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London travel news LIVE: Delays at Dartford Crossing after broken down lorry causes temporary tunnel closure

A suspected stolen car being chased by police struck a railway bridge in south London, blocking all train lines and cancelling Gatwick Express services.

Evening Standard · Mar 14, 2024

TfL and Arriva apologise to disabled woman 'trapped' on Overground train without wheelchair ramp

Kate Pennick had to shout for help as she was unable to get off the empty train

Evening Standard · Mar 1, 2024

London Overground strikes planned for next week called off

Strikes planned for the Overground on March 4 and 5 next week have been called off.

Evening Standard · Feb 29, 2024

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From the Fourth Plinth to the woke Overground names, there's no escape from the culture wars

Sometimes I worry I am actually conservative despite the “militant centrist mum” persona I present on LBC (and elsewhere). I love my country deeply. I want to protect the national parks, green belts, the coast, our rivers. I don’t want us to concrete over our green and pleasant land and…

Evening Standard · Feb 22, 2024

OPINION - London deserves safe trains, not a useless, expensive, feel-good Overground rebrand

For millions of Londoners, the Transport for London network is the lifeblood of our daily commute. So I was shocked to read a sorry tale in the Evening Standard of misplaced priorities and virtue signalling gone awry last week.

Evening Standard · Feb 19, 2024

Why the London Overground rebrand is more than just a pretty pattern

New names and colours make the system easier to use.

Creative Bloq · Feb 19, 2024

London Mayor Rebrands Tube Map with New Colors and Names

London Mayor Sadiq Khan plans to simplify the London Overground rail network by assigning distinct names and colors to each line. The initiative aims to im...

London Overground strikes by RMT staff next week called off

Planned strikes next week by London Overground workers have been called off after a pay offer was improved, the RMT union announced.

Evening Standard · Feb 15, 2024

These are what the Overground lines were nearly named in 2015

The current London Overground rebrand isn’t the first time names have been given to the network

Evening Standard · Feb 15, 2024

What are the new London Overground line names and when will they be renamed?

Here are the reasons for the new names for London’s six Overground lines and their colours

Evening Standard · Feb 15, 2024

London Overground: new names and colours for six lines revealed

Web of orange on tube map revamped to celebrate city’s unique local history and culture, says mayor

The Guardian - UK · Feb 15, 2024

London Overground to be rebranded with different sections given their own name and colour

Six branches of the network will be rebranded, ending the orange format of all Overground routes on the Tube map

Evening Standard · Feb 15, 2024

Disabled woman has to crawl up Overground station stairs on her bottom because of lift fault

The TfL website noted the lifts at Dalston Junction station as working - they were not

Evening Standard · Feb 9, 2024

London travel news LIVE: Heathrow Express and Great Western Rail services to grind to halt as strike continues

The Piccadilly line will be part-closed for "essential" engineering work during half-term next week, TfL has announced - hampering services to Heathrow.

Evening Standard · Feb 5, 2024

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Evening Standard · Nov 20, 2023

The Tube, Overground and Elizabeth Line closures this weekend

A number of replacement buses will be available in local areas

Evening Standard · Nov 17, 2023

Train driver strikes 2023: Will the Elizabeth Line, Overground, or Tube be affected this December?

Aslef set to continue action into December

Evening Standard · Oct 16, 2023

Defibrillators installed across London transport network to ‘help save lives’

All Underground and Overground trains now equipped with devices

Evening Standard · Oct 11, 2023

How much do the Tube, Overground, and Elizabeth Line cost? Travelcards to be scrapped

Sadiq Khan confirmed that scrapping passes will raise £40m in revenue for the network

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Evening Standard · Aug 24, 2023

Project to name each London Overground line underway

Posters have been put up in stations informing people of the plans and encouraging them to get involved

Evening Standard · Jul 10, 2023

Pair homophobically abused on London Overground near Stratford

Police investigating hate crime on London Overground release image of man they wish to speak to

Daily Mirror · Jul 7, 2023

Train driver jailed after falling asleep at the wheel causing crash and derailment

Erkan Mehmet, a driver of a London Overground train who fell asleep at the wheel causing it to derail and was later found to have cocaine in his system has been jailed

Evening Standard · Jul 7, 2023

Overground driver who had cocaine in system when he fell asleep and derailed train is jailed

Erkan Mehmet has been sentenced to 16 weeks in prison

The Independent UK · Jul 7, 2023

Train driver jailed after falling asleep and derailing Overground train

Erkan Mehmet fell asleep at the wheel of the train before derailing the front carriage.

Evening Standard · Jul 6, 2023

London Overground driver with cocaine in system ‘crashed train because he was tired’

Overground driver Erkan Mehmet due to be sentenced on Friday after admitting endangering safety of rail passengers

Evening Standard · Jun 26, 2023

Dazzling LGBTQ-themed bus and train wraps launched by TfL for Pride

A bus, Overground train, and Elizabeth line train, each wrapped in a dazzling design to celebrate Pride, have been unveiled by Transport for London (TfL).

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