TfL: ‘Illegal’ fake Tube map with ‘offensive’ station names to be ‘removed as quickly as possible’

A rogue advertisement in which London Underground stations have been replaced with offensive alternatives has been doing the rounds on the Circle line.

Transport for London (TfL) said it will take “the strongest action against anyone caught posting these on our network”, after being made aware of the issue by LondonWorld.

The flyposting, which is when adverts are put up without the permission of the property’s owner, features a range of crude replacements for real tube station names, with the TfL logo in the bottom right-hand corner also changed to say ‘Transport for Losers’.

Several commenters on Reddit took to mocking its content, with one writing: “Transport for homophobic 12 year olds.”

Responding to another post asking “What’s the message here?”, the same person wrote: “Don’t let immature boys use large format printers.”

Asked about whether it was aware of the flyposting, a TfL spokesperson said: “We are appalled by this illegal and offensive flyposting on one of our trains and are working to ensure it is removed as quickly as possible. We will take the strongest action against anyone caught posting these on our network.”