Date: 24/05/2019

Trains are occasionally late, but these trains should have arrived more than a year ago. The brand new four carriage electric trains were expected to be running on the north London Gospel Oak to Barking line in January 2018. But they were not ready in time, and the existing stock had already been sold on. Transport for London borrowed three trains from other Overground routes to keep the line running, but rail users saw services dwindle from four an hour to just two. The delay was caused by software problems with the new trains.

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Trains are occasionally late, but these trains should have arrived more than a year ago. The brand new four carriage electric trains were expected to be running on the north London Gospel Oak to Barking line in January 2018. But they were not ready in time, and the existing stock had already been sold on. Transport for London borrowed three trains from other Overground routes to keep the line running, but rail users saw services dwindle from four an hour to just two.

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378210, with a London Overground service to Richmond, departing from Gospel Oak station in the heavy snow of a freezing Sunday afternoon, 20th January 2013. Most people who alighted here were armed with sledges, off to enjoy themselves on the slippery slopes of Parliament Hill which the line runs alongside just to the west of the station.
Location: Gospel Oak
Company: Hampstead Junction Railway (London and North Western Railway)
20/01/2013 David Bosher

378232, temporarily drafted in by TfL to supplement the London Overground GOBLIN service while waiting for the much delayed class 710 EMUs, departing from Wanstead Park station, on 13th February 2019. I alighted here after boarding the train at Crouch Hill; having known this line for more than half a century and only ever travelled on it in diesel units, my first ride on an electric train had a slightly dream-like feel to it. However, 378232 made light work of the steep incline east of Walthamstow Queen's Road station, the 172 diesel units always seem to require a great deal of effort. The only drawback is that on the 378s we have to travel sideways and sit on those paving stones that pass for the seats; on the 172s you can sit facing direction of travel, the seats were reasonably comfortable AND they related to the windows, too.
Location: Wanstead Park
Company: Tottenham and Forest Gate Railway
13/02/2019 David Bosher