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Since 2000, Transport for London (TfL) has made substantial efforts to improve accessibility, with station upgrades and new infrastructure such as the Elizabeth line increasing the number of step-free stations on the TfL network. 92 Underground stations (33%) and 62 Overground stations (54%) have step-free access, [a] with all new Underground ...
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.
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. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] In February 2024, it was confirmed that the Romford–Upminster service would be named the Liberty line ("to reference the historical independence of the people of the borough of Havering ") and ...
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]
In April 2019, £320 million of funding was approved for a new Brent Cross West railway station, that would also serve the potential new service. [11] In June 2019, Transport for London published the Strategic Outline Business Case for the scheme and concluded that there was a strong case for the scheme as it had a medium to high benefit-cost ...
Barking Riverside is a railway station in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, East London.The eastern terminus of the Suffragette line of the London Overground, the station serves the Barking Riverside regeneration area [2] [3] and was built as part of a £327m extension of the Gospel Oak to Barking line. [4]
Overground Network (abbreviated on or ON) was a branding initiative launched in 2003 by the Strategic Rail Authority (SRA) and Transport for London (TfL), the public transport authority in London, England. Its aim was to encourage use of National Rail services in South London.