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Weaver line

The Weaver line is the service operated by London Overground on the Lea Valley lines between London Liverpool Street and Chingford, Cheshunt and Enfield Town. Prior to the name being adopted in November 2024,[1] it was labelled in Transport for London timetables as the Liverpool Street to Enfield Town, Cheshunt and Chingford route.[2]

History

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Main article: Lea Valley lines

On 31 May 2015, services between London Liverpool Street to Chingford, Cheshunt and Enfield Town were transferred from Greater Anglia to London Overground. They are fully operated by new-built Class 710 rolling stock, replacing older Class 315 and Class 317 stock inherited from Greater Anglia.[3]

Naming of service

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The name proposed for this service in 2015 was the 'Lea Valley line', the established name used for the lines on which this service operates.[4] In 2021, Sadiq Khan announced that if re-elected as Mayor of London, he would give the six services operated by London Overground unique names that would reflect London's diversity, working with his Commission for Diversity in the Public Realm.[5] On 25 August 2023, TFL announced that it would be giving each of the six Overground services unique names by the end of the following year.[6][7] On 15 February 2024, it was confirmed that the Lea Valley service would be named 'Weaver line', "celebrating an area of London known for its textile trade, which has been shaped over the years by a diverse group of migrant communities and individuals",[8] and would be coloured maroon on the updated network map.[9]

The weaving and textile industry (Colloquially "the Rag Trade") was a major employer in the East End districts (such as Shoreditch, Spitalfields, Haggerston, Hackney and Bethnal Green) close to the Liverpool Street terminus.[10] Walthamstow, an area on the lines' Chingford branch, was home to the prominent textile artist William Morris.

The importance of the industry was such that two elements of the Coat of Arms of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets – the mulberry and the shuttle – are symbols of the industry.

There had been a local textile industry for time immemorial, but the arrival of Huguenot refugees bringing knowledge of advanced French techniques gave the industry a significant boost. The English word 'refugee', a loanword adopted from French, has its origin in the French word the Huguenots used to describe themselves. [11]

Over the years much of the industry’s workforce would be made up of further waves of migrants from overseas including Ireland, Bangladesh and Jewish refugees from the Russian Empire.

Services

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As of November 2024, the typical off-peak service pattern is:[2]

Weaver line
Route tph Calling at
London Liverpool Street to Enfield Town 2
London Liverpool Street to Cheshunt 2
  • Bethnal Green
  • Cambridge Heath
  • London Fields
  • Hackney Downs
  • Rectory Road
  • Stoke Newington
  • Stamford Hill
  • Seven Sisters
  • Bruce Grove
  • White Hart Lane
  • Silver Street
  • Edmonton Green
  • Southbury
  • Turkey Street
  • Theobalds Grove
London Liverpool Street to Chingford 4

Route map

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The new London Overground line names and colours were introduced across the London rail network in November 2024

References

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  1. ^ Lydall, Ross (20 November 2024). "London Overground: New names and colours to be revealed at stations today after £6.3million rebrand". London Standard. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  2. ^ a b "London Overground timetables". London: Transport for London. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  3. ^ "This is what the new London Overground trains will look like". Evening Standard. 22 July 2015. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  4. ^ Davies, Rachael (15 February 2024). "These are what the Overground lines were nearly named in 2015: what do you think?". The Standard. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  5. ^ Dispatch, Enfield (24 August 2023). "London Overground passengers invited to help give each line a unique name". Enfield Dispatch. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  6. ^ "Naming London Overground lines". Transport for London. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  7. ^ "London Overground lines to be given unique names". BBC News. 25 August 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  8. ^ Team, TfL Community (15 February 2024). "Naming the London Overground Lines". Made by TfL blog. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  9. ^ London Overground: New names for its six lines revealed, BBC News, 15 February 2024
  10. ^ Weavers https://the-east-end.co.uk/tag/weavers/
  11. ^ National Archives page on the Huguenots https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/huguenots-in-england/#:~:text=The%20Huguenots%20gave%20the%20word,John%20Calvin%2C%20the%20Protestant%20reformer.
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