London stations bilingual signage in Bangla, Gurmukhi caused outrage

Rupert Lowe, a British MP, has raised an issue with English-Bengali signage at London's Whitechapel railway station. This signage is a tribute to the contributions of the Bangladeshi population to East London. But it has now caused an outrage on social media, with Tesla boss, Elon Musk, giving his support to Rupert Lowe's stance. However, it isn't just that Bengali script features at a Tube station in London, there's another script used in India that makes its presence felt at a London railway station. That script is Gurmukhi, and it is used for bilingual signage at the Southall railway station. Southall, known as ''Little Punjab."

The Southall station bears its name in Gurmukhi, a script commonly used for the Punjabi language. Many of London's stations have bilingual signages to reflect the contribution of the migrant communities living in the town and their long history.

While Punjabi is the only other Indian language with signage in England, there are multiple bilingual signage across England. Each comes with an interesting story of its own. One such signage is in the Moreton-in-Marsh railyway station in the market town in Gloucestershire. Several signs at and around the station are bilingual – in English and Japanese.

There are others too, such as Wallsend railway station in Latin. It is because the station is very close to Segedunum Roman Fort, an important Roman site in England.

Herford station in England also has bilingual signs in Welsh as Herford town has Welsh origins, including a Welsh name for the city, and the Welsh language was spoken in the area till the 19th century.