Sadiq Khan Unveils ‘Re-imagining’ of Overground Map for a Modern London

Sadiq Khan announced a rebrand of London’s Overground lines in what he described as a “re-imagining” of the capital’s tube map that would reflect the “heritage and diversity of our amazing city.” Unveiling the plans during a visit to Highbury and Islington underground station on Thursday, Mr. Khan announced that London Overground services would be split into six separate lines and given individual names and colours. The lines will be named Windrush (designated the colour red), Mildmay (blue), Lioness (yellow), Weaver (maroon), Suffragette (green), and Liberty (grey). According to a press release published by Transport for London (TfL), the Windrush Line will run through areas “with strong ties to Caribbean communities.” Named for the Empire Windrush, the ship that carried one of the first large groups of West Indian migrants to the UK in 1948, TfL said it “honours the Windrush generation who continue to shape and enrich London’s cultural and social identity.”...