New London Overground services to get new trains

TFL have just issued a press release regarding the new London Overground services getting the new Class 378 Capitalstar trains.

Thousands of customers on London Overground routes in East and North East London will travel on new air-conditioned trains from 2018, after TfL today announced that a contract with a capital value of around £260m will be awarded to Bombardier Transportation to build a new fleet of trains.

Video: TfL Rail Class 315 at Stratford Station

Class 315
TFL Rail
Operated by MTR under contract to Transport for London
Filmed on 12th June 2015 at Stratford

Video: TfL Rail Class 315 from Chadwell Heath to Romford

TfL Rail
Shenfield Branch
Part of National Rail
Chadwell Heath to Romford
Class 315
Recorded on 3rd June 2015 using a pen camera.
The operator of TfL Rail is MTR.

Video: Class 315 Abellio Greater Anglia from London's Liverpool Street to Stratford

Take a virtual ride on the Class 315 train from London's Liverpool Street to Stratford.

Video: Abellio Greater Anglia service From Ilford to Stratford

"Romford railway station MMB 15 315803" by mattbuck (category) - Own work by mattbuck.. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons.

During the morning rush hour commute, the service goes past Manor Park, Forest Gate and Maryland stations from Ilford without stopping and go straight to Stratford station.