Sadiq Khan slammed for splurging £6m wokifying London Overground

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New overground line names include the "Suffragette Line" and the "Windrush Line"
New overground line names include the "Suffragette Line" and the "Windrush Line"

SADIQ Khan sparked fury today as he splurged £6m of taxpayer's cash wokifying the London overground.

The Mayor of London was accused of "virtue signalling nonsense" as he announced new names and colours for six lines.

Sadiq Khan has been accused of "virtue signalling nonsense" after he splurged £6m wokifying the London overground eiqehiqetiqxeprw
Sadiq Khan has been accused of "virtue signalling nonsense" after he splurged £6m wokifying the London overgroundCredit: PA
The London Mayor renamed six overground lines
The London Mayor renamed six overground linesCredit: PA
The new names include the "Windrush Line" and "Suffragette Line"
The new names include the "Windrush Line" and "Suffragette Line"Credit: PA

They include the "Liberty Line", the "Windrush Line" and the "Suffragette Line".

TfL insisted the changes would make it easier for passengers to identify different routes.

Previously they were just collectively referred to as the "ginger line".

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Mr Khan lauded the move as "a hugely exciting moment, transforming how we think about London’s transport network".

He said: "Giving each of the Overground lines distinct colours and identities will make it simpler and easier for passengers to get around.

"In re-imagining London’s tube map, we are also honouring and celebrating different parts of London’s unique local history and culture."

But Tory mayoral candidate Susan Hall blasted the renaming as a waste of money.

She said: "The Central line is in a terrible state, TfL is wasting money left, right and centre, crime on the Tube is soaring, and Sadiq Khan is ignoring all of this to focus on his own PR.

"I will listen to Londoners, fix the problems with TfL and get a grip of crime."

Former cabinet minister Lord Frost said: "The London tradition is that public transport lines are given a name either with a royal connection or one related to the line's geography.

"Giving them political names is, whether one agrees with the politics or not, a break with that tradition.

"It's part of the general forced politicisation of so many aspects of our daily life nowadays. Of course one would expect nothing better from Sadiq Khan and his appallingly poor management of TfL and of London."

Noa Hoffman

London, Transport for London, Sadiq Khan

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