All Discussions Tagged 'barking to gospel oak line' - Harringay online2024-03-29T14:08:25Zhttps://harringayonline.com/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=barking+to+gospel+oak+line&feed=yes&xn_auth=noThe Goblintag:harringayonline.com,2019-02-28:844301:Topic:11526642019-02-28T14:45:51.053Zandy hhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/andrewhunt
<p>I had a look at the londonist today and this was top of the pile.</p>
<p>I'd imagine its already been posted and discussed but.....</p>
<p><a href="https://londonist.com/london/transport/gospel-oak-to-barking-problems">https://londonist.com/london/transport/gospel-oak-to-barking-problems</a></p>
<p>I had a look at the londonist today and this was top of the pile.</p>
<p>I'd imagine its already been posted and discussed but.....</p>
<p><a href="https://londonist.com/london/transport/gospel-oak-to-barking-problems">https://londonist.com/london/transport/gospel-oak-to-barking-problems</a></p> BARKING - GOSPEL OAK TRAIN CRISIS LATESTtag:harringayonline.com,2019-02-10:844301:Topic:11499602019-02-10T11:05:35.298ZGlenn Wallishttps://harringayonline.com/profile/GlennWallis
<ul>
<li><strong>TRAIN CRISIS: TfL FINALLY ACTS!</strong></li>
<li><strong>3 BORROWED TRAINS BROUGHT IN</strong></li>
<li><strong>BUT TfL JUST KICKS THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD</strong></li>
<li><strong>TRAIN SERVICE COLLAPSE NOW DUE BY MARCH</strong></li>
</ul>
<p></p>
<p>Latest BGORUG press release (08/02/2019) now posted on our website.…</p>
<p></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>TRAIN CRISIS: TfL FINALLY ACTS!</strong></li>
<li><strong>3 BORROWED TRAINS BROUGHT IN</strong></li>
<li><strong>BUT TfL JUST KICKS THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD</strong></li>
<li><strong>TRAIN SERVICE COLLAPSE NOW DUE BY MARCH</strong></li>
</ul>
<p></p>
<p>Latest BGORUG press release (08/02/2019) now posted on our website.</p>
<p><a href="http://barking-gospeloak.org.uk/documents/20190208_press_release.pdf">http://barking-gospeloak.org.uk/documents/20190208_press_release.pdf</a></p>
<p></p>
<p></p> Barking - Gospel Oak New Year Train Crisistag:harringayonline.com,2019-01-12:844301:Topic:11445162019-01-12T08:39:20.249ZGlenn Wallishttps://harringayonline.com/profile/GlennWallis
<p>BGORUG has just posted on its website a review of the crisis that is just about to engulf the service. It finds that Transport for London (TfL) have had at least a year to plan to keep the trains running, but chose to do nothing and so now there will be no trains left to run!</p>
<p>To read the full report visit <a href="https://tinyurl.com/yb5q8ghe">https://tinyurl.com/yb5q8ghe</a></p>
<p>BGORUG has just posted on its website a review of the crisis that is just about to engulf the service. It finds that Transport for London (TfL) have had at least a year to plan to keep the trains running, but chose to do nothing and so now there will be no trains left to run!</p>
<p>To read the full report visit <a href="https://tinyurl.com/yb5q8ghe">https://tinyurl.com/yb5q8ghe</a></p> London Overground Barking - Gospel Oak Latest News From BGORUGtag:harringayonline.com,2018-11-16:844301:Topic:11344632018-11-16T21:15:05.469ZGlenn Wallishttps://harringayonline.com/profile/GlennWallis
<p>This week has been a hectic week for BGORUG, with new developments occurring daily, sometimes more frequently. Information about the reduced weekend service, starting tomorrow (Saturday) has been trickling out from TfL. Today, it was learned (not from TfL) that rail replacement buses Routes <strong><em>J</em></strong> (Highgate Road - Seven Sisters via Finsbury Park) and Route <strong><em>T</em></strong> (Barking – Walthamstow Central via Harrow Green) will also be running every half hour…</p>
