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SERVICE BOOST FOR LONDON OVERGROUND
Overground passengers are now benefiting from longer trains on popular routes.
Capacity has been increased by 25 per cent on the east London, west London, north London and Euston to Watford lines, offering customers better, more comfortable journeys.
Trains on these routes have been lengthened from four to five carriages as part of a £320million investment programme, to help meet the rising demand for the popular rail service. It means each train has room for an extra 170 passengers. Continued investment has helped to improve and expand the service, with measures such as CCTV, better security, increased accessibility and staff present at every station.
TfL's Director of London Overground, Mike Stubbs, said: 'Over the whole network, we now carry 176million passengers a year, which is six times the number we carried when we took over this railway in 2007. The extra carriages that we have now introduced are enabling us to continue to provide our customers with the high quality of safe, reliable and frequent services that they need and expect. It is services like these that connect communities, and support new homes, jobs and economic growth across London.'
London Overground will also be able to carry more passengers on the Gospel Oak to Barking route once the line is electrified and its diesel trains are replaced with electric trains in 2018.
For more information, go to the Overground page on the TfL website.
