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  • The Greater London Authority’s East London Line - Growth Capacity programme aims to support the development of new homes.
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    East London Line capacity increase project receives government funding

    2019-08-27T11:00:00Z

    UK: The Greater London Authority’s East London Line – Growth Capacity programme has been allocated an £80·8m from the government’s Housing Infrastructure Fund. This project envisages an increase in the frequency of London Overground services on the core section of the East London Line between Dalston Junction and ...

  • Class 710 Aventra electric multiple-units have taken over operation of London Overground’s Gospel Oak – Barking Line.
    Metro Report International

    London Overground Gospel Oak – Barking Line fleet replacement complete

    2019-08-06T10:41:00Z

    UK: Class 710 Aventra electric multiple-units have now taken over operation of London Overground’s Gospel Oak – Barking Line, Transport for London announced on August 6. The eight four-car trainsets, of which six are required for regular services, replace the fleet of two-car DMUs that operated the ...

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  • Some London Overground services on the Gospel Oak – Barking line in north London will be operated using a modified Class 378 electric multiple-unit.
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    First Gospel Oak – Barking services to go electric on January 28

    2019-01-25T17:37:25Z

    UK: Some London Overground services on the Gospel Oak – Barking line in north London will be operated using an electric multiple-unit from January 28, Transport for London announced on January 25. Free travel is to be offered at a later date as compensation for the late arrival of the ...

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    Metro Report International

    Contractor appointed to build London Overground extension to Barking Riverside

    2018-12-27T11:42:00Z

    UK: Transport for London has awarded a joint venture of Morgan Sindall Construction & Infrastructure and VolkerFitzpatrick a contract to build an extension of the Gospel Oak to Barking line which will enable London Overground services to serve the Barking Riverside development area. The contract announced ...

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    New-generation London Overground train unveiled

    2018-06-20T14:19:47Z

    UK: Transport for London unveiled the first new-generation London Overground electric multiple-unit at Willesden depot on June 20. Bombardier Transportation is supplying 54 Class 710 trains under a contract awarded in mid-2015. The base order covers 45 four-car trainsets, with options for 96 more. CAF, Hitachi and Siemens had ...

  • Map of the planned Hythe Road and Old Oak Common Lane stations in west London.
    Metro Report International

    Transport for London plans new Overground stations

    2017-10-17T09:26:52Z

    UK: Transport for London has begun a five-week public consultation on plans to build stations at Hythe Road and Old Oak Common Lane in west London. ‘These two potential new London Overground stations would improve connectivity to High Speed 2 and support the regeneration at Old Oak and Park Royal’, ...

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    Barking Riverside extension approved

    2017-08-04T13:32:39Z

    UK: The Secretary of State for Transport issued a decision letter on August 4 approving an order under the Transport & Works Act to grant Transport for London legal powers to build the 4·5 km Barking – Barking Riverside extension of the Gospel Oak – Barking line in east London. ...

  • A part of the London Overground network is to have all-night weekend services from December.
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    London Overground night services to begin in December

    2017-07-03T10:16:57Z

    UK: All-night services on part of the London Overground network will begin in December, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan announced on July 3. Services on the East London Line between New Cross Gate and Dalston Junction are to run through the night on Fridays and Saturdays, with all-night services ...

  • Map of the Barking Riverside extension of the Gospel Oak – Barking line in east London.
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    Three shortlisted to build London Overground extension

    2016-12-14T12:29:00Z

    UK: Transport for London announced on December 14 that Balfour Beatty, Carillion and Volker Fitzpatrick had been shortlisted for the contract to build the proposed 4·5 km Barking to Barking Riverside extension of the Gospel Oak – Barking line in east London. The electrified extension would run alongside the existing ...

  • Arriva became the sole operator of London Overground services with the start of the new operating concession on November 13.
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    Arriva takes over London Overground concession

    2016-11-14T10:21:00Z

    UK: Arriva became the sole operator of London Overground services with the start of the new operating concession on November 13. The £1·5bn contract which Transport for London has awarded to Arriva London Rail Ltd in March runs for 7½ years, with an option for up to two more years. ...

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    TfL seeks contractor to build Barking Riverside extension

    2016-08-08T11:26:00Z

    UK: Transport for London has invited expressions of interest in the contract to build a 4·5 km extension of the Gospel Oak – Barking line to the Barking Riverside development area of east London. The extension would run alongside the existing London Fenchurch Street – Tilbury line between Barking station ...

  • Transport for London has named Arriva Rail London as preferred bidder for the next London Overground  operating concession.
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    Arriva wins London Overground concession

    2016-03-18T09:41:00Z

    UK: Transport for London named Arriva Rail London Ltd as preferred bidder for the next London Overground inner-suburban passenger operating concession on March 18, with formal award subject to the 10-day regulatory standstill period. The £1·5bn agreement will run for 7½ years from November 13 2016, with an option for ...

  • Secretary of State for Transport Patrick McLoughlin and Mayor of London Boris Johnson.
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    London Suburban Metro and local input to franchising proposed

    2016-01-21T11:18:00Z

    UK: The Department for Transport and Transport for London released a consultation document on January 21 proposing the creation of a partnership to ‘provide joined-up strategic direction for the specification and management for passenger services across London and the South East’. The aim would be to increase local input ...

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    Four bidders shortlisted for London Overground operating concession

    2015-06-29T16:01:00Z

    UK: Four bidders have been shortlisted for the next contract to operate London Overground services, Transport for London announced on June 29. The shortlisted bidders are: Arriva Rail London Ltd (Deutsche Bahn);LoKeGo Ltd (51:49 joint venture of Keolis (UK) Ltd and Go-Ahead Holding Ltd);Metroline Rail Ltd (owned by Singapore-based transport ...

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    Bombardier wins London Overground EMU contract

    2015-06-19T08:35:00Z

    UK: Transport for London announced on June 19 that it had selected Bombardier Transportation to supply 45 four-car electric multiple-units to operate London Overground services. The order includes an option for up to 96 additional cars, to be used for train lengthening and possible future extensions of the Overground network. ...

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    London Overground concession expressions of interest invited

    2015-04-08T15:41:00Z

    UK: Transport for London has invited expressions of interest in the next concession to operate London Overground inner-suburban passenger services. The current contract held by the London Overground Rail Operations Ltd joint venture of MTR Corp and Arriva expires on November 12 2016. The new concession is planned to run ...

  • Map of proposed Barking - Barking Riverside railway extension (Image: TfL).
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    TfL consults on Barking Riverside extension

    2014-09-08T16:06:00Z

    UK: Transport for London has begun public consultation on plans to extend London Overground services on the Gospel Oak – Barking line to a new station at Barking Riverside, where up to 10 800 new homes are planned along with commercial and leisure facilities. The 4 km extension would ...

  • Gospel Oak – Barking line Class 172 DMU.
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    London Overground EMU shortlist announced

    2014-07-15T14:25:00Z

    UK: Bombardier, CAF, Hitachi and Siemens have been shortlisted for a contract to supply 39 four-car ‘metro-style’ electric multiple-units for London Overground services, Transport for London announced on July 15. Tenders are to be submitted by the end of October, and TfL expects to announce the successful bidder by ...