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Introducing ‘London Overground’
NLR and ELR Connection; the Orbirail Network
Dalston Curve
Transport for London, London Rail London Overground East London - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Transport for London, London Rail London Overground East London - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Transport for London, London Rail London Overground East London Railway & Stations Improvements Public Meeting: Naborhood Centre, Sydenham Road 14th March 2007 Introducing London Overground Dalston Curve NLR and ELR Connection;
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Overground - the regeneration railway
ELL Phase 2 (Uncommitted)
Brockley Honor Oak Park Forest Hill Sydenham
Dalston Curve
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Example: Sydenham, 2006
Station challenges
Difficult station access and poor signage Poor waiting facilities and accommodations Poor interior station layout (difficult access to ticket office)
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Overground stations
- November 2007:
TfL takes over existing North London stations
- Four stage approach:
Enabling works/Oyster/Gating Blitz clean Refurbishment: includes upgraded information, help points and CCTV Rebuild some stations
- Lewisham stations served by London Overground:
Sydenham; Honor Oak Park; Brockley; Forest Hill; New Cross Gate; New Cross Network Rail via the DfT funding under Access for All will introduce step free access
- Improvement package for refurbished stations:
better waiting facilities, better lighting, CCTV, help points, provision of Oyster validators and ticket vending machines
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New trains on London Overground
- Contract awarded to Bombardier
- £223M contract to deliver:
– 20 x 4 car units (ELR) December 09 – 24 x 3 car units (NLR) December 08
- Constructed in Derby & maintained at New Cross Gate
- Key features include:
wider seats, wheelchair provision, CCTV, audio and visual real time information, wider gangway, better hand rail, air conditioning, walk through carriages, regenerative braking
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Overground infrastructure; East London Line Project
- £40m Enabling Works finished
January 2007 included bridge works, arch repairs and preparation of track formation
- Main Works Contract let in October
2006, includes remainder of works including a dedicated new depot at New Cross Gate
- Line closure 22nd December 2007
- Re-opening to West Croydon and
Crystal Palace by June 2010
- Link to Highbury & Islington secured
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Improved services on the East London Railway
- Regular ELL services:8 trains per hour, all day,
and 7 days a week
- Overground train stopping at all stations
- Operating hours to match LU
- Faster journey time to Canary Wharf
(between 7 - 11 minutes saving)
- Provide improved links to the Docklands, where