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Post by snoggle on Nov 10, 2017 1:10:53 GMT
10 years ago on 12/11 London Overground was launched by Ken Livingstone and Sir Peter Hendy - at Willesden Junction low level IIRC or possibly Hampstead Heath. LOROL actually took over on the 11th November.
What an interesting 10 years it has been with a regular programme of improvements and investment. I think it's one of the best developments in London's transport network in those ten years.
If anyone is not aware Diamond Geezer has been featured the Overground all week on his blog. Interesting articles and quizzes as ever.
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Post by redexpress on Nov 11, 2017 13:55:34 GMT
Only now catching up with DG's Overground week. Excellent stuff as ever. One thing that struck me was the list of least-used Overground stations. There's not a single GOBLIN station on the list. That would have seemed unbelievable to anyone who used the GOBLIN in pre-Overground days - which shows just how well the Overground has done. Happy birthday!
On a side note, I'm surprised to see Penge West in the list of least-used stations. Penge might not be the busiest of areas but it's no sleepy backwater either. Do most Pengeians prefer the Southeastern line?
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Post by sid on Nov 11, 2017 20:28:16 GMT
Only now catching up with DG's Overground week. Excellent stuff as ever. One thing that struck me was the list of least-used Overground stations. There's not a single GOBLIN station on the list. That would have seemed unbelievable to anyone who used the GOBLIN in pre-Overground days - which shows just how well the Overground has done. Happy birthday! On a side note, I'm surprised to see Penge West in the list of least-used stations. Penge might not be the busiest of areas but it's no sleepy backwater either. Do most Pengeians prefer the Southeastern line? Penge West and Anerley have always been relatively quiet stations. |
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Post by Whitherminter on Nov 12, 2017 0:58:48 GMT
Only now catching up with DG's Overground week. Excellent stuff as ever. One thing that struck me was the list of least-used Overground stations. There's not a single GOBLIN station on the list. That would have seemed unbelievable to anyone who used the GOBLIN in pre-Overground days - which shows just how well the Overground has done. Happy birthday! On a side note, I'm surprised to see Penge West in the list of least-used stations. Penge might not be the busiest of areas but it's no sleepy backwater either. Do most Pengeians prefer the Southeastern line? Penge West and Anerley have always been relatively quiet stations. Sid is right. These stations are pretty close to Crystal Palace station, which serves better connections. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2017 2:54:30 GMT
Last time I checked those foamy fingers were still at Clapham Junction.    --- Chris Date | CMPDTwitter: twitter.com/cmpd_date |
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Post by redexpress on Nov 12, 2017 14:48:38 GMT
Only now catching up with DG's Overground week. Excellent stuff as ever. One thing that struck me was the list of least-used Overground stations. There's not a single GOBLIN station on the list. That would have seemed unbelievable to anyone who used the GOBLIN in pre-Overground days - which shows just how well the Overground has done. Happy birthday! On a side note, I'm surprised to see Penge West in the list of least-used stations. Penge might not be the busiest of areas but it's no sleepy backwater either. Do most Pengeians prefer the Southeastern line? Penge West and Anerley have always been relatively quiet stations. This is true, but the same could have been said for a lot of the Overground stations in pre-Overground days. The point is that Penge West hasn't seen the same sort of Overground-led growth that many of the other stations have. I suppose it could be because the Overground hasn't actually added much to the service at Penge, unlike other areas where the service improvements have been more obvious. |
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Post by MetrolineGA1511 on Nov 26, 2017 20:32:14 GMT
Last time I checked those foamy fingers were still at Clapham Junction. --- Chris Date | CMPDTwitter: twitter.com/cmpd_dateBoris is posing at Clapham Junction to compensate for it being such a large inner London bus interchange without any LTs! |
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Post by overgroundcommuter on Dec 14, 2017 2:35:52 GMT
Penge West and Anerley have always been relatively quiet stations. This is true, but the same could have been said for a lot of the Overground stations in pre-Overground days. The point is that Penge West hasn't seen the same sort of Overground-led growth that many of the other stations have. I suppose it could be because the Overground hasn't actually added much to the service at Penge, unlike other areas where the service improvements have been more obvious. Another reason why is Sydenham and Crystal Palace are a quick bus ride away and in Zone 3. Cheaper than actually staying on the train. In the case of Penge West, Sydenham has 8tph on the Overground and 4tph Southern to London Bridge, compared to 4tph Overground from West Croydon and 2tph Southern to LBG. RRB's also avoid Penge West as it's not practical and Anerley is a short walk away. |
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