<p>This week has been a hectic week for BGORUG, with new developments occurring daily, sometimes more frequently. Information about the reduced weekend service, starting tomorrow (Saturday) has been trickling out from TfL. Today, it was learned (not from TfL) that rail replacement buses Routes <strong><em>J</em></strong> (Highgate Road - Seven Sisters via Finsbury Park) and Route <strong><em>T</em></strong> (Barking – Walthamstow Central via Harrow Green) will also be running every half hour every weekend until Sunday 23<sup>rd</sup> December when the service becomes full daily rail replacement services until at least 1<sup>st</sup> January (Except 25/26<sup>th</sup> December), see attachments for more information.</p>
<p>The six diesel trains come off sublease on 31<sup>st</sup> January and return to West Midland Trains, so the full daily replacement bus service will continue until Arrival Rail London (ARL) has enough new trains to run the rail service. At the moment, ARL has yet to take delivery of a single new train. The bus services will likely continue into February.</p>
<p>BGORUG has managed to obtain an emergency meeting with TfL’s London Overground Director, Jonathan Fox and Planning Chief, Geoff Hobbs, on Monday. Any new information will be passed on as soon as possible.</p> LONDON OVERGROUND BARKING - GOSPEL OAK LATEST NEWS FROM BGORUGtag:harringayonline.com,2018-11-12:844301:Topic:11333932018-11-12T20:13:48.332ZGlenn Wallishttps://harringayonline.com/profile/GlennWallis
<p class="yiv7590812874ydpc6288479yiv4852844818ydpa2c3b351MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: Gill Sans MT, sans-serif;">This bulletin was issued by BGORUG this morning…<br></br></span></p>
<p class="yiv7590812874ydpc6288479yiv4852844818ydpa2c3b351MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p>
<p class="yiv7590812874ydpc6288479yiv4852844818ydpa2c3b351MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p>
<p class="yiv7590812874ydpc6288479yiv4852844818ydpa2c3b351MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: Gill Sans MT, sans-serif;">This bulletin was issued by BGORUG this morning<br/></span></p>
<p class="yiv7590812874ydpc6288479yiv4852844818ydpa2c3b351MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p>
<p class="yiv7590812874ydpc6288479yiv4852844818ydpa2c3b351MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: Gill Sans MT, sans-serif;">YET MORE PAIN BEFORE ANY GAIN!</span></b></p>
<div><div class="yiv7590812874ydpc6288479yiv4852844818ydp3673244eyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><p class="yiv7590812874ydpc6288479yiv4852844818ydpa2c3b351MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Gill Sans MT, sans-serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="yiv7590812874ydpc6288479yiv4852844818ydpa2c3b351MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Gill Sans MT, sans-serif;">NEW TRAINS DELAYED YET AGAIN</span></b></p>
<p class="yiv7590812874ydpc6288479yiv4852844818ydpa2c3b351MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Gill Sans MT, sans-serif;">As previously reported, the new Class 710/2 4-car electric units at Willesden depot started running on Network Rail tracks on 3<sup>rd</sup> October. However, just as suddenly as such trips to Barking and Crewe started they abruptly stopped after 27<sup>th</sup> October! To date, no further Class 710 movements have occurred. It can only be assumed that these trips revealed problems serious enough to cause Network Rail to suspend Type Approval. Before Bombardier can hand over a unit to Arriva Rail London (ARL), it has to have run without any fault for 2,000 miles. Bombardier was contracted to hand over the first unit in January 2018. A recent Transport for London (TfL) tweet (@LDNOverground) said the first Class 710 units to enter public service on the Barking – Gospel Oak route would do so in January 2019.</span></p>
<p class="yiv7590812874ydpc6288479yiv4852844818ydpa2c3b351MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Gill Sans MT, sans-serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="yiv7590812874ydpc6288479yiv4852844818ydpa2c3b351MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Gill Sans MT, sans-serif;">Throughout the last few months BGORUG has been regularly asking TfL for meetings and updates, all to no avail. A BGORUG member said recently, “TfL should treat its customers as intelligent adults and just announce exactly what is going on. No spin. No accusations. Just facts. It won’t make everyone happy but at least those who pay for the service will feel part of the <i>family</i>”.</span></p>
