Commuters have mocked London's new Elizabeth line after a glaring typo on one of its new signs, leaving social media users in "hysterics".
The line, stretching from Reading across the capital over to Shenfield, finally opened on Tuesday, with Londoners keen to see what treasures the new line has to offer, MyLondon reported.
However, social media users were left in “hysterics” when they spotted a hilarious typo on the signage of the line’s Canary Wharf stop.
A Twitter user posted the sign for amenities at Canary Wharf with an unfortunate typo in it. The image posted showed a sign which read: “Elizabeth line, Shops and Pestaraunts”.
The user - @tkingdot who posted the error simply captioned her image tweet - “Pestaurants”.
It wasn’t long before other social media users came to add their thoughts under the comments, with some jokingly making sense of the blunder by adding their own version of the typo.
@Jimllmixit commented: “Is this in Pestminster?”
While another Twitter user also opted for the comedic route by cleverly referencing the capital of Hungary - Budapest.
@bagatsen wrote: “Across the Danube from Buda, obviously.”
While the user who originally posted it had a go at remixing the joke by replacing the letter “r” in another name.
@tkingdot wrote: “Canapy Whapf.”
Although many users made jokes out of the error itself, some simply pointed out the humour in the typo.
@BookwormVaught wrote: “That’s hysterical.”
It won’t be long before the mistake is corrected but in the meantime, the highly anticipated launch of the line seems coming along without too many hitches overall.
The £19bn Crossrail finally opened for passengers this week - some 12 years after work started and decades after the project was first mooted.
The Elizabeth Line was officially opened by the Queen last week but only took passengers from 6.30am on Tuesday.
The long-awaited railway is expected to carry 200 million people a year and will increase London's rail capacity by 10%, according to Transport for London (TfL).
There were queues outside some stations before the first passengers were allowed to board.
However, the line will not operate direct end-to-end services at first, as it is being opened in phases. Also, the new station at Bond Street won’t open until later this year.
