London Overground is all set to be revolutionized

The city of London is a much favored tourist spot in Europe. The increase in local population and the influx of seasonal visitors has posed certain transport problems to the city over the years. This has led to the development of certain transport projects such as the enhancement of the London Overground.

The project initiated in the North London Line starts from Silverlink. The development of this service has led to significant improvements in the transport sector. The authorities claim that reliability has gone up to 94% from 81% under Silverlink.

The new services have been further enhanced by facilitating the train stations with oyster ticketing and equipping the stations with a full staff. The frequency of services has also been increased as a means of improving the overall infrastructure.

A certain amount of cosmetic work has also been conducted on the Overground. This includes new signing, ticket gates and seating. Engineers are still working to bring the signals and train tracks up to date.

The Chief Operating Officer for the London Rail has promised that visitors would be able to witness the number of rails operating on the London train tracks twice of what it is today in the next two years.

Although much work has been going on around the trains that run the tracks of London, the trains themselves have not undergone many changes. This is however all set to change in the year 2009. The concerned authorities have promised to bring brand new services in the first quarter of the coming year.

The new trains are bigger, longer and better. They are all set to be centrally air-conditioned and the carriages are not separated with doors which will enable the passengers to move throughout the length of the train.

The authorities are also planning to make the East London Railway a part of the main network by the year 2010. This new line is set to start from Croydon all the way through to South London where it will join the old East London Line. It will eventually make its way to Highbury and Islinton by the year 2011.

The planned developments will require a considerable amount of investment and that could prove to be a major hurdle because a cut in the portion assigned for the development of the London Rail has already been announced.