOsV-LyVjJPmBuhzhIu7Udc5ouB5AtPiNUHW2yArjCMt1aOYKVoVMmzsF0y\/s766\/screenshot.26906.jpg\"){kind=link}
![<\/a><\/div>\n… Enfield, Cheshunt and Chingford, known on-and-off as the Jazz Service<\/span>) is to be the Weaver<\/span> line.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe\u00a0G<\/span>ospel O<\/span>ak to B<\/span>arking lin<\/span>e (always called\u00a0Goblin<\/span>) …\n<\/a><\/div>\n… will become the Suffragette<\/span> line.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe East London<\/span> line with its multiple destinations …\n<\/a><\/div>\n… becomes the Windrush<\/span> line.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe West London<\/span> cum North London<\/span> lines …\n<\/a><\/div>\n… takes the strangest of all the names, the Mildmay<\/span> line.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nWhich leaves the tiny illogical offshoot from Romford to Upminster<\/span>\u00a0which …\n<\/a><\/div>\n… has to have a name. Why? It is called the Liberty<\/span> line.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nActually, fbb thinks these names are all poor. They have been chosen mostly to be “politically correct” but they have no geographical or historical justification whatsoever.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nIt would appear that there is to be no “consultation” on the names.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nMany commentators have offered suggestions, so fbb will add his few ramblings tyi the mix.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe City branch of the Northern line – Angel<\/span><\/div>\n(colour as close to gold as possible)<\/div>\nLondon Underground have been threatening this Northern line split for years.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe Circle, Hammersmith and City\u00a0<\/div>\nand Wimbledon lines<\/div>\nbecome the City Link<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nEast London lines – Circle East<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nNorth\/West London lines – Circle West<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nGospel Oak to Barking – Goblin<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nLiverpool Street lines – Jazz<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nWatford line – Bakerloo<\/span><\/div>\nThere is some sense in making the Watford line part of the Bakerloo – especially if there is a decision to extend Underground trains from Harrow and Wealdstone to Watford again<\/span>!<\/div>\n<\/div>\nRomford to Upminster – Emerson Link<\/span>\u00a0<\/div>\ncoloured as the Elizabeth Line line.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThaneslink<\/span> <\/span>– no change of name.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nNext to tackle is the knitting that is the Docklands Light Railway. The routes actually operated by reall physical trains are complicated and there are timetabled “short workings” on two of them. Perhaps the best starter is to use the TfL “official” map. So we have:-<\/div>\n<\/div>\nLewisham to Stratford via Bow OR\u00a0 to Bank\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nWoolwich to Stratford via West Ham OR to Bank\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nBeckton to Tower Gateway.\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/span><\/div>\nOther cartographers offer routed D1 to D8<\/span> which seems excessive in detail and confusing in colour. Multiple blues are, again, applied to all 8.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nShould something like the Overground change be considered?<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThen there is the Croydon Tram network of four routes.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nA Simple Solution?<\/span><\/div>\nGo to Paris.\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\nDirection signs for all public transport are thoroughly consistent wherever you are. Here are some samples.<\/div>\n](\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgMjoswsx24IhBam0bfz2tAlmBBIX91ENObPxtg_CixVSJdmIl4mh7GWL5zLzpANKFsSQblLunMFZTMTb2gdru9_ZFrYcFQjleS-pYqh_rwqmcUFHJ3vwRC6zMJEeyoHKY5O-FgJmTm2Dau48IFxw59IeAPRGo-PlrNDEid9t-6maqD82SuJBSQVwIMWjam\/s710\/screenshot.26907.jpg\"){kind=link}
![<\/a><\/div>\n… will become the Suffragette<\/span> line.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe East London<\/span> line with its multiple destinations …\n<\/a><\/div>\n… becomes the Windrush<\/span> line.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe West London<\/span> cum North London<\/span> lines …\n<\/a><\/div>\n… takes the strangest of all the names, the Mildmay<\/span> line.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nWhich leaves the tiny illogical offshoot from Romford to Upminster<\/span>\u00a0which …\n<\/a><\/div>\n… has to have a name. Why? It is called the Liberty<\/span> line.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nActually, fbb thinks these names are all poor. They have been chosen mostly to be “politically correct” but they have no geographical or historical justification whatsoever.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nIt would appear that there is to be no “consultation” on the names.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nMany commentators have offered suggestions, so fbb will add his few ramblings tyi the mix.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe City branch of the Northern line – Angel<\/span><\/div>\n(colour as close to gold as possible)<\/div>\nLondon Underground have been threatening this Northern line split for years.