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LONDON OVERGROUND INTRODUCES FIVE-CAR TRAINS TO MEET INCREASING DEMAND
A programme to introduce five-car trains on all London Overground routes and increase the capacity of the railway by 25%, to meet rapidly increasing demand for the network’s services, has been announced by Transport for London. The £320million programme includes the construction of longer platforms and the delivery of an extra 57 carriages by the end of 2015. Transport for London’s Chief Operating
Officer for Rail, Howard Smith, said: ‘Demand for London Overground - the UK’s most punctual rail service - is growing at an incredible pace. ‘By the end of 2012, London Overground carried 120 million passengers - nearly four times the number carried when we launched in 2007. ‘To enable this positive trend to continue and maintain our high levels for safe, reliable and frequent travel, we need to deliver more capacity by adding more carriages.’
16 RailCONNECT The increased capacity will help
London’s transport network accommodate the predicted 810,000 new residents expected to move into London by 2021. To accommodate the longer five-car trains some infrastructure upgrades will be required.
They are:
Additional capacity for stabling trains overnight at Silwood Sidings, south east London and also at Willesden depot in north west London
Reconfiguration of the New Cross Gate and Willesden depots
Platform extensions at some stations on the former North and East London lines and associated signalling and power works
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NATIONAL TRAIN PERFORMANCE FOR PERIOD 11 IS 87.3%
Punctuality on the railways reached 87.3% during Period 11, according to monthly performance data released by Network Rail.
The data for Britain’s train services covers the period from 06 January 2013 - 02 February 2013. This compares to 91.4% for the same period last year. The moving annual average is now at 91.1%. Services were again impacted during this period by severe weather. National train punctuality is measured for all trains across the whole network, including cancelled services and delays caused by external factors (such as vandalism, extreme weather, etc.). Punctuality did not start to be recorded in this vigorous and thorough way until 1997. Before then Railtrack, and BR before, did not measure all services and also excluded external factors and other items from their numbers.
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