London OverGround Train Maps Information

An urban rail service in London, England is London Overground (LO). As a part of the National Rail network, it is operated by London Overground Rail Operations, beneath the franchise control and branding of Transport for London (TFL). Here is provided details of London Overground Tube Map and how to search a future London tube map showing the London Overground routes.

London Overground runs on the four routes; Richmond to Stratford, Clapham Junction to Willesden Junction, Gospel Oak to Barking, and Watford Junction to Euston lines, since the beginning of operations in 2007. For rebuilding and extension, the East London Line, which was previously part of the London Underground has been closed since 2007, will form part of the network during 2010. The network will connect to the extensive East London line at Highbury & Islington in 2011 - the initiate of an orbital service around London.

On the famous Tube map itself the new London Overground routes will be shown. The schematic diagram (transit map) representing the lines and stations of London's rapid transit rail system, the London Underground is Tube map. It shows not the geographic as a schematic diagram but the relative positions of stations along the lines, stations' connective relations with each other and their fare zone place.

London Overground improvement program

To the Olympic Park, a £326m upgrade to the network is ongoing and will give reliable connections. TfL, the Olympic Delivery Authority, Network Rail and the Department for Transport are providing the fund. The work involves:

Renewing 7km of track and 69 sets of points
Upgrading more than 200 signals
Improving CCTV, lighting and passenger information, and installing lifts in some stations
Lengthening 30 platforms and making general improvements to a further seven stations

Work will start In February 2010

In longer and more frequent trains, improvement works among Gospel Oak and Stratford stations will result.