Camira Fabrics

Camira Fabrics Featured on Elizabeth Line

Yorkshire-based textile manufacturer Camira is the name behind the fabric featured on the brand-new Transport for London route, the Elizabeth Line

Ahighly anticipated addition to the city’s transport network, the route covers more than 100 kilometres, stops at 41 accessible stations – ten of them new – and is expected to service around 200 million people each year.

For the project, Camira, a longstanding supplier to Transport for London, worked with the organisation and design house Wallace Sewell to develop the fabric, which is now installed across the route’s 70, 200-metre-long trains.

Designed to have a distinctive look and feel, with pinstripe details creating a sense of speed, and coloured to match the purple Pantone shade 3515C used to denote the route on the London Underground map, the Elizabeth Line fabric is set to be a wellknown and well-loved addition to the city’s transport network.

Sarah Mallinson, Senior Transport Designer at Camira, describing the fabric featured on the new line said: ‘The Elizabeth Line textile is woven on our wire looms to create a cut and uncut moquette. This type of fabric has been used across the London Underground for decades, making it almost part of the city’s identity. Incredibly resilient and hardwearing, as well as meeting the flammability standard BS6853 Cat 1A, moquette delivers the safety that is of paramount importance, whilst also being ultra-comfortable and aesthetically striking.’

Commenting on the launch, Sarah finishes: ‘It was an incredible honour to bring the Elizabeth Line fabric to life. It’s a contemporary take on traditional moquette – with the regal purple colour palette paying homage to Queen Elizabeth in her Platinum Jubilee year, and the striking design ensuring that another iconic fabric has been added to London’s tube lines. We hope commuters love it as much as we do.’

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