Transfer of National Rail services to TFL

There might be some scope for separating this off to a dedicated thread, if it’s looking like becoming a new thing going forward.

I cannot are any value in converting the Moorgate service to Overground. It’s already had major investment in the form of new trains, which are of an almost identical model to the class 700s operating on the outer suburban services. Likewise they are maintained alongside other GN units at Hornsey (I can’t recall if they are maintained in the new Siemens facility, or in the more established GTR part of the depot - from memory I think it’s the latter). There’s interworking of crews, and separating this off for a 4tph service on each arm would be rather inefficient, especially with stabling being spread over four separate locations.

With new trains already running at the maximum length the infrastructure will allow, and the infrastructure running at full stretch (the timetable is already pretty good considering how busy the route is), we’re left with station enhancements. Many of the stations are already staffed and gated, some from first train to last train, and none are in a poor state of repair.

Unless one has a preference for orange paint and Johnston typeface, I can see no tangible passenger benefits arising from this route going over.