<p class="yiv7590812874ydpc6288479yiv4852844818ydpa2c3b351MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Gill Sans MT, sans-serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="yiv7590812874ydpc6288479yiv4852844818ydpa2c3b351MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Gill Sans MT, sans-serif;">TRAIN SHORTAGE CRISIS DEEPENS</span></b></p>
<p class="yiv7590812874ydpc6288479yiv4852844818ydpa2c3b351MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Gill Sans MT, sans-serif;">When the lease held by ARL on the eight Class 172/0 diesel 2-car units that maintain the Barking – Gospel Oak service expired on 30<sup>th</sup> June, unit 172 002 transferred to the new lease holder, West Midlands Trains (WMT) straight away, causing the withdrawal of five peak-time trains and a surge in cancellations among the trains left in the timetable.</span></p>
<p class="yiv7590812874ydpc6288479yiv4852844818ydpa2c3b351MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 6.0pt; font-family: Gill Sans MT, sans-serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="yiv7590812874ydpc6288479yiv4852844818ydpa2c3b351MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Gill Sans MT, sans-serif;">That started the struggle to try to discover what fate awaited the seven trains still with ARL and working on the Barking – Gospel Oak line. In spite of several questions to the Mayor by Assembly Members Jennette Arnold OBE, Andrew Dismore and Caroline Pidgeon MBE, TfL has never admitted to the Mayor that 172 002 has left the ARL fleet, but it was announced that WMT had granted a sublease of the Class 172/0s to ARL. Although 172 002 never returned to the fleet and a joint Bombardier/TfL press announcement stated that the Class 172/0s would transfer progressively to WMT, but gave no dates. In view of growing rumours that another Class 172/0 was about to transfer out of the ARL fleet, on 19<sup>th</sup> October Caroline Pidgeon asked the Mayor the dates that the sublease of each Class 172/0 unit would expire. The reply was merely that commercial negotiations were still ongoing.</span></p>
<p class="yiv7590812874ydpc6288479yiv4852844818ydpa2c3b351MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 6.0pt; font-family: Gill Sans MT, sans-serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="yiv7590812874ydpc6288479yiv4852844818ydpa2c3b351MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Gill Sans MT, sans-serif;">In the first full week of November, informed sources stated that unit 172 006 would be going off sublease at the end of the week, sure enough, 172 006 departed Willesden depot for Bombardier’s facility at Ilford on Saturday 10<sup>th</sup> November. That day there were 23 cancelled trains on the Barking – Gospel Oak service. On Sunday 11<sup>th</sup> November 39 trains were cancelled. There are now six units left to cover the six unit diagrams in the Barking – Gospel Oak timetable. With no spare train to cover breakdowns or maintenance, prospects for passengers are indeed grim. Caroline Pidgeon will again be pressing the Mayor for the dates each Class 172/0 unit will transfer to WMT. If any more units leave the ARL fleet before February 2019, it will be impossible to operate the published Barking – Gospel Oak timetable and more replacement buses will be required. TfL have ruled out bringing in any other trains as a stop-gap.</span></p>
<p class="yiv7590812874ydpc6288479yiv4852844818ydpa2c3b351MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Gill Sans MT, sans-serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="yiv7590812874ydpc6288479yiv4852844818ydpa2c3b351MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Gill Sans MT, sans-serif;">Sadly BGORUG has to advise passengers to seek alternative routes to the line if at all possible. Otherwise, allow much more time for your journeys, expect cancellations, extended intervals in service and severe overcrowding.</span></b></p>
