London Banter - View Single Post - The Fleet Line

[email protected] · January 22nd 15, 09:40 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article ,
(Offramp) wrote:

On Wednesday, 21 January 2015 09:05:28 UTC, Basil Jet wrote:
Just wondering... did the person who decided that the Fleet
Line should be renamed the Jubilee Line get their knighthood?

Many people think that the Jubilee's colour is silver; in fact it is
officially grey.

Grey being the general substitute for silver when painting rolling stock. LT
discovered that silver paint didn't work very well on the R stock and
switched to grey. East Coast made a similar discovery more recently and did
the same.

Another trivium: the Victoria Line was going to be called the Viking
Line, because it connected VIctoria and KING's Cross.

When was that abandoned? My recollection is that it was authorised and
building commenced as the Victoria Line.

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Colin Rosenstiel