Just gonna get on the Suffragette line

[ReallyReallyGood]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-68296...

The very definition of woke.

Would love to see what the panel of people looked like that chose this.

[dimots]

ReallyReallyGood said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-68296...

The very definition of woke.

Would love to see what the panel of people looked like that chose this.

I think those are brilliant names. I don't get the issue?

[Bill]

ReallyReallyGood said:

The very definition of woke.

You say that like it's a bad thing...

[Random Account No6]

Not entirely sure what the issue is with the change. Other than just, well, grrrrrrr

I would have liked the £6m signage contract though!

Id go so far as saying it’s a Really Really Good idea

Edited by Random Account No6 on Thursday 15th February 08:56

[J4CKO]

I like those names, evocative, memorable and pleasant sounding.

Not seeing a problem, what were you expecting ?

[Vanden Saab]

dimots said:

ReallyReallyGood said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-68296...

The very definition of woke.

Would love to see what the panel of people looked like that chose this.

I think those are brilliant names. I don't get the issue?

On the whole good names, although I am a little concerned with the weaver line bearing in mind the links to colonialism and slavery.

[valiant]

Don't see much of an issue?

As London Overground has grown it's become a bit confusing as bits of lines have reopened or rejoined with existing lines and as they've been taken over and greatly improved under TfL control. This was the inevitable next step in trying to simplify travel on the Overground.

As for the names? Well, it's a nod to the history of the areas it goes through and for the Lioness Line a nod to the extraordinary achievements of the Women's football team as the line goes past Wembley.

Much better than the sychophantic fawning to the royals with the Elizabeth line.

Edited by valiant on Thursday 15th February 08:51

[dimots]

valiant said:

Much better than the sychopantic fawning to the royals with the Elizabeth line.

Amen!

[Ashfordian]

Would have preferred more neutral line names, the Elizabeth line being the perfect recent example.

Let's turn this around and name one of the lines the Churchill Line. Why didn't that happen? Deep down we all know why because it would have angered the extremists...

[J4CKO]

dimots said:

valiant said:

Much better than the sychopantic fawning to the royals with the Elizabeth line.

Amen!

Not sure its "sycophantic fawning", but the royals have their fair share of things named after them.

[valiant]

Ashfordian said:

Would have preferred more neutral line names, the Elizabeth line being the perfect recent example.

Let's turn this around and name one of the lines the Churchill Line. Why didn't that happen? Deep down we all know why because it would have angered the extremists...

Elizabeth Line was originally pegged to be the Churchill Line but Boris being Boris changed it.

Nothing to do with 'angering the extremists' whatever that means.

[king arthur]

I thought there would be a thread on this and it would mention the "w" word. I don't see these names as "woke" necessarily but I'd have preferred names that relate somehow to the geography of the line. Where is the Suffragette line going to take me to and from?

[vixen1700]

I'm on the Suffragette City Line.

[Random Account No6]

valiant said:

Ashfordian said:

Would have preferred more neutral line names, the Elizabeth line being the perfect recent example.

Let's turn this around and name one of the lines the Churchill Line. Why didn't that happen? Deep down we all know why because it would have angered the extremists...

Elizabeth Line was originally pegged to be the Churchill Line but Boris being Boris changed it.

Nothing to do with 'angering the extremists' whatever that means.

Yup.

Not quite sure how changing the name from Churchill to Elizabeth can be framed as calming down the ‘extremists’ either.

[JagLover]

king arthur said:

I thought there would be a thread on this and it would mention the "w" word. I don't see these names as "woke" necessarily but I'd have preferred names that relate somehow to the geography of the line. Where is the Suffragette line going to take me to and from?

Well you can say the same about the "Victoria" "Elizabeth" and "Jubilee" lines. I think a more practical objection is that it doesn't really roll off the tongue, unlike "Lioness".

Edited by JagLover on Thursday 15th February 10:42

[tangerine_sedge]

vixen1700 said:

I'm on the Suffragette City Line.

Wham! Bam! Thank you maaaam!

[Silvanus]

ReallyReallyGood said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-68296...

The very definition of woke.

Would love to see what the panel of people looked like that chose this.

What would you have called them?

[king arthur]

JagLover said:

Well you say the same about the "Victoria" "Elizabeth" and "Jubilee" lines. I think a more practical objection is that it doesn't really roll off the tongue, unlike "Lioness".

True about the Jubilee and Elizabeth lines but the Victoria line goes through Victoria, no?

I suppose "Metropolitan" doesn't roll off the tongue either so maybe we'll get used to the new ones.

[Rumblestripe]

ReallyReallyGood said:

Would love to see what the panel of people looked like that chose this.

Why?

To make sure they had the full representative quota of white middle aged men?

[Randy Winkman]

valiant said:

Ashfordian said:

Would have preferred more neutral line names, the Elizabeth line being the perfect recent example.

Let's turn this around and name one of the lines the Churchill Line. Why didn't that happen? Deep down we all know why because it would have angered the extremists...

Elizabeth Line was originally pegged to be the Churchill Line but Boris being Boris changed it.

Nothing to do with 'angering the extremists' whatever that means.

I'm not an extremist but like the new names and prefer them to something like The Churchill Line which just continues the tradition of naming things after powerful white blokes. There must be loads of things named after Churchill. He's even got his own insurance company.