London Overground Barking - Gospel Oak Latest News From BGORUG

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by Glenn Wallis on November 17, 2018 at 19:06

PLEASE DISCARD THE PREVIOUS VERSION SENT OUT OVERNIGHT

Perhaps I should try going to bed at a reasonable hour!

GW

                         

 

BGORUG BULLETIN 16^TH NOVEMBER 2018

 

WEEKEND SERVICE REDUCTIONS

 

This week has been a hectic week for BGORUG, with new developments occurring daily, sometimes even more frequently. Information about the reduced weekend train service, starting tomorrow (Saturday) has been trickling out from TfL. Today, it was learned that rail replacement buses Route J (Highgate Road – Seven Sisters via Finsbury Park) and Route T (Barking – Walthamstow Central via Harrow Green) will also be running every half hour every weekend until Sunday 23^rd December when the service becomes a full daily rail replacement service until at least 1^st January (Except 25/26^th December), see below for more information.

 

The six diesel trains come off sublease on 31^st December and return to West Midlands 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.

 

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.

 

• ▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by Louisa Spivack on November 23, 2018 at 9:55

Whatever happened to the electrification of the line? Are we ever going to get new trains?

• ▶ Reply