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As someone who lives in Thameslink territory I love those trains but hated when they ran 4 car st Albans service

Jubilee line announcement! The next station is London Bridge. Doors will open on the right hand side. Change for the Northern Line, London Overground and National Rail Services.

Cool! I love the diagrams

april fool's joke by tfl

At New Cross Gate and New Cross (and Surrey Quays for Peckham etc) there were replacement bus services , though these were not clearly marked nor appeared to be running to the advertised timetable

Could have done with that Thameslink stopping at New Cross Gate as additional service

Super great Video! 😀Thumbs Up👍

The overground also goes to Bermondsey (limited service) which is not on the map

Good to know that it is physically possible for Overground trains to travel to London Bridge. Longer term, the problem is Southern Trains’ reluctance to develop services from Crystal Palace, Sydenham, Forest Hill, Honor Oak Park and Brockley. Pre Overground, there were six trains an hour on most of this line, now there are just two. Half hourly services don’t provide any incentive for passengers to ‘turn up and go’, which is essential for any proper urban transport network. As a result, the few remaining Southern Trains on this route are often empty, whilst the more frequent Overground services are often packed - leading to further overcrowding for those changing at Canada Water on to the Jubilee Line.

The train also arrived in the Southern-only platform at New Cross Gate (platform 2) - it would usually arrive in platform 1

I think the Mayor of London should grab any slots that the privatised operators abandon and increase coverage of London Overground, until every service that terminates in Zone 6 or close to Zone 6 is operated by London Overground trains. However, we do have a strange situation where Central Government and the Mayor of London are from different political parties and MPs working for Central London are being obstructive to the needs of London commuters, because they do not want a Mayor working for the opposition to look good. So I don't think that will be allowed to happen, until we get a general election that aligns the country with the politics of Greater London. Ideally the trains from London Bridge and other stations that do not stop within or close to Zone 6 (like trains that travel to Brighton) could all be grouped under a new nationalised regional operator that returns to the name Network South East and the counties surrounding London as well as Greater London could be given a new devolved democratic government that owns Network East and that regulates all the busses in South East England (but outside of Greater London). I think that the people of South East England would easily understand that Network South East is express commuter trains from the surrounding counties, London Overground is short distance commuter trains, London Underground is commuter trains that travel across London. I also think that the Elizabeth Line, Thameslink and the railway line from East Croydon via Kensington Olympia to Watford Junction should all be given the group branding of "Crossrail" and should all get purple roundels. As people would then understand that "Network South East" was long distance trains into London and "Crossrail" was long distance trains through London.

Also on Easter Monday there were Thameslink trains running between London Blackfriars and Sevenoaks (via beckenham Junction and Herne Hill) skipping stations on the chatham line.

Is this service well-communicated in advance, in the event of such engineering works?

Awesome!!!!

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UPDATE: Class 701s are now (finally) in service, and so are the Class 805s The London Overground's new names have been revealed and implemented Work has started on Colindale station, which is closed until December

The first 701 came into service in January. Hurrah!

Better than expected from a video with an exclamation mark at the end of its title.

January Update. 1. Refurbishment of 1992 stock - project posponed pending resolution of Fujitsu's operating system. 2. DLR trains - posponed pending report of the new DLR's name national enquiry. 3. Avanti West Coast - being reconsidered now that they're going to do the east coast this year for a change. 4. East Midlands Railway - Class 221 will be replaced by 801, Class 980 replaced by 567 and 822's on alternate Tuesdays. 5. South Western Railway - Posponed because they've paid the Chief Executive all the money the've got. 6. London tube stations - Cancelled because the plans don't afford for the demolition of enough art deco buildings. 7. Old Oak Common - Posponed because the paperwork has got muddled up with the environment agency's timber protected species project. 8. London Overground re-naming - All ready to go with the new names: Victoria, Bekerloo, Northern, Central, Piccadilly and District. 9. Automatic Signalling - All ready to go now that all the extra signalling staff have been provided. 10. 4G and 5G - Posponed as they've found the strings between the plastic cups get in the way of the trains.

This is an amazing video! Both detailed and concise - consider me a new subscriber. Only thing I would add is that Old Oak Common will also serve Elizabeth Line trains, and "connections to surrounding lines" (I assume you mean the new overground stations) have been cancelled in the latest HS2 plan. Hopefully they'll be built some day/

Think you missed out the LNWR class 730s

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I know London is our main population hub, but they really need to start improving transport in other parts of the country too

Excellent informative video. One improvement long overdue is a new footbridge and lifts at Norwood Junction. This is a much under-used interchange which is currently very inconvenient (and disabled inaccessible) because of narrow, steep staircases and awkward tunnels. Plans have been afoot for a while but have faltered because of funding problems. If completed, this project could open up new scope for interchanging between the Overground and Gatwick/South Coast trains, relieving pressure on East Croydon,

Leagrave OP🎉

You don’t need a whole new constellation of rolling stock to provide USB charging points. People on trains with mobile phone are afeckin’ nuisance. Stavros

I believe Old Oak Common will also have a Crossrail Station to help improve accessibility into London. With Avanti it would be nice to see some services.

It’s Christmas Holiday…… not holiday season wimp.

Thanks for the concise and neat update. I’ve recently retired from SWR so will await with bated breath for the 701 s cheers ATT

Grays Station which is just outside of London using the Oyster Cards in the New Year the Subway Tunnel will be closed for 12 months for building lifts to go underground to go under the railway at the stations. the only way to go the other platform is to cross the railway crossing but when the gate closes for the train to come and say you got like a buggy or wheelchair and you need to get to the other side then you will miss your train and wait for 30 mins for the next train.

Btw Feltham is pronounced Felt-ham not Fel-tham

Beautiful, modern station.

UK and London transportation is exciting, I am a foreigner.

Why is so much rolling stock made abroad?

if EMR haven't improved their seats over what they were originally going for then it's still going to be a massive downgrade on the Meridians, they have the better seats in third class than theit "first class of the future" seats at Sheffield

No sign of a project to stop the Victoria line being so horribly noisy then?

Great British Railways?

Looking at the London Overground on the map, I don't see the point of separating out the routes and giving them different names.

Very informative video! Other news recently, is that, in a recent statement, Aylesbury MP Rob Butler has been having talks with Chiltern Railways Managing Director Richard Allan, about acquiring new rolling stock and lengthening the trains between Aylesbury and Marylebone. Fingers crossed, as the ageing 32 year old 'Chiltern Turbo' 165's really need upgrading or replacing.

The SWR new train implementation has been nothing short of embarrassing.

Class 701's being introduced in 2024? Do you believe in the Tooth Fairy too?

Very informative but your narration was way too rushed and felt like you were in an Olympic sprint. Even I felt out of breath when it had finished 😂

I’m planning on going to London for a day trip in the February Half Term so I hope EMR start to introduce the Class 810s in February. I’ll also make a train ride video on the refurbished Central Line trains.

Im a bit confused, will the class 805/7 be tilting trains as they are unique to the WCML and would think because of other trains on there being tilting trains too

This video popped up in my feed out of the blue and I’m not a big rail nerd, however I do watch some small select videos doing travel reviews etc. Anyway interesting video very concise, no waffle but you were speaking very fast maybe it’s enhanced a little. Anyway best of luck you should make more videos and try to build up an audience a bit further 😊

I assume we'll also see some 2024 stock being tested on the Piccadilly line

im gonna hate the introduction of 4g and 5g to the underground i want ma train to be quiet

It’s pronounced felt-hmm

There’s also gonna be Piccadilly Line New Trains in 2025