London Overground Barking - Gospel Oak Line fleet replacement complete.

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 orbital inner-suburban line before it was electrified at 25 kV 50 Hz last year.

The launch of electric services was delayed by problems with the Bombardier Transportation EMUs. As an interim measure, three existing Class 378 EMUs used on other London Overground routes were temporarily put into service on the Gospel Oak – Barking route, as the DMUs had to be cascaded to routes in the West Midlands. This meant that the frequency of services had to be reduced, although overall line capacity was maintained through the use of the longer trains. With the full Class 710 fleet now in service, TfL’s specified timetable of a train every 15 min can now be reintroduced.

Free travel from August 31 to October 1 is being offered as compensation for the late arrival of the new fleet. This is to be funded by Bombardier Transportation.

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