<p class="yiv7590812874ydpc6288479yiv4852844818ydpa2c3b351MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Gill Sans MT, sans-serif;"> </span></b></p>
<p class="yiv7590812874ydpc6288479yiv4852844818ydpa2c3b351MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: Gill Sans MT, sans-serif;">LEYTON MIDLAND ROAD RECOMMENDED FOR STEP FREE ACCESS</span></b></p>
<p class="yiv7590812874ydpc6288479yiv4852844818ydpa2c3b351MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Gill Sans MT, sans-serif;">An online petition started by Leytonstone Councillor and Deputy Leader of Waltham Forest Council, Clyde Loakes, calling for Leyton and Leytonstone Underground and Overground stations to be made step-free has resulted in the Mayor announcing that Leyton Midland Road was among 21 Overground stations he has submitted to the Department of Transport’s (DfT) <i>Access for All</i> fund for approval in Control Period 6 (CP6) (2019 – 2024).</span></p>
<p class="yiv7590812874ydpc6288479yiv4852844818ydpa2c3b351MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Gill Sans MT, sans-serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="yiv7590812874ydpc6288479yiv4852844818ydpa2c3b351MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Gill Sans MT, sans-serif;">While step-free access for Underground stations is funded from the Mayor’s TfL budget, Overground stations are considered part of the national rail network and step-free access is funded by the DfT. As <i>Access for All</i> is a national fund, there will be fierce competition from train operators and local authorities across the country for funding (£50m deferred from CP5 and £300m for new schemes) and so only a very few stations nominated by the Mayor are likely to receive funding. Leytonstone High Road station was not recommended as it failed to meet the DfT’s criteria, including likely demand and deliverability.</span></p>
<p class="yiv7590812874ydpc6288479yiv4852844818ydpa2c3b351MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Gill Sans MT, sans-serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="yiv7590812874ydpc6288479yiv4852844818ydpa2c3b351MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: Gill Sans MT, sans-serif;">LINE CLOSURES FOR ENGINEERING WORK</span></b></p>
<p class="yiv7590812874ydpc6288479yiv4852844818ydpa2c3b351MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Gill Sans MT, sans-serif;">Sunday 2<sup>nd</sup> December<span> </span> until 12:30<span> </span> Barking – South Tottenham</span></p>
<p class="yiv7590812874ydpc6288479yiv4852844818ydpa2c3b351MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Gill Sans MT, sans-serif;">Sunday 23<sup>rd</sup> December – Tuesday 1<sup>st</sup> January<span> </span> Barking – South Tottenham</span></p>
<p class="yiv7590812874ydpc6288479yiv4852844818ydpa2c3b351MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Gill Sans MT, sans-serif;">Saturday 5<sup>th</sup> January – Sunday 6<sup>th</sup> January<span> </span> Barking – South Tottenham</span></p>
<p class="yiv7590812874ydpc6288479yiv4852844818ydpa2c3b351MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Gill Sans MT, sans-serif;">Sunday 13<sup>th</sup> January<span> </span> until 15:30<span> </span> Barking – South Tottenham</span></p>
<p class="yiv7590812874ydpc6288479yiv4852844818ydpa2c3b351MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Gill Sans MT, sans-serif;">Saturday 19<sup>th</sup> January<span> </span> Barking – South Tottenham</span></p>
<p class="yiv7590812874ydpc6288479yiv4852844818ydpa2c3b351MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Gill Sans MT, sans-serif;">Sunday 20<sup>th</sup> January<span> </span> Barking – Gospel Oak</span></p>
<p class="yiv7590812874ydpc6288479yiv4852844818ydpa2c3b351MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Gill Sans MT, sans-serif;">Sunday 7<sup>th</sup> April <span> </span> until 12:30<span> </span> Barking – South Tottenham</span></p>
