[Talk-GB] London Overground / TfL Rail as part of National Rail

Russ Garrett russ at garrett.co.uk
Sat Nov 20 14:21:46 UTC 2021


On Sat, 20 Nov 2021, 13:13 Ken Kilfedder, <spiregrain_osm at ksglp.org.uk>
wrote:

> It's probably not worth getting too much into all this, since the
> franchise system and whole way the railways operate in GB is being shaken
> up under the Williams-Schapps Review.
> https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/great-british-railways-williams-shapps-plan-for-rail
>  I think it'll mean that the band identities of the TOCs will evaporate, a
> bit like how it's not obvious that London Overground is operated by ...
> whoever it is.
>

On the ground, it's abundantly clear that London Overground is operated by
TfL.

The legal minutiae of this should be considered less relevant from the
perspective of OSM as they are not surveyable.

Russ

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