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe Circle, Hammersmith and City\u00a0<\/div>\nand Wimbledon lines<\/div>\nbecome the City Link<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nEast London lines – Circle East<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nNorth\/West London lines – Circle West<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nGospel Oak to Barking – Goblin<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nLiverpool Street lines – Jazz<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nWatford line – Bakerloo<\/span><\/div>\nThere is some sense in making the Watford line part of the Bakerloo – especially if there is a decision to extend Underground trains from Harrow and Wealdstone to Watford again<\/span>!<\/div>\n<\/div>\nRomford to Upminster – Emerson Link<\/span>\u00a0<\/div>\ncoloured as the Elizabeth Line line.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThaneslink<\/span> <\/span>– no change of name.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nNext to tackle is the knitting that is the Docklands Light Railway. The routes actually operated by reall physical trains are complicated and there are timetabled “short workings” on two of them. Perhaps the best starter is to use the TfL “official” map. So we have:-<\/div>\n<\/div>\nLewisham to Stratford via Bow OR\u00a0 to Bank\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nWoolwich to Stratford via West Ham OR to Bank\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nBeckton to Tower Gateway.\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/span><\/div>\nOther cartographers offer routed D1 to D8<\/span> which seems excessive in detail and confusing in colour. Multiple blues are, again, applied to all 8.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nShould something like the Overground change be considered?<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThen there is the Croydon Tram network of four routes.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nA Simple Solution?<\/span><\/div>\nGo to Paris.\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\nDirection signs for all public transport are thoroughly consistent wherever you are. Here are some samples.<\/div>\n](\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhS_lyDES5Er0Hu3IxYR0qLLF3i1yWhxKNdsnCrduDRQp50MG2tMzjY5z_sA0fT-usLrbKy-6WnSpestGjQCoHtVzm4-8O7oAkfvyJWtRKxXmiMBNtv5Qfqrww0CqDr6C3dZH543RDRYXEybLRU24Rm0C1uDiX5k5tc356Ixbo2M-MabmOlFVvZJ2aAjdGf\/s626\/screenshot.26908.jpg\"){kind=link}
![<\/a><\/div>\n… becomes the Windrush<\/span> line.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe West London<\/span> cum North London<\/span> lines …\n<\/a><\/div>\n… takes the strangest of all the names, the Mildmay<\/span> line.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nWhich leaves the tiny illogical offshoot from Romford to Upminster<\/span>\u00a0which …\n<\/a><\/div>\n… has to have a name. Why? It is called the Liberty<\/span> line.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nActually, fbb thinks these names are all poor. They have been chosen mostly to be “politically correct” but they have no geographical or historical justification whatsoever.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nIt would appear that there is to be no “consultation” on the names.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nMany commentators have offered suggestions, so fbb will add his few ramblings tyi the mix.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe City branch of the Northern line – Angel<\/span><\/div>\n(colour as close to gold as possible)<\/div>\nLondon Underground have been threatening this Northern line split for years.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe Circle, Hammersmith and City\u00a0<\/div>\nand Wimbledon lines<\/div>\nbecome the City Link<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nEast London lines – Circle East<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nNorth\/West London lines – Circle West<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nGospel Oak to Barking – Goblin<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nLiverpool Street lines – Jazz<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nWatford line – Bakerloo<\/span><\/div>\nThere is some sense in making the Watford line part of the Bakerloo – especially if there is a decision to extend Underground trains from Harrow and Wealdstone to Watford again<\/span>!<\/div>\n<\/div>\nRomford to Upminster – Emerson Link<\/span>\u00a0<\/div>\ncoloured as the Elizabeth Line line.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThaneslink<\/span> <\/span>– no change of name.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nNext to tackle is the knitting that is the Docklands Light Railway. The routes actually operated by reall physical trains are complicated and there are timetabled “short workings” on two of them. Perhaps the best starter is to use the TfL “official” map. So we have:-<\/div>\n<\/div>\nLewisham to Stratford via Bow OR\u00a0 to Bank\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nWoolwich to Stratford via West Ham OR to Bank\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nBeckton to Tower Gateway.\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/span><\/div>\nOther cartographers offer routed D1 to D8<\/span> which seems excessive in detail and confusing in colour. Multiple blues are, again, applied to all 8.