PLANNED CLOSURES ON GOSPEL OAK - BARKING LINE

Quote from TfL e-mail:

PLANNED CLOSURES ON GOSPEL OAK - BARKING LINE:

To enable the running of more frequent and reliable services across London, on time for the Olympics in 2012, there will be temporary closures on various lines of the Overground network. TfL will provide alternative travel arrangements to keep passengers connected to the public transport network. The first set of improvements, to enable the running of 4 trains per hour will take place at weekends on the Gospel Oak to Barking line from 7 February until 25 October 2009 during which time there will be a reduced service each weekend.

Works will take place as follows

Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 February, line closed Gospel Oak - Barking

Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 February, line closed Gospel Oak - Barking

Sunday 22 February, line closed Gospel Oak - Barking

Saturday 28 February and Sunday 1 March, normal service

Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 March, normal service

Saturday 14 March, line closed South Tottenham - Barking

Saturday 21 March, line closed South Tottenham - Barking

Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 March, line closed Gospel Oak - Barking

Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 April, line closed Gospel Oak - Barking

Saturday 11 (from 10pm) until Tuesday 14 April, line closed Gospel Oak - Barking

ALL Saturdays between 18 April and 1 August (inclusive), line closed South Tottenham - Barking

Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 August, line closed Gospel Oak - Barking

Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 August, line closed Gospel Oak - Barking

Saturday 22 August, line closed South Tottenham - Barking

Saturday 29 August, line closed South Tottenham - Barking

Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 September, line closed Gospel Oak - Barking

Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 September, line closed Gospel Oak - Barking

Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 September, line closed Gospel Oak - Barking

Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 September, line closed Gospel Oak - Barking

Sundays 4 11 18 and 25 October, line closed Gospel Oak - Barking

Barking and east London hit hard by weekend tube/railclosures

This weekend there is no District line between Upminster and Embankment, no Jubilee line beween Green Park and Stratford until 1230 No Barking & Gospel Oak line and no Circle line. The Hammersmith and City line, which runs on the same tracks as the District between Barking & Aldgate East, a is running.

I know the work's got to be done, but it is taking a long time. The District line east of Barking seems to be closed weekend after weekend. Last weekend when it was only closed east of Dagenham East I thought the end was in sight.

As to the B and GO, we had a 4 week closure in September and we now have works pretty much every weekend until September. We welcome improvements of course.

Friends of Abbey Green

The Next meeting of the group is on Saturday 4 April at Maritime House, Linton Road, Barking. There's also a meeting with the Tree Warden (presumably a site meeting) on 17 February. The text message I got referred me to the website - I assume meaning http://www.aboutmyarea.co.uk/East-London/Barking/IG11 but I couldn't see anything new on there today.