<p class="yiv7590812874ydpc6288479yiv4852844818ydpa2c3b351MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Gill Sans MT, sans-serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="yiv7590812874ydpc6288479yiv4852844818ydpa2c3b351MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Gill Sans MT, sans-serif;"><em>Following issuing the above this morning, TfL has responded by stating that they plan to operate a reduced sevice at weekends to allow more maintenance time for the six remaining diesel trains and that more details will be issued soon. So far there have been five cancellations today. Chair of the Assembly Transport Committee, Caroline Pidgeon MBE, will be asking the Mayor further questions later this month.</em><br/></span></p>
<p class="yiv7590812874ydpc6288479yiv4852844818ydpa2c3b351MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Gill Sans MT, sans-serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="yiv7590812874ydpc6288479yiv4852844818ydpa2c3b351MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Gill Sans MT, sans-serif;">Glenn Wallis</span></p>
<p class="yiv7590812874ydpc6288479yiv4852844818ydpa2c3b351MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Gill Sans MT, sans-serif;">Secretary</span></p>
<p class="yiv7590812874ydpc6288479yiv4852844818ydpa2c3b351MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Gill Sans MT, sans-serif;">Barking – Gospel Oak Rail User Group</span></p>
<p class="yiv7590812874ydpc6288479yiv4852844818ydpa2c3b351MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Gill Sans MT, sans-serif;">Barking-gospeloak.org.uk</span></p>
<p class="yiv7590812874ydpc6288479yiv4852844818ydpa2c3b351MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Gill Sans MT, sans-serif;">@RidingtheGoblin<span> </span></span></p>
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</div> London Overground Barking - Gospel Oak Latest News From BGORUGtag:harringayonline.com,2018-10-11:844301:Topic:11252792018-10-11T13:27:05.582ZGlenn Wallishttps://harringayonline.com/profile/GlennWallis
<p>BGORUG issued two press releases yesterday and these are now up on our website:</p>
<p>"Can't take the train crush? Take the bus!" <a href="https://tinyurl.com/ycysfh3f">https://tinyurl.com/ycysfh3f</a></p>
<p>"New trains start rolling at last!" <a href="https://tinyurl.com/y8ok6h3d">https://tinyurl.com/y8ok6h3d</a></p>
<p>Glenn Wallis, Secretary, Barking - Gospel Oak Rail User Group, barking-gospeloak.org.uk, @RidingtheGoblin</p>
<p>BGORUG issued two press releases yesterday and these are now up on our website:</p>
<p>"Can't take the train crush? Take the bus!" <a href="https://tinyurl.com/ycysfh3f">https://tinyurl.com/ycysfh3f</a></p>
<p>"New trains start rolling at last!" <a href="https://tinyurl.com/y8ok6h3d">https://tinyurl.com/y8ok6h3d</a></p>
<p>Glenn Wallis, Secretary, Barking - Gospel Oak Rail User Group, barking-gospeloak.org.uk, @RidingtheGoblin</p> BGORUG Press Release: Rail Users Stand by their Claim!tag:harringayonline.com,2018-09-11:844301:Topic:11182462018-09-11T14:52:43.774ZGlenn Wallishttps://harringayonline.com/profile/GlennWallis
<div id="yiv7303571352yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1536592775146_61094">Rail user group furious as their press release, detailing the severe disruption that happened on the Barking - Gospel Oak rail line on 29 August, is <i id="yiv7303571352yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1536592775146_61250">rubbished</i> by Transport for London.</div>
<div><a href="https://tinyurl.com/yccqkl97">https://tinyurl.com/yccqkl97</a></div>
<div id="yiv7303571352yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1536592775146_61094">Rail user group furious as their press release, detailing the severe disruption that happened on the Barking - Gospel Oak rail line on 29 August, is <i id="yiv7303571352yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1536592775146_61250">rubbished</i> by Transport for London.</div>
<div><a href="https://tinyurl.com/yccqkl97">https://tinyurl.com/yccqkl97</a></div> Information Wanted re Serious Incident Involving an Lo Barking - Gospel Oak Train on Friday 31/08/2018tag:harringayonline.com,2018-09-02:844301:Topic:11157632018-09-02T20:52:29.422ZGlenn Wallishttps://harringayonline.com/profile/GlennWallis
<p>I have received credible reports of a serious incident in the Harringay area during Friday afternoon, 31 August 2018 that involved a London Overground train.</p>