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nShould something like the Overground change be considered?<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThen there is the Croydon Tram network of four routes.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nA Simple Solution?<\/span><\/div>\nGo to Paris.\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\nDirection signs for all public transport are thoroughly consistent wherever you are. Here are some samples.<\/div>\n](\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEimN83DQfdbh-v5dRXzO_erdfLPk58pVq0io2ticN5gphJEkZBnAOssw4S3NYkceQhHIYyAT-TNqbOzDycJq_bFAsn-kRswmGLYv5-CvUtrJAbsYqT2TGL7OGwjzQpTZkEedvT5dfrTwqzGxOFx5t1s8tt9ff3Nc9kVapyZKh4gMJx5Qaoy-c1NaiM1bnUN\/s758\/screenshot.26910.jpg\"){kind=link}
![<\/a><\/div>\n… takes the strangest of all the names, the Mildmay<\/span> line.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nWhich leaves the tiny illogical offshoot from Romford to Upminster<\/span>\u00a0which …\n<\/a><\/div>\n… has to have a name. Why? It is called the Liberty<\/span> line.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nActually, fbb thinks these names are all poor. They have been chosen mostly to be “politically correct” but they have no geographical or historical justification whatsoever.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nIt would appear that there is to be no “consultation” on the names.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nMany commentators have offered suggestions, so fbb will add his few ramblings tyi the mix.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe City branch of the Northern line – Angel<\/span><\/div>\n(colour as close to gold as possible)<\/div>\nLondon Underground have been threatening this Northern line split for years.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe Circle, Hammersmith and City\u00a0<\/div>\nand Wimbledon lines<\/div>\nbecome the City Link<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nEast London lines – Circle East<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nNorth\/West London lines – Circle West<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nGospel Oak to Barking – Goblin<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nLiverpool Street lines – Jazz<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nWatford line – Bakerloo<\/span><\/div>\nThere is some sense in making the Watford line part of the Bakerloo – especially if there is a decision to extend Underground trains from Harrow and Wealdstone to Watford again<\/span>!<\/div>\n<\/div>\nRomford to Upminster – Emerson Link<\/span>\u00a0<\/div>\ncoloured as the Elizabeth Line line.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThaneslink<\/span> <\/span>– no change of name.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nNext to tackle is the knitting that is the Docklands Light Railway. The routes actually operated by reall physical trains are complicated and there are timetabled “short workings” on two of them. Perhaps the best starter is to use the TfL “official” map. So we have:-<\/div>\n<\/div>\nLewisham to Stratford via Bow OR\u00a0 to Bank\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nWoolwich to Stratford via West Ham OR to Bank\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nBeckton to Tower Gateway.\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/span><\/div>\nOther cartographers offer routed D1 to D8<\/span> which seems excessive in detail and confusing in colour. Multiple blues are, again, applied to all 8.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nShould something like the Overground change be considered?<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThen there is the Croydon Tram network of four routes.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nA Simple Solution?<\/span><\/div>\nGo to Paris.\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\nDirection signs for all public transport are thoroughly consistent wherever you are. Here are some samples.<\/div>\n](\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjOCi2cmmhOJZ0llRaxblMOvWGyoQSIOFNd-E4-q1dZZd0Ww8Qdcj5khGb-AX-yCvdGkdxsBJ6dEuc_XWJ1S3Gn0liMJOpc1fRB8g2E0bHTifDpcQ30YZutwrIgd_xdnuo6Wca7Fvqf4vpM-JQsc3orsjWw86Gqnc6omNuj0YowWQ-voSeuvh6vsIKwfXkv\/s876\/screenshot.26911.jpg\"){kind=link}
![<\/a><\/div>\n… has to have a name. Why? It is called the Liberty<\/span> line.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nActually, fbb thinks these names are all poor. They have been chosen mostly to be “politically correct” but they have no geographical or historical justification whatsoever.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nIt would appear that there is to be no “consultation” on the names.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nMany commentators have offered suggestions, so fbb will add his few ramblings tyi the mix.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe City branch of the Northern line – Angel<\/span><\/div>\n(colour as close to gold as possible)<\/div>\nLondon Underground have been threatening this Northern line split for years.