London Overground - A

London Overground - A
 
London Overground (also known simply as the Overground) is a suburban rail network serving London and its environs. Established in 2007 to take over Silverlink Metro routes, it now serves a large part of Greater London as well as the home county of Hertfordshire, with 113 stations on nine different routes.
 
The Overground forms part of the United Kingdom's National Rail network but it is under the concession control and branding of Transport for London (TfL). Operation has been contracted to Arriva Rail London since 2016. TfL assigned orange as a mode-specific colour for the Overground in branding and publicity including the roundel, on the Tube map, trains and stations.
 
London Overground History
 
London Overground Pre-1999
 
Rail services in Great Britain are mostly run under franchises operated by private train operating companies, marketed together as National Rail.
 
The concept of developing a network of orbital services around London goes back to the independently produced Ringrail proposals in the early 1970s. Some of these were evaluated in the London Rail Study of 1974 (the Barren Report) and Barren suggested consideration of a North London Network of orbital services, based on a later suggestion by the Ringrail Group, which involved using many existing rail routes, rather than the new construction suggested in earlier drafts of the Ringrail Plan.
 
The proposal from Barren was for several overlapping services mainly using the North London line, generally at 20-minute intervals. The suggested routes followed the original North London line service from Broad Street to Richmond, new services from Barking to Clapham Junction, and a third service from Ealing Broadway to North Woolwich.
 
However, the Wilson government's continuing antipathy to the railways, along with British Rail's management's lack of interest in minor local train services, meant that few of these initiatives were carried forward.
 
In 1979, the then Greater London Council (GLC) decided to sponsor an improved service from Camden Road, on the North London line, to North Woolwich, opening up a previously freight-only line between Dalston and Stratford and linking it to an improved Stratford – North Woolwich service. This was given the marketing name Crosstown Linkline, and operated with basic two-car diesel multiple units.
 
The next initiative came from the GLC in 1984, when the government supported the Broadgate development that would entail the demolition of Broad Street station. The closure process was convoluted because of problems in making alternative arrangements for the North London line, and the remaining services operating from Watford Junction to the City. These eventually ran to and from Liverpool Street via a new section of track, the Graham Road Curve.
 
British Rail replaced the existing three-car Class 501 electric trains (built 1957) with slightly newer but shorter two-car Class 416 electric trains (built 1959 ), leading to overcrowding.
 
In 1988, by reorganising and reducing services on the Great Northern routes from Moorgate, about 18 relatively modern Class 313 dual-voltage electric trains were transferred to operate the North London and Watford services, from both Euston and Liverpool Street.
 
Several voluntary sector groups, the Railway Development Society (RDS, later Railfuture), Transport 2000's then London groups, and the Capital Transport Campaign, launched a series of leaflets and briefings promoting a concept called Outer Circle. This name had once been used for a semi-circular service from Broad Street to Mansion House, which ceased during World War I.
 
London Overground Overview
 
London Overground Owner: Transport for London
London Overground Locale: Greater London and Hertfordshire
London Overground Transit Type: Commuter rail
London Overground Number of lines: 6
London Overground Number of Stations: 113 served (81 operated)
London Overground Annual Ridership: 189 million
London Overground Began Operation: 11 November 2007; 15 years ago
London Overground Operator(s): Arriva Rail London (2016–2024)
London Overground Reporting Marks: LO (National Rail)
London Overground System Length: 167 km (103.8 mi)
London Overground Track Gauge: 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
London Overground Electrification:
25 kV 50 Hz AC overhead
750 V DC third rail
 
London Overground Network Map
 
Acton Central
Anerley
Barking
Barking Riverside
Battersea Park
Bethnal Green
Blackhorse Road
Brockley
Brondesbury
Brondesbury Park
Bruce Grove
Bush Hill Park
Bushey
Caledonian Road & Barnsbury
Cambridge Heath
Camden Road
Canada Water
Canonbury
Carpenders Park
Cheshunt
Chingford
Clapham High Street
Clapham Junction
Clapton
Crouch Hill
Crystal Palace
Dalston Junction
Dalston Kingsland
Denmark Hill
Edmonton Green
Emerson Park
Enfield Town
Euston
Finchley Road & Frognal
Forest Hill
Gospel Oak
Green Lanes
Gunnersbury
Hackney Central
Hackney Downs
Hackney Wick
Haggerston
Hampstead Heath
Harlesden
Harringay Green Lanes
Harrow & Wealdstone
Hatch End
Headstone Lane
Highams Park
Highbury & Islington
Homerton
Honor Oak Park
Hoxton
Imperial Wharf
Kensal Green
Kensal Rise
Kensington (Olympia)
Kentish Town West
Kenton
Kew Gardens
Kilburn High Road
Leyton Midland Road
Leytonstone High Road
Liverpool Street
London Fields
New Cross
New Cross Gate
North Wembley
Norwood Junction
Peckham Rye
Penge West
Queen's Park
Queens Road Peckham
Rectory Road
Richmond
Romford
Rotherhithe
Seven Sisters
Shadwell
Shepherd's Bush
Shoreditch High Street
Silver Street
South Acton
South Kenton
South Hampstead
South Tottenham
Southbury
St. James Street
Stamford Hill
Stoke Newington
Stonebridge Park
Stratford
Surrey Quays
Sydenham
Theobalds Grove
Turkey Street
Upminster
Upper Holloway
Walthamstow Central
Walthamstow Queen's Road
Wandsworth Road
Wanstead Park
Wapping
Watford High Street
Watford Junction
West Brompton
West Croydon
West Hampstead
White Hart Lane
Whitechapel
Willesden Junction
Woodgrange Park
Wood Street
 
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