In February 2016 it was renamed the Elizabeth line by Boris Johnson, then Mayor of London, to honour Queen Elizabeth II.
Why isn’t the Elizabeth line a tube line?
It also has a name, which Overground lines don't (though that's to be remedied in the near future). The first reason it's not the Tube is that it doesn't use the Tube's infrastructure. It uses instead a great amount of National Rail's infrastructure.
Why is Elizabeth line purple?
It retains the familial appearance of its siblings, and uses a bold and assurant purple as its modal colour. The rationale for the selection of these colours is as follows: Elizabeth line Purple – Modal colour and the primary way of quickly identifying the Elizabeth line service across mutiple touchpoints.
Why is it called Elizabeth line and not Elizabeth?
Did the Queen see the Elizabeth line?
To mark the name change from Crossrail to the Elizabeth line, The Queen came to see the railway during its construction in 2016.
Who paid for the Elizabeth line?
As a result, roughly 40 per cent of the nearly £19bn cost has been paid for by London's businesses. This is not money that would have otherwise been spent in other ways, but new money on top of existing tax contributions, with the balance coming from London government, Network Rail and general government funds.
Why is Elizabeth the White Queen?
In 1464, Elizabeth Woodville married Edward IV to become England's queen consort. She was known as the White Queen because, during the War of the Roses, the House of York was represented by the symbol of a white rose, while the House of Lancaster was represented by a red rose.