Silverlink - North London Line/West London Line - B

Silverlink - B

North London Line

These services ran on the North London line:

Richmond (interchange for District line)
Kew Gardens (interchange for District line)
Gunnersbury (interchange for District line)
South Acton
Acton Central
Willesden Junction (interchange for Bakerloo line, West London Line and Watford DC Line)
Kensal Rise
Brondesbury Park
Brondesbury
West Hampstead (interchange for Jubilee line and First Capital Connect)
Finchley Road & Frognal
Hampstead Heath
Gospel Oak (interchange for Gospel Oak - Barking Line)
Kentish Town West
Camden Road
Caledonian Road & Barnsbury
Highbury & Islington (interchange for Victoria line)
Canonbury
Dalston Kingsland
Hackney Central
Homerton
Hackney Wick
Stratford (interchange for Central line, Jubilee line, Docklands Light Railway, c2c (limited services - early morning, late night and during engineering works only) and National Express East Anglia)
West Ham †
Canning Town †
Custom House †
Silvertown †
North Woolwich †

† At the end of service on Saturday 9 December 2006 the line between Stratford and North Woolwich closed, as much of the route was duplicated by the Docklands Light Railway and the Jubilee line, leaving Stratford as the eastern terminus of the North London Line.

West London Line

These services ran via the West London line:

Willesden Junction (interchange for North London Line, Watford DC Line and Bakerloo line)
Kensington (Olympia) (interchange for District line and Southern)
West Brompton (interchange for District line and Southern)
Clapham Junction (interchange for South West Trains and Southern)

Shepherd's Bush on the West London Line was due to open under the franchise (with signage in Silverlink colours installed), but platform widening work meant that it finally opened in September 2008 under London Overground management, the signage being replaced with the London Overground roundels by that time.

Watford DC Line

These services ran on the Watford DC line:

London Euston (interchange for Northern line, Victoria line and Virgin (West Coast Main Line)
South Hampstead
Kilburn High Road
Queen's Park †
Kensal Green †
Willesden Junction † (interchange for North London Line and West London Line)
Harlesden †
Stonebridge Park †
Wembley Central † (interchange for Southern during the peaks)
North Wembley †
South Kenton †
Kenton †
Harrow & Wealdstone † (interchange for Northampton Line and Southern)
Headstone Lane
Hatch End
Carpenders Park
Bushey
Watford High Street
Watford Junction (interchange for Northampton Line, St Albans Abbey Line, Virgin (West Coast Main Line), Southern)

† = also served by the Bakerloo line.

Gospel Oak to Barking Line

These services ran on the Gospel Oak to Barking line:

Gospel Oak (interchange for North London Line)
Upper Holloway
Crouch Hill
Harringay Green Lanes
South Tottenham
Blackhorse Road (interchange for Victoria line)
Walthamstow Queens Road
Leyton Midland Road
Leytonstone High Road
Wanstead Park
Woodgrange Park
Barking (interchange for District line, Hammersmith & City line and c2c)

Silverlink County

Birmingham/Northampton

Birmingham Line services ran on the slow lines of the West Coast Main Line. The service was cut back to Northampton in September 2004, with services north of Northampton being transferred to partner operator Central Trains, and some through services remained. (Central Trains, like Silverlink, was a subsidiary of National Express and the operations shared rolling stock.)

London Euston (interchange for Watford DC Line and Virgin Trains West Coast and First Scotrail sleeper service)
Harrow & Wealdstone (interchange for Watford DC Line and Southern (via West London Line) )
Bushey
Watford Junction (interchange for Watford DC Line, St Albans Abbey Line, Virgin Trains and Southern)
Kings Langley
Apsley
Hemel Hempstead
Berkhamsted
Tring
Cheddington
Leighton Buzzard
Bletchley (interchange for Marston Vale Line)
Milton Keynes Central (interchange/terminus for Southern, interchange with Virgin Trains)
Wolverton
Northampton

Prior to 2004 the service also continued to Birmingham, calling at the following stations:

Long Buckby
Rugby
Coventry
Birmingham International
Birmingham New Street

Abbey Line

These services ran on the Abbey Line

Watford Junction (interchange for Northampton/Birmingham services, Virgin West Coast, Watford DC Line and Southern)
Watford North
Garston
Bricket Wood
How Wood
Park Street
St Albans Abbey

Marston Vale Line

These services ran on the Marston Vale line between Bedford and Bletchley:

Bletchley (interchange for Northampton Line)
Fenny Stratford
Bow Brickhill
Woburn Sands
Aspley Guise
Ridgmont
Lidlington
Millbrook
Stewartby
Kempston Hardwick
Bedford St Johns
Bedford (interchange for First Capital Connect and Midland Mainline)

Silverlink Performance

Silverlink was categorised as a London and South East operator by the Office for Rail Regulation (ORR) and was one of the best performing TOCs in this sector with a PPM (Public Performance Measure) of 90.8% for the last quarter of the financial year 2006/7. Despite these figures, the Silverlink Metro franchise on the North London Line was regarded by frequent travellers as offering a poor service, with extremely congested trains and an unreliable service with some trains cancelled shortly before they were due to arrive. A London Assembly report described the service as "shabby, unreliable, unsafe and overcrowded".

Silverlink Overview

Silverlink Franchise(s): North London Railways

2 March 1997 – 10 November 2007

Silverlink Main Region(s): Greater London

Silverlink Other Region(s): Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire,

Hertfordshire, Northamptonshire

Silverlink Fleet Size: 67

Silverlink Stations Called At: 88

Silverlink Parent Company: National Express

Silverlink Reporting Mark: SS

Silverlink Successors:

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