London Overground

Train arriving at Camden Road

The blogger at London Reconnections has recently written a series of three posts about the past, present and future of the London Overground. So far TfL has scored a big hit with the way that it has brought to life the tired old services that used to run on the North London Line and other services that now make up the new network. Another blogger, Diamond Geezer, has documented the improvement in the frequency of trains thanks to the new service.

Overground crossing the Canal

The Class 378 Capitalstar trains were made by Bombadier. This is the company based in Derby that recently failed to be selected as the preferred bidder to supply the new trains for the Thameslink service.

The Overground will make a complete circuit of London once the orbital route to Clapham Junction to Surrey Keys is complete. However trains will never make a complete circuit.