Harringay Green Lanes station to close for the whole of September

BARKING-GOSPEL OAK LINE USER GROUP
www.barking-gospeloak.org.uk


AUGUST 2008 NEWS UPDATE

STAND BY FOR SEPTEMBER SHUTDOWN!

At the end of August our line closes for major upgrade works, to increase its freight and passenger capacity and enable more frequent services to be run. The line will be completely closed (except for engineering trains) from September 1st to 28th inclusive, with buses replacing trains. In addition, the North London Line will be closed completely from September 1st until November 16th between Gospel Oak and Willesden Junction, also from September 22nd to 28th between Gospel Oak and Camden Road – again, with buses replacing trains. (Between Camden Road and Willesden, trains will be diverted via Queens Park). Full details can be found on TfL’s and LOROL’s websites (www.tfl.gov.uk and www.lorol.co.uk - there are links to both from ours), or at stations.

Our line’s replacement bus service will run in two sections: Barking-Blackhorse Road and Blackhorse Road-Gospel Oak, plus a shuttle between Walthamstow Central and Queens Road. Operators LOROL will be monitoring operations closely and may decide to vary the arrangements in the light of experience, but at least all our stations are now staffed so advice and guidance should be readily available. We shall also put details of any changes on our website. People with Oyster cards will be advised to touch in and out at stations as per usual, but check the likely cost of your journey if you decide to take an alternative route – if you have to touch in/out more often than usual, you may be better off getting a weekly or monthly Travelcard. We shall be monitoring the bus arrangements closely and feeding-back to LOROL and TfL, so please email us via our website with full details of any problems you encounter.