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« Reply #30 on: November 19, 2024, 21:11:22 »
Quote from: Chris from Nailsea on November 19, 2024, 21:08:39
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The change is estimated to cost £6.3 million, which will be paid for out of Mayor of London Sadiq Khan’s Greater London Authority budget.

TfL» (Transport for London - about) said financial constraints mean it will not initially update maps and audio announcements on its other services, such as the London Underground.

Hmmmm.  Roll Eyes



A total & utter waste of money.
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« Reply #31 on: November 19, 2024, 22:36:56 »
It will make navigating the Overground Lines far easier. With the bonus of celebrating some of London's diverse history and culture. Money well spent.
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« Reply #32 on: November 20, 2024, 09:44:40 »
Presumably some trains on the Windrush Line will be unexpectedly stopped and instructed to return to their point of origin.  Grin

Given more recent happenings I hardly think this name is necessarily a cause for celebration.
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« Reply #33 on: November 20, 2024, 09:58:39 »
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Presumably some trains on the Windrush Line will be unexpectedly stopped and instructed to return to their point of origin.  Grin

Given more recent happenings I hardly think this name is necessarily a cause for celebration.

I would celebrate the people who arrived in the UK▸ (United Kingdom) at the time and have become so much a part of us. I would abhor some of the treatment they have received for much of the time they have been here.   
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« Reply #34 on: November 20, 2024, 13:04:33 »
Quote from: grahame on November 20, 2024, 09:58:39
Quote from: Bob_Blakey on November 20, 2024, 09:44:40
Presumably some trains on the Windrush Line will be unexpectedly stopped and instructed to return to their point of origin.  Grin

Given more recent happenings I hardly think this name is necessarily a cause for celebration.

I would celebrate the people who arrived in the UK▸ (United Kingdom) at the time and have become so much a part of us. I would abhor some of the treatment they have received for much of the time they have been here.   

Couldn't agree more.

Whether it's necessary to spend over £6 million to do so in this manner or whether it could be better spent elsewhere however is questionable. 
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« Reply #35 on: November 20, 2024, 13:43:57 »
Maybe £1million? That £6million cost quoted was across all 6 of those renamings
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« Reply #36 on: November 27, 2024, 14:56:46 »
Quote from: Bob_Blakey on November 20, 2024, 09:44:40
Presumably some trains on the Windrush Line will be unexpectedly stopped and instructed to return to their point of origin.  Grin

Given more recent happenings I hardly think this name is necessarily a cause for celebration.
What I find bothersome about it is that that line already has a name: it's the East London Line. All seems needlessly confusing to me.
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