LOROL granted 2 year extention

[JamieLei]

For being bloody brilliant. And they are. Just shows what a bit lot of investment will do

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/media/n ... 27193.aspx

[Dave]

Has very quickly slotted in to the London rail structure. Feels like a tube line, runs like a tube line. Great effort.

[Nawdic]

Proves that Arriva can do good in London... Shame about its buses...

[JamieLei]

I remember when it first opened and I tried to write a sarcastic thread here about how this "brand new Overground" was s*** (took a journey from Clapham Junction to Willsden at rush hour), which got taken a little too literally by some members here.

But since then, the difference is absolutely enormous.

[Dave]

Can you find it or are you going to make me search for it? Haha.

[JamieLei]

Can you find it or are you going to make me search for it? Haha.

Haha - I know I was the annoying brat back then, but I still don't know whether the sarcasm I intended came through clearly enough in that thread. To be fair, I could have written it a bit better to avoid the subsequent drama.

http://www.tt-forums.net/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=38773

Also - had a quiet chuckle at Kev's prediction that there wouldn't be enough demand to sustain more than a 30 min frequency on some of the lines! Even the GOBLIN has a (untimetabled) 5tph in the peaks now. I don't think any of us, even the transport planners with TfL in the age, thought it would be the success it is today.

Edit: Since then the District Line seems to have increased from 10tph to 12tph to Upminster. Nice to see the tube upgrade improvements in effect

[Ameecher]

Oh those were the days!

[Kevo00]

Also - had a quiet chuckle at Kev's prediction that there wouldn't be enough demand to sustain more than a 30 min frequency on some of the lines! Even the GOBLIN has a (untimetabled) 5tph in the peaks now. I don't think any of us, even the transport planners with TfL in the age, thought it would be the success it is today.

Quite happy, and indeed pleased, to admit I was totally wrong about that.

But then, I was there on the first day... http://www.tt-forums.net/viewtopic.php? ... d&start=20 (about half way down).

And it was a very, very slow start then. The opening of the new East London Line really was the breakthrough moment for the Overground though, I think.

[JamieLei]

Nice to read that again!

I still haven't been on the Gospel Oak - Barking (I don't make detours to visit places I don't need to go, hence I still haven't been on a 153 yet). But I've heard it's now very nice. Plenty of experience with LM's 172s!