London Overground - London Overground Livery - ELondon Overground - E London Overground Livery
London Overground Recent Developments
London Overground Electrification It was announced in June 2013 that £115 million of funding for electrification was being made available as part of upgrades to rail infrastructure included in the government's 2013 spending round. At the same time Transport for London announced that they had obtained a £90 million commitment from the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Secretary of State for Transport. In September 2015, Network Rail awarded the £56.9m contract to electrify the line to J. Murphy & Sons. Part closures (on weekends and from South Tottenham to Barking) were planned from June to late September 2016, followed by a full closure from October to February 2017, and further evening and weekend works until late June 2017, and finally around four months of further work to add the wires so that electric Class 710 trains can run from early 2018. The line was to be electrified using the NR Series 2 OLE range. London Overground Extension to Barking Riverside It was announced as part of the 2014 United Kingdom budget that the Gospel Oak to Barking line would be extended to Barking Riverside station. £263 million was to be spent to extend the line to the brownfield 10,800-home Barking Riverside housing development, which Barking and Dagenham Council did not believe to be viable without improved transport connections. The developers of the site, Barking Riverside Limited, would provide £172 million towards the project, with the remainder coming from Transport for London. Construction started in 2017 and was planned to be completed by 2021. London Overground services started running to Barking Riverside on 18 July 2022. London Overground Night Service London Overground began running 24-hour trains on Friday and Saturday nights, similar to the Night Tube of London Underground, between Dalston Junction and New Cross Gate from 15 December 2017. In February 2018 the service was extended to Highbury & Islington, which interchanges with overnight services of the Victoria line. London Overground Proposed Developments
In 2007, TfL proposed re-extending the Bakerloo line to Watford Junction. It was suggested that most or all of the line from Queen's Park to Watford Junction would be used exclusively by the London Underground; London Overground services would be withdrawn. As part of this change, Overground services would have been diverted at Primrose Hill Junction via Primrose Hill (closed to passengers since 1992) to Camden Road, providing a new service between Queen's Park and Stratford. Had this change taken place, Kilburn High Road and South Hampstead would no longer have had direct services to Euston station, hindering access to central London. The official Croxley Rail document states, "Bakerloo Line extension to Watford Unlikely" and "TfL’s plans to extend the Bakerloo Line to Watford Junction are on hold indefinitely due to funding and business case constraints". London Overground Croxley Link Plans were approved in 2011 for the Croxley Rail Link, diverting the Watford branch of London Underground's Metropolitan line to Watford Junction via Watford High Street, where it would share tracks with the Overground. However, in early 2017 this scheme was paused due to funding issues. London Overground Old Oak Common Interchange
London Overground Thamesmead Extension In addition to the plan to extend the Gospel Oak to Barking line to Barking Riverside, there are also proposals to extend it further under the River Thames to a station in Thamesmead, and then on Abbey Wood to connect with the Elizabeth line. Transport for London has confirmed that the Mayor has asked them to look at both the Overground extension from Barking Riverside and a DLR extension, for connecting to Thamesmead. 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 | |||||
|