<p>If anyone reading this witnessed the event, or knows of someone who did and that someone is prepared to share the details, please initially reply to this so that we can set up a private comminication channel.</p>
<p>Thank You</p>
<p>Glenn Wallis, Secretry, Barking - Gospel Oak User Group, barking-gospeloak.org.uk,…</p>
<p>I have received credible reports of a serious incident in the Harringay area during Friday afternoon, 31 August 2018 that involved a London Overground train.</p>
<p>If anyone reading this witnessed the event, or knows of someone who did and that someone is prepared to share the details, please initially reply to this so that we can set up a private comminication channel.</p>
<p>Thank You</p>
<p>Glenn Wallis, Secretry, Barking - Gospel Oak User Group, barking-gospeloak.org.uk, @RidingtheGoblin</p> BGORUG Press Release in Disruption Weds Eve 29 Augtag:harringayonline.com,2018-08-31:844301:Topic:11152222018-08-31T19:31:33.092ZGlenn Wallishttps://harringayonline.com/profile/GlennWallis
<p>Luckily I saw the situation delevoping on RealTimeTrains & OpenTrainTimes and managed to a warning out to most of those attending our meeting and tweeted out the cancellations until I left home. TfL tweeted out nothing. They were more worried about a points failure at Bethanal Green! I travelled to our meeting via Hackney Downs/Central/Stratford/West Ham. Came home on the Goblin though.</p>
<p>Here is our press release on the disruption issued on 30/08/2018</p>
<p> …</p>
<p>Luckily I saw the situation delevoping on RealTimeTrains & OpenTrainTimes and managed to a warning out to most of those attending our meeting and tweeted out the cancellations until I left home. TfL tweeted out nothing. They were more worried about a points failure at Bethanal Green! I travelled to our meeting via Hackney Downs/Central/Stratford/West Ham. Came home on the Goblin though.</p>
<p>Here is our press release on the disruption issued on 30/08/2018</p>
<p> <a href="https://tinyurl.com/ybdm9dkj">https://tinyurl.com/ybdm9dkj</a></p>
<p>Glenn Wallis, Secretary, Barking - Gospel Oak Rail User Group, barking-gospeloak.org.uk, @RidingtheGoblin</p>
<p></p> Barking - Gospel Oak Overground Updatetag:harringayonline.com,2018-08-24:844301:Topic:11129262018-08-24T01:14:46.785ZGlenn Wallishttps://harringayonline.com/profile/GlennWallis
<p>This August bank holiday weekend the service will only operate between Gospel Oak and South Tottenham. To get further east, walk to Seven Sisters, take the Victoria Line to Walthamstow Central and then Overground replacement bus T, which runs every 20 minutes to Barking, although the nearest it goes to Leytonstone High Road is Harrow Green. Simples!</p>
<p></p>
<p>Other than that, not much to report, the rolling stock shortage continues, intending passengers should always plan for…</p>
<p>This August bank holiday weekend the service will only operate between Gospel Oak and South Tottenham. To get further east, walk to Seven Sisters, take the Victoria Line to Walthamstow Central and then Overground replacement bus T, which runs every 20 minutes to Barking, although the nearest it goes to Leytonstone High Road is Harrow Green. Simples!</p>
<p></p>
<p>Other than that, not much to report, the rolling stock shortage continues, intending passengers should always plan for cancellations, extended intervals in service and during Monday to Friday peak periods, extreme overcrowding.</p>
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<p>TfL have just re-engaged with us for the first time since late May and we are hopeful of a meeting with them to discuss improving the reliability of at least the morning Monday - Friday peak service up to 30 November. At the moment, no one has any sure idea of what happens after 30 November, when the remaning seven diesel trains transfer to West Midlands Trains, so it is impossible to plan for it!</p>
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<p>Glenn Wallis, Secretary, Barking - Gospel Oak Rail User Group,</p>
<p>barking-gospeloak.org.uk @RidingtheGoblin</p>