please empty your brain below
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at one time you could have chosen King William Street station, alas it's no longer available.
amber | 03.05.23 - 7:08 a.m. | #
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Looking at the 21-striped roundel and the assigned lines/modes to the colours, I was wondering if some of the similar colours should be switched. It's likely (vague assumption here) that the designer intended to group similar modes of transport together.
Switching Circle, Piccadilly and Victoria with Coaches, Dangleway and River respectively would achieve this by grouping all of the Underground lines together at the bottom of the list.
ST | 03.05.23 - 7:14 a.m. | #
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You're right, there's an alphabetical thing going on here, hang on, let me fiddle with the graphic and update it...
diamond geezer | Homepage | 03.05.23 - 7:29 a.m. | #
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Are there bonus points for "Holborn (Kingsway)" as I recall it being called, probably in the 1960s?
Rob Gullen | 03.05.23 - 7:34 a.m. | #
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I got 5/9 - King's Cross, Kingsbury, Barking, Barking Riverside, and King George V.
About roundel tweaking, I think that it's a great way of advertising major events/openings (like night tube or the coronation) but it shouldn't be overused. Remembrance Day, Women's Day and Pride Month happen every year. I'd rather if roundel's didn't change a bit every month, a few more and TfL will be setting up their version of Google Doodle.
TW | 03.05.23 - 8:21 a.m. | #
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The Coach branding is now yellow not orange? I guess it distinguishes it from the Overground roundels, though not the old Circle line roundels that still live on in some stations.
Plaxton | 03.05.23 - 8:24 a.m. | #
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I'm minded to think that if TfL had chosen to go the full hog and added coronation-related visuals to all the locations mentioned here, someone would have been very quick to cry "waste of money". The chosen activity seems to offer a good balance across locations where many people will see it. But notwithstanding that, seeing the references to 'God save the king' does put me in mind of pre-1952 b/w imagery. It's going to take me a while to adapt to a new monarch.
Stuart R | 03.05.23 - 9:05 a.m. | #
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Not sure if Charles would wish to be associated with “barking”, which we thought he was until Boris and Liz Truss raised the stakes… and they were elected.
Mike Jones | 03.05.23 - 9:08 a.m. | #
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Existing tunnel with King name-Kingsway.
Jonathan | 03.05.23 - 9:17 a.m. | #
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Totally clutching at straws, but there's a potential tenuous royal link at Maryland:
"The origin of the name is uncertain. One popular theory is that it originated with a rich local merchant who bought land and built in the area having returned from the American colony of Maryland (itself named for Queen Henrietta Maria, wife of Charles I)"
James Matcham | 03.05.23 - 9:53 a.m. | #
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TfL have definitely missed a trick with Kingsbury, and indeed with its neighbouring Camilla Queensbury!
I wonder if Brent is going all out with celebrations in those 2 suburbs?
Nothing much seems to be happening in neighbouring Harrow other than some flags hanging limply from lamp posts (which you can't see at all if there's no breeze) and a bit of bunting on railings!
Cornish Cockney | 03.05.23 - 10:25 a.m. | #
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The comment about guess the station has just reminded me to do today's Metrodle.
Paul | 03.05.23 - 10:28 a.m. | #
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I wonder why they put the Dangleway where it is. Whether you use D for Dangleway, C for Cable Car, I for IFS Cloud, or E for Emirates, it doesn't fit alphabetically.
greatkingrat | 03.05.23 - 11:19 a.m. | #
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Going alphabetically, I think it seems as though that’s probably supposed to be TFL Rail rather than the cable car - not that this makes it much less confusing, admittedly
Euan | 03.05.23 - 11:29 a.m. | #
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The cheapening of publicity is probably because its easier to do now, you can print out whatever graphics you want for a bus wrap or a vinyl roundel.
As a result they stop being special and blend in with the other advertising campaigns, I think back to the Silver Jubilee SRMs with the carpet.
We've been numbed by constant, colourful publicity, and images sourced from around the world, the amazing is now mundane and the Coronation has to compete with that.
Still Anon | 03.05.23 - 11:35 a.m. | #
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TfL Rail makes perfect alphabetical sense, yes… except the brand expired last May so what’s it doing here?
It would be terribly sad if the Dangleway was the only mode to be omitted. They’re even doing special £30 Coronation round trips this weekend.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 03.05.23 - 11:39 a.m. | #
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Ahem… It’s the wrong crown.
Benjamin Waterhouse | 03.05.23 - 11:51 a.m. | #
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TfL Rail strikes me as unlikely; was there any time when services were simultaneously running under the TfL Rail and Elizabeth line brands?
This is very far-fetched, but maybe the dark blue is for the river boats (alphabetically "Thames Clippers"?) and the lighter blue is for the old Barclays Bikes colour.
Anonymous | 03.05.23 - 12:30 p.m. | #
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It definitely looks like TfL Rail's slightly grey-indigo-blue to me, and not the current Dangleway purple (or Barclays bikes etc). Which makes me wonder: perhaps under the branding contract TfL isn't allowed to use Dangleway purple for anything non-dangleway-related, as it's not their corporate colour but IFS Cloud's.
Rich Thomas | 03.05.23 - 12:32 p.m. | #
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Perhaps the grey stripe is an homage to the old TfL Streets roundel, with blue representing taxi/private hire. After all, TfL Streets have long been 'rained' over.
Ok, I know it's not really for TfL Streets RIP.
spankybackpack | 03.05.23 - 12:38 p.m. | #
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I thought they could rename
"King's Cross St.Pancras" to
"King's cross about his pen"
Mike | 03.05.23 - 2:34 p.m. | #
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A TfL staff member just posted a photo on social media of a coronation pin badge they were given. It’s a blue roundel with a grey/greenish and gold crown on top.
spankybackpack | 03.05.23 - 2:54 p.m. | #
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“Much as TfL might want to name something after King Charles they don't currently have the money to build anything big”
So, no chance of the Charlie Line (represented in white on the map) then.
Adrian | 03.05.23 - 4:13 p.m. | #
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The King Charles Road bus stops (on Ewell Road, Tolworth) deserve a Crowndel. That's stop LC towards Ewell, LN towards Kingston, routes 281, 406, 418, 662, K1. The area was probably entirely rural at the time of the previous kings Charles, even at the northern (Surbiton) end.
Notts reader | 03.05.23 - 5:07 p.m. | #
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TfL Rail fits alphebetically, and is the right colour, but is out of date.
Telepherique (French for Dangleway) also fits
Timbo | 03.05.23 - 9:57 p.m. | #
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I suppose it's possible the stripey roundel was designed for some other internal purpose before the Elizabeth Line was launched, and they've dug it out and stuck a crown on top for the coronation.
Either that or they've been been prepared for the coronation for a while...
martin | 04.05.23 - 7:57 a.m. | #
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I'm guessing the mysterious blue stripe is simply 'TfL'.
MusterPhantom | 04.05.23 - 11:52 a.m. | #
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Just wondered if the blue stripe represents TfL central services - eg Travel Information, and Lost Property etc.
Kim | 09.05.23 - 11:38 a.m. | #
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