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| 15-February-2024, Overground Line Namings |
| 14-March-2023, Flying Gazebo causes train delays |
| 20-March-2019, Steam To The Rescue? No Such Luck, But First Steam Train On Barking – Gospel Oak Line For 3 Years Due On Saturday |
| 08-March-2019, Crunch Time! TfL Confirms That It Will Be Down To Just 3 Trains On The Barking – Gospel Oak Line From 18th March |
08-February-2019, Train Crisis: Tfl Finally Acts!
3 Borrowed Trains Brought In But Tfl Just Kicks Can Down The Road |
| 10-October-2018, New Trains Start Rolling at Last! |
10-October-2018, Can't Take the Train Crush? Take The Bus!
London Overground introduces new crowd-busting 'express' buses to Walthamstow Central from Leyton Midland Road and Leytonstone High Road stations |
| 10-September-2018, Rail Users Stand by their Claim! Rail user group angry as their press release is rubbished by Transport for London |
| 30-August-2018, Commuters Delayed up to 45 mins by Meltdown on London Overground's Misery Line |
| 25-June-2018, New Overground Trains – The Wait Goes On! Due In Spring, Now It's November! As New Train Is Returned To Builder, Rail Users Ask What Was The Point Of TfL 'Launch' Event? |
| 30-May-2018, Train Boss Guarantees Ghost Trains! Five Trains Are Missing From New Overground Timetable, But TfL Says They Will Continue To Run Until New Four-Coach Trains Arrive In Autumn |
17-May-2018, 3 Days To Go - No Timetable!
The summer London Overground timetables start on Sunday 20th May but the Barking – Gospel Oak timetable is still 'in production'! |
06-February-2017, Rail Disruption To Continue As Electrification Project Overruns
After 9-Month Closure Trains To Start Running Again But Disruption Is Not Over |
| 19-September-2016, It's The Last Train To Gospel Oak! And if you miss Saturday morning's 00:10 South Tottenham to Gospel Oak Overground, there'll never be another one... until 30th January 2017! |
12-September-2016, 5-Month Local Overground Closure Starts in 2 weeks! Many face paying more in fares for worse journeys
Gospel Oak – Barking line closes on 24th September until 30th January 2017 |
| 08-June-2016, The Last Train's Gone! Part of a vital London raillink has closed for 8 months to allow much-needed electrification to take place |
| 31-May-2016, So Much for the Fares Freeze! As vital commuter route closes for 8 months of continuous engineering work, many rail passengers face paying more in fares |
| 23-May-2016, Last Saturday Trains Until Next Year. This Saturday is the last chance for Barking – Gospel Oak rail users to make a day trip by rail from their local Overground station before their line closes until next February! |
| 25-April-2016, Rail Line Closure Fares Confusion, TfL Gives Some Clarity. TfL acts quickly to reassure commuters but some questions remain |
| 20-April-2016, Will Your Fare Increase When The Line Closes? As Overground rail line closure looms, commuters are urged to check their fares won't be higher |
| 04-April-2016, No More Weekend Trains on Local Overground Line. As work to electrify the Barking – Gospel Oak line moves up a gear, weekend services are withdrawn ahead of total closure in June for 8 months |
| 15-December-2015, December, 2015 News Round-up |
| 13-October-2015, Green Light for Electric Trains at Last! Rail users welcome news that the contract for long awaited electrification works has finally been placed |
| 10-August-2015, Stay Clear of Victoria Line Disruption! The closure of the Walthamstow – Seven Sisters section of the Victoria Line for most of August is not just bad news for Victoria Line commuters, Overground passengers on the Barking – Gospel Oak Line will be affected as displaced Underground users switch to alternative routes. |
| 06-July-2015, Passengers Snubbed by Rail Bosses! In spite of over two months notice, train and rail infrastructure managers refuse to face frustrated passengers |
| 19-June-2015, BGORUG Comment on TfL Press Release. Thousands of London Overground customers set for new trains as TfL awards contract to Bombardier Transportation |
| 26-May-2015, Commuters' Dreams Turn to Nightmares! The wait for more carriages goes on and on. |
| 13-January-2015, Bus strike delays rail users. Not only were many thousands of TfL’s bus users affected, but several thousands of TfL’s rail users were too! |
| 04-July-2014, Rail Users Mourn Loss of Dedicated Transport Campaigner. The father of the London Overground, Richard Pout dies of a heart attack. |
| 16-December-2013, Christmas 2013, Check Your Trains Before You Travel! |
| 03-July-2013, Buses to Replace Trains This Sunday Between Barking & Gospel Oak |
| 28-June-2013, Barking Station Manager Promises Improvements |
| 20-June-2013, Chancellor Lobbied For Urgent £25M Local Railway Investment. London MPs & Assembly call for Government Spending Review to include Barking – Gospel Oak rail infill electrification scheme to ease overcrowding and cut pollution |
| 03-June-2013, Rail Users Score Local Successes, Electrification campaign receives a boost from Walthamstow MP Stella Creasy |
| 22-May-2013, Spring Bank Holiday Rail Travel in NE London. With reasonable weather promised, you can get out and about by rail this Spring Bank Holiday weekend – with a few exceptions! |
| 31-March-2013, No Joy for Crushed Commuters in the Budget. Chancellor offers a possibility of funding in 2015 |
| 28-March-2013, No Engineering Work on London Overground This Easter! |
| 20-March-2013, MPs & Assembly Members Pressure Government on Electrification |
| 03-March-2013, Crushed Rail Passengers Misled by Transport for London (Revised). TfL finally corrects inaccurate press release |
| 28-February-2013, Crushed Rail Passengers Misled by Transport for London |
| 21-January-2013, Vital Electrification Scheme Falls Into a £5bn Funding Gap! Continued Government refusal to fund Barking – Gospel Oak electrification threatens to stall plans for extra carriages for crowded trains |
| 11-December-2012, TfL to shelter more Newham and Waltham Forest Overground passengers. Announcement is welcome surprise for rail users |
| 16-July-2012, Overground Users Warn Passengers to Avoid Line During Olympics. TfL cut commuter train as user group calls for extra evening and Sunday trains during Games |
| 02-July-2012, Overground users warn of all day crush during Olympics. Rail group calls for extra evening and Sunday trains |
| 08-May-2012, Mayor urged to work his socks off to secure vital rail investment in North East London! |
| 03-April-2012, Brian Paddick backs vital investment in local rail line. Lib Dem Mayoral candidate gives support to rail users’ campaign for electrification and more coaches on London Overground's Barking – Gospel Oak Line |
| 21-February-2012, Olympic Pain for no Gain. Olympic rail works at Stratford to halt Barking – Gospel Oak trains this coming Sunday and Monday! |
| 06-January-2012, TfL Fares are Up, Overcrowding Continues. Mayor raises fares while condemning local Overground passengers to wait in the rain for packed rush hours trains. |
| 01-November-2011, Small Respite for Crushed Commuters! Overground operator provides extra train to relieve the very worst overcrowding on Barking – Gospel Oak Line |
| 18-October-2010, First New Trains For 50 Years Are Well Worth The Wait! |