Reversal as London Overground ticket offices to remain openAlthough earmarked to be closed, most of London Overground ticket offices are to remain open, after the Mayor of London diverted an additional £5m funding from London’s business rates.
Major disruption to c2c trains this July-AugustDue to works on the London Overground extension to Barking Riverside, services on the c2c railway lines in the area are going to be hit with several weeks of serious disruption.
More problems for London Overound’s Gospel Oak to Barking lineIn a couple of weeks time, services on the troubled Gospel Oak to Barking section of the London Overground are set to get even worse.
TfL mulls DLR and Overground extensions to ThamesmeadLong mooted plans to create a cross-river rail link across the Thames in East London are being looked at by TfL.
Persistent gremlins means free travel for London Overground’s GoblinsDelays in delivering new trains to London Overground’s Gospel Oak to Barking line (GOBLIN) means that travellers will be offered a month’s free travel in compensation.
West Hampstead Overground station’s new footbridgeA new footbridge has been opened at West Hampstead Overground station as a late running upgrade slowly progresses.
Night Overground to call at Whitechapel from tonightEver since the Night Overground service launched last year, it has skipped Whitechapel station – but not from tonight.
The first of a fleet of new trains for the London Overground and TfL Rail routes has been shown off, with USB charging points and a brand new seat moquette.
Hackney Wick’s brutalist new London Overground station opensThe Southbank Centre has come to Hackney Wick in the form of a stunning new London Overground station, with vast expanses of wood shuttering concrete offset with weathering steel.
Lewisham council has issued a call for the Overground to be extended to Lewisham town centre as part of a wider series of improvements to the local rail and DLR networks.
London Overground station at West Hampstead getting a new entranceWorks are underway at the moment at West Hampstead station to build an entirely new and much larger entrance to deal with the problem of the current tiny ticket hall.
The Night Overground services are being extend to Highbury & Islington from next Friday (23rd Feb), also linking the Overground to the Night Tube network on the Victoria line for the first time.
Two new London Overground stations planned for West LondonThe details for two new stations for the London Overground have been announced, with each of them serving separate branches south of Willesden Junction.
One of the periodic reports from TfL has been released with details of ongoing network upgrades across the networks it controls. If you’ve ever wondered what goes on when the lines are closed at weekends, this will inform you.
Permission has been given for the London Overground to be extended to a new housing development at Barking riverside.
A plan for a major overhaul of Hackney Wick Overground station and the redevelopment of local properties has been shown off by Network Rail.
Turkey Street – the railway station named after Christmas LunchThere is a very small part of North London that has a railway station named after it, and that festive area is called Turkey Street.
This coming Saturday (3rd Dec), get ready for an early Christmas present, as a steam train makes a rare visit to the North London section of the London Overground.
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