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The underground's sunlit sibling, doing the same job while bragging about the view.

means Running or located above the surface of the ground, especially a railway or transit line that travels on the surface rather than in tunnels.

from A transparent compound of "over" plus "ground," built as the natural opposite of "underground." Both "over" and "ground" are old Germanic words, but the pairing is comparatively moderncoined to name what isn't beneath the earth. In Britain it became a proper noun, the Overground, when London's surface rail network was branded to stand beside the older Underground.

london nameBranded the London Overground only in 2007
orange identityMarked by a defiant orange roundel of its own
line namesSix lines renamed in 2024 after local history
old bonesBuilt largely on Victorian-era railway routes
the ironyPlenty of it actually runs underground too
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