Taking the discussion from here
How would you split and name the various services of the Overground & DLR?
TfL define the following Overground Services:
Richmond and Clapham Junction to Stratford - the WLL & NLL
Gospel Oak to Barking - aka GOBLIN
Watford Junction to Euston - the Watford DC
Highbury & Islington to West Croydon and Clapham Junction - the ELL and SLL
Liverpool Street to Enfield Town, Cheshunt and Chingford - The West Anglia lines
Romford to Upminster - a curio of a shuttle
Perhaps Mayors and those who held a similar position in previous set ups?
So start with the modern Mayors and the two totemic, orbital, lines:
WLL/NLL - Johnson Line - he at some point lived in Primrose Hill
ELL/SLL - Livingstone Line - he went to school in Tulse Hill
The other lines can have leaders of the GLC. Of which there were five, one of course later became Mayor. Handily, that's four left.
West Anglia - Cutler - grew up in Stoke Newington
Romford to Upminster - Goodwin - awkwardly southern
Watford DC - Plummer - Marylebone council. Bit unfortunately wanted to pave over the Chiltern mainline.
GOBLIN - Fiske- can't find where he grew up. Served various parts of London
Further Overground could mine the London County Council
There's Six DLR routes on the official map
Bank-Lewisham
Bank-Woolwich Arsenal
Tower Gateway-Beckton
Stratford-Lewisham
Stratford International-Woolwich Arsenal
Stratford International-Beckton
Ideas for names?
For colours, could putting a coloured stripe (rather than white) down the middle be clear enough for accessibility? Avoid red and yellow for the Overground, and steer clear of Turquoise, light blue etc for the DLR. And in the future, do similar with Crossrail lines?
May even, if and when TfL take over south London Metro routes, need to use more outline colours (one per sector maybe). There's little to be done though- the map will look a mess!
How would you split and name the various services of the Overground & DLR?
TfL define the following Overground Services:
Richmond and Clapham Junction to Stratford - the WLL & NLL
Gospel Oak to Barking - aka GOBLIN
Watford Junction to Euston - the Watford DC
Highbury & Islington to West Croydon and Clapham Junction - the ELL and SLL
Liverpool Street to Enfield Town, Cheshunt and Chingford - The West Anglia lines
Romford to Upminster - a curio of a shuttle
Perhaps Mayors and those who held a similar position in previous set ups?
So start with the modern Mayors and the two totemic, orbital, lines:
WLL/NLL - Johnson Line - he at some point lived in Primrose Hill
ELL/SLL - Livingstone Line - he went to school in Tulse Hill
The other lines can have leaders of the GLC. Of which there were five, one of course later became Mayor. Handily, that's four left.
West Anglia - Cutler - grew up in Stoke Newington
Romford to Upminster - Goodwin - awkwardly southern
Watford DC - Plummer - Marylebone council. Bit unfortunately wanted to pave over the Chiltern mainline.
GOBLIN - Fiske- can't find where he grew up. Served various parts of London
Further Overground could mine the London County Council
There's Six DLR routes on the official map
Bank-Lewisham
Bank-Woolwich Arsenal
Tower Gateway-Beckton
Stratford-Lewisham
Stratford International-Woolwich Arsenal
Stratford International-Beckton
Ideas for names?
For colours, could putting a coloured stripe (rather than white) down the middle be clear enough for accessibility? Avoid red and yellow for the Overground, and steer clear of Turquoise, light blue etc for the DLR. And in the future, do similar with Crossrail lines?
May even, if and when TfL take over south London Metro routes, need to use more outline colours (one per sector maybe). There's little to be done though- the map will look a mess!