Cast your mind back to earlier this year, and you’ll recall us telling you about the new names and colours coming to a new look London Overground by Autumn 2024. With just a smidgen of autumn left, TfL confirmed that the grand unveiling of the new Overground line names and colours would commence with a gradual rollout from November 20. And by now, most Overground stations have had their new makeover for the new line identities.
Previously, all stations on the line (which is actually split into six) fell under the Overground moniker with their orange colours tying them all together. This has now changed, with the arrival of six new names. These are the Liberty line (grey), the Lioness line (yellow), the Mildmay line (blue), the Suffragette line (green), the Weaver line (maroon), and the Windrush line (red).
When are the new names and designs coming?
The majority of stations already have the new names in place, but they started being officially unveiled on November 20. By today, November 25, the vast majority of stations have revealed their new looks. It is thought that most stations and trains will be updated at the end of the month with a nine-day process for the adaptions of the 113 Overground stations earmarked. The change, according to TfL, means the changing of an eye-watering 6,000 wayfinding signs, Tube maps, station digital screens, onboard train information, Journey Planner and TfL Go.
Updates to the TfL website and TfL Go are expected to be fully complete by mid-December, and the audiovisual passenger information system on the Class 710 trains is set to be finished in January 2025.
Speaking on the news, Andy Lord, London’s Transport Commissioner, said: “This is an exciting step as millions of customer journeys on the London Overground will be transformed by making it simpler to navigate. 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.”
The first stations officially unveiled their new Overground names and colours on November 20, with most stations seeing them on display from today, Monday, November 25.