Subsequent Developments
Passenger services on most of the lines involved were transferred to the control of TfL on 11 November 2007, and have been rebranded London Overground. TfL and Network Rail are pursuing the recommendations in the RUS.
With the removal of the Eurostar depot to Temple Mills in November 2007, access via the WLL to the former depot at Old Oak Common is no longer required.
During autumn 2008, works requiring extended closure were conducted on extensive parts of the London Overground network, mainly to allow the passage of freight trains to W10 gauge. Further extensive works, requiring selective closure, are scheduled to be carried out in 2009 and early 2010.
Construction works on the ELL and its extensions at both ends are at an advanced stage. For example the bridge over Shoreditch High Street that links the realigned route to Whitechapel with the Haggerston viaduct has been installed. The extended line between Dalston Junction in the north and Crystal Palace and West Croydon in the south is due to open as part of London Overground in 2010.
TfL are promising additional/replacement rolling stock commencing (as originally stated) in 2008, then 2009, now promised for 2010. However, lengthening of trains to four units, along with increase in service to 4tph over the whole network, appears to have been pushed into the medium term, planned for 2011.
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