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In July 2023, TfL announced that it would be giving each of the six Overground services unique names by the end of the following year. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] In February 2024, it was confirmed that the East London / South London section would be named the Windrush line (to honour the Windrush generation of immigrants to the area from the Caribbean) and ...
The Gospel Oak to Barking line, [5] also shortened to GOBLIN, [6] is a railway line in London. It is 13 miles 58 chains (22.1 km) in length and carries both through goods trains and London Overground passenger trains, connecting Gospel Oak in north London and Barking Riverside in east London.
On 25 August 2023, TFL announced that it would be giving each of the six Overground services unique names by the end of the following year. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] On 15 February 2024, it was confirmed that the Lea Valley section would be named the Weaver line and would be coloured maroon on the updated network map.
In June 2013, TfL announced that Arriva, MTR Corporation, Keolis / Go-Ahead Group and National Express had been shortlisted to bid for the concession to operate Crossrail, which was under construction. [5] [6] In July 2014, TfL awarded the contract to Hong Kong's MTR, for a duration of eight years with an option to extend by an additional two ...
Unlike the today's London Overground, TfL exercised no operational or regulatory control over rail services on the Overground Network, but funded station improvements such as standardised information presentation, branded signage, CCTV and lighting. Operational powers remained with the individual train operators.
TfL also administers the congestion charge zone and the low emission zone. London has a comprehensive rail network with several major railway stations linking to the rest of the country. International travel is possible from St Pancras International which connects to mainland Europe through the Eurostar service, or from one of six international ...
An alternative to a single fully orbital route would be two or more semi-orbital routes that join to encircle London. TfL's London Overground is an example of this: in Clapham Junction and in Highbury and Islington, the two halves of the London Overground Orbital Route meet. An additional problem is poor interchange with many of the radial routes.
In October 2017, Transport for London began a public consultation on the construction of two new Overground stations, Hythe Road on the West London line and Old Oak Common Lane on the North London line. [5] [6] In December 2018, TfL stated that the construction of the two stations would be heavily dependent on securing government funding. [7]