# Weaver line

The Weaver line is a London Overground railway line which runs from London Liverpool Street to Chingford, Cheshunt and Enfield Town. Prior to the name being adopted in November 2024, it was labelled in Transport for London timetables as the Liverpool Street to Enfield Town, Cheshunt and Chingford route.

## History

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.

### Naming of service

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. 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. 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. 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", and would be coloured maroon on the updated network map.
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. 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.
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

As of November 2024, the typical off-peak service pattern is:
Weaver line :
| Route | tph | Calling at |
| London Liverpool Street to Enfield Town | 2 | Bethnal GreenCambridge HeathLondon FieldsHackney DownsRectory RoadStoke NewingtonStamford HillSeven SistersBruce GroveWhite Hart LaneSilver StreetEdmonton GreenBush Hill Park |
| London Liverpool Street to Cheshunt | 2 | Bethnal GreenCambridge HeathLondon FieldsHackney DownsRectory RoadStoke NewingtonStamford HillSeven SistersBruce GroveWhite Hart LaneSilver StreetEdmonton GreenSouthburyTurkey StreetTheobalds Grove |
| London Liverpool Street to Chingford | 4 | Bethnal GreenHackney DownsClaptonSt James StreetWalthamstow CentralWood StreetHighams Park |

## Route map

* Schematic map of the London Overground network
* Geographic map showing London Overground
vteLondon Overground :
Legend :