London Overground - Silverlink, East London Line, East London Line Extension, North London Line, Thames Tunnel, Gospel Oak to Barking Line (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 44. Chapters: Silverlink, East London Line, East London line extension, North London Line, Thames Tunnel, Gospel Oak to Barking Line, Watford DC Line, Inner South London Line, British Rail Class 172, British Rail Class 378, West London Line, North London Railway, Orbirail, Battersea Railway Bridge, London Overground Rail Operations, Kew Railway Bridge. Excerpt: London Overground (LO) is an urban rail service in London. It has been operated by London Overground Rail Operations since 2007 as part of the National Rail network, under the franchise control and branding of Transport for London (TfL). It consists of five lines: the East London Line; the Gospel Oak to Barking Line; the North London Line; the West London Line and the Watford DC Line. Rail services in Great Britain are mostly run on a system of rail franchises and operated by a number of private train operating companies, marketed together as National Rail. The London Underground, owned and run by TfL, is not part of this system. A pilot scheme was launched in 2003 to bring National Rail services operated by multiple companies under one branding umbrella within London. Using the Overground Network brand, TfL introduced consistent information displays, station signage and maps on selected routes in South London. Although this pilot was purely an exercise in branding, it was the first instance of TfL having a visible influence over National Rail services in London. The Overground Network pilot has since been withdrawn. In January 2004 the Department for Transport announced a review of the rail industry in the United Kingdom. As part of that review, proposals were put forward by Transport for London for a "London Regional Rail Authority" to be established, which would give TfL regulatory powers over rail services in and around Greater London. A result of this consultation was...