UK passport changes: New design has stations missing from the Tube map

The design has also faced scrutiny over the lack of women included

The Tube map misses Southwark station from the Jubilee line (Home Office)

The new British passport was unveiled this week, featuring William Shakespeare, Anish Kapoor and the London underground Tube map.

However one of these features appears to be flawed.

According to City Metric, the Tube map actually contains a number of mistakes.

In between the stations of London Bridge and Waterloo, Southwark appears to be missing from the Jubilee line, according to local website London SE1.

Furthermore, the map features the old East London Line which terminated at New Cross Gate, rather than the extended Overground line which was completed in 2010.

South-east London seems to suffer in particular as the website also states that London Bridge station is on the wrong side of Tooley street on a second map included in the passport. Queen’s Road Peckham Overground station is also in the wrong place.

The passport design is updated every five years and this year’s theme is ‘Creative United Kingdom’. The Home Office state that aside from being creative, it is also the “most secure” passport to be produced in the UK.

Not long after the design was revealed, the Home Office received criticism for the lack of women featured in the issue. Just two women, Elisabeth Scott — the designer of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre and the mathematician Ada Lovelace were included in the design, compared to seven men.

The shadow Minister of State for Employment, Emily Thornberry MP, condemned the design on Twitter:

When approached by The Independent the Home Office said it would not be commenting.