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe Circle, Hammersmith and City\u00a0<\/div>\nand Wimbledon lines<\/div>\nbecome the City Link<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nEast London lines – Circle East<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nNorth\/West London lines – Circle West<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nGospel Oak to Barking – Goblin<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nLiverpool Street lines – Jazz<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nWatford line – Bakerloo<\/span><\/div>\nThere is some sense in making the Watford line part of the Bakerloo – especially if there is a decision to extend Underground trains from Harrow and Wealdstone to Watford again<\/span>!<\/div>\n<\/div>\nRomford to Upminster – Emerson Link<\/span>\u00a0<\/div>\ncoloured as the Elizabeth Line line.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThaneslink<\/span> <\/span>– no change of name.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nNext to tackle is the knitting that is the Docklands Light Railway. The routes actually operated by reall physical trains are complicated and there are timetabled “short workings” on two of them. Perhaps the best starter is to use the TfL “official” map. So we have:-<\/div>\n<\/div>\nLewisham to Stratford via Bow OR\u00a0 to Bank\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nWoolwich to Stratford via West Ham OR to Bank\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nBeckton to Tower Gateway.\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/span><\/div>\nOther cartographers offer routed D1 to D8<\/span> which seems excessive in detail and confusing in colour. Multiple blues are, again, applied to all 8.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nShould something like the Overground change be considered?<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThen there is the Croydon Tram network of four routes.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nA Simple Solution?<\/span><\/div>\nGo to Paris.\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\nDirection signs for all public transport are thoroughly consistent wherever you are. Here are some samples.<\/div>\n](\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiNZ8P6lzqsGyzG_Ci5-ZltnFHRfvM360AjbYKaxwmybCR_fl0UbsY9E04Z-7xgA-rlkt5tLlN49qtA8pFiL-UwHBX1JhQZOZ38DKHD7IYTN2WOh7PRgnqFsL-xGTRDpMqLwr0h6RfVga5xOhzu7rQQYeZ_KRARgMwYMI6pjHHFcgXS8o0x-IaeAx66JFUq\/s408\/screenshot.26909.jpg\"){kind=link}
![<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nWoolwich to Stratford via West Ham OR to Bank\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nBeckton to Tower Gateway.\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/span><\/div>\nOther cartographers offer routed D1 to D8<\/span> which seems excessive in detail and confusing in colour. Multiple blues are, again, applied to all 8.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nShould something like the Overground change be considered?<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThen there is the Croydon Tram network of four routes.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nA Simple Solution?<\/span><\/div>\nGo to Paris.\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\nDirection signs for all public transport are thoroughly consistent wherever you are. Here are some samples.<\/div>\n](\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgR6Y-3J-DG8BpMryTFntPSHY-Di0z3YHfJF3492igD_gVVD59Arkee0dYgLkogWS32LChj_xEawkiNlX6ceLJ87UUc9kz1o-Un7-Nhk5M-f5ywEkViOClUsCVjkZl6s3de5eC9WdlCneB8mhDS1nsyA35wnqEzMR3Z7C75Dlm0KC0MuIUmukPDQOKwWc26\/s734\/screenshot.26936.jpg\"){kind=link}
![<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nBeckton to Tower Gateway.\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/span><\/div>\nOther cartographers offer routed D1 to D8<\/span> which seems excessive in detail and confusing in colour. Multiple blues are, again, applied to all 8.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nShould something like the Overground change be considered?<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThen there is the Croydon Tram network of four routes.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nA Simple Solution?<\/span><\/div>\nGo to Paris.\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\nDirection signs for all public transport are thoroughly consistent wherever you are. Here are some samples.<\/div>\n](\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEikuTmsYKAKZnj1ACyznRnBKNe7_s41d3jse_NA4RdmPeNU4k9zOQjHcde33RH2zUU5o5NSNHwZ2X6zaYLzkAgmAN9jW_TOxDaTfvwZQDBskH9bIENru5CDNjIRzUI2TULllEZGhUCHmHElNZ5U2kKDF6xk2W3Cq1Cs9lYgTY6-pT4uzhqt64Rj56K5C4hB\/s794\/screenshot.26937.jpg\"){kind=link}
![<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/span><\/div>\nOther cartographers offer routed D1 to D8<\/span> which seems excessive in detail and confusing in colour. Multiple blues are, again, applied to all 8.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nShould something like the Overground change be considered?<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThen there is the Croydon Tram network of four routes.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nA Simple Solution?<\/span><\/div>\nGo to Paris.\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\nDirection signs for all public transport are thoroughly consistent wherever you are. Here are some samples.<\/div>\n](\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhDCX07WEm5NQ3HQCvl34O2JNZuMZJkSAWST5FKuf2g0wdvxO6bnvXs62O6HxYyaPYqfn321F3RUb6QyDm6T50lZgltkrTcwb8g5sGxhzKqqg7A0e489Hc5uCbKri2k7o1nlbbwg0aBm2S59q05OKeGqKfFKxsFVEQMqKxwSZVm8URqY6B1VkycCmJpoSAc\/s830\/screenshot.26938.jpg\"){kind=link}