Accounts of what is happening in the world of transport in London in the past few months have largely been focused on Crossrail and Thameslink. Whilst these two major construction projects (together totalling over £22billion) …
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Peeling the Orange: Usage Stats on the London Overground
Last month’s Rail and Underground panel featured an interesting short report that broke down London Overground usage and ridership. It included a look at the East London Line figures since its reopening. We looked in …
Continue readingAn ELL and NLL Overground Roundup
Last week saw an opportunity arise to see the work taking place on Phase 2 of the ELL Extension close up, as well as pay a brief visit to the new NLL control centre at …
Continue reading313 Special Cancelled, But 4-Car 378s Imminent
Unfortunately, it appears that the special 313 final service on the North London Line has now been cancelled. This is because there will no longer be a 313 unit available to run the service. On …
Continue readingThe Bigger Picture. – Out of Town relief in sight for the NLL
The Secretary of State for Transport has approved Network Rail’s Nuneaton North chord application. Our thanks and copyright acknowledgements to Flickrist – Stephen Rees for his picture of a Felixstowe bound Freightliner emerging from the …
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