On Sunday morning, a London Overground prepare paid a go to to London Bridge station — a station that the Overground doesn’t normally go to.
It was right here for a take a look at run forward of a particular service that may run on Easter Sunday, and the take a look at was wanted to make sure that what labored on paper additionally labored in follow.
The explanation for the Easter Sunday particular is weekend engineering works elsewhere which might imply no Southern trains between Victoria and London Bridge, whereas on the similar time, the London Overground south of the river can’t go north.
Due to this fact, Transport for London (TfL) is laying on a one-day particular, with trains working between West Croydon and London Bridge stations so that individuals within the “Sydenham hall” can nonetheless get into central London.
Forward of that, a take a look at to verify every little thing will work as deliberate, so Sunday morning noticed the weird sight of a London Overground prepare arriving at London Bridge and reasonably greater than the same old variety of hi-vis workers checking that there aren’t any surprising issues.
Not solely did they verify that the prepare can get to London Bridge with none surprising issues, however validated that the hole between the platform and every of the prepare doorways was inside limits, and extra however very needed assessments to verify the accessibility ramps used at London Bridge match the Overground prepare accurately.
Though very a lot a critical take a look at to make sure every little thing was executed accurately and other people have been diligently testing issues, there was fairly a jovial environment. Plenty of Overground workers posed for images for mementoes, and the driving force’s companion had turned as much as watch.
About half an hour after it arrived, the assessments have been declared a hit and the Overground prepare departed London Bridge.
You may catch the Overground prepare from a station that’s not on the Overground map on Easter Sunday, with two trains an hour between London Bridge and West Croydon from about 9:30am to about 11pm.
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