‘Wasted opportunity’: Tories say Sadiq Khan should have sold London Overground naming rights to raise cash [Video]

The Labour mayor had allocated £6.3m over two years to the renaming project, with the goal of making the network easier to navigate by giving the lines identities of their own.

But the Tories said this was a “wasted opportunity”, and that selling the naming rights to brands – as was done with London’s Cycle Hire scheme and Cable Car – would instead have raised “tens of millions of pounds” for cash-strapped Transport for London (TfL).

“This money could have been invested in much needed upgrades to Central Line trains and other infrastructure,” said Keith Prince, City Hall Conservatives’ transport spokesman.

“Sadiq Khan’s priorities as chairman of TfL are all wrong. Londoners are more concerned about the daily chaos across the Tube network, including long delays on the Central Line and disruption on the Elizabeth Line…

“This mayor prefers to make shiny announcements rather than do the hard yards. Londoners must …