Overground line factfile (because all the stats have changed)
Windrush line Operates: Highbury & Islington to New Cross/Clapham Junction/Crystal Palace/West Croydon Colour on map: red parallel lines Joined the Overground: 2010 Length: ? Zones: 1-5 Number of stations: 29 (arguably 30 if you include Battersea Park) Number of step-free stations: 20 (69%) Number of ticket offices: 20 Number of branches: 4 Frequency of service: 16 trains an hour (every 15 mins at each southern terminus) Depot: New Cross Gate depot Number of boroughs served: 9 Most used station: Whitechapel Least used station: Wandsworth Road (586,000 annually) Most southerly station on the Overground: West Croydon Special feature: the only line with a Night Overground service 10 things to see on the Windrush line: Museum of the Home, Brick Lane, Brunel Museum, The Den, Rye Lane, Champion Hill, One Tree Hill, Horniman Museum, Crystal Palace Park, Selhurst Park
Mildmay line Operates: Stratford to Richmond/Clapham Junction Colour on map: blue parallel lines Joined the Overground: 2007 Length: ? Zones: 2-4 Number of stations: 28 Number of step-free stations: 22 (79%) Number of ticket offices: 24 Number of branches: 2 Frequency of service: every 15 minutes to Richmond, every 15 minutes to Clapham Junction Depot: Willesden Traction Maintenance Depot Number of boroughs served: 11 Most used station: Stratford Least used station: South Acton (705,000 annually) Newest station: Imperial Wharf (opened 2009) Special feature: the third closest line to the Mildmay hospital 10 things to see on the Mildmay line: Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Victoria Park, Camden Market, Hampstead Heath, Freud Museum, Olympia, Stamford Bridge, National Archives, Kew Gardens, Richmond Park
Suffragette line Operates: Gospel Oak to Barking Riverside Colour on map: green parallel lines Joined the Overground: 2007 Length: 14 miles Zones: 2-4 Number of stations: 13 Number of step-free stations: 8 (62%) Number of ticket offices: 2 Frequency of service: every 15 minutes Depot: Willesden Traction Maintenance Depot Number of boroughs served: 6 Most used station: Barking Least used station: Crouch Hill (858,000 annually) Newest station: Barking Riverside (opened 2022) Special feature: fully electrified between 2016 and 2018 10 things to see on the Suffragette line: Parliament Hill Fields Lido, Parkland Walk, London Mets Baseball Club, Markfield Beam Engine, Walthamstow Wetlands, Walthamstow Market, Leyton County Cricket Ground, Wanstead FLats, East End Women's Museum, Footpath 47
Weaver line Operates: Liverpool Street to Enfield Town/Cheshunt/Chingford Colour on map: maroon parallel lines Joined the Overground: 2015 Length: ? Zones: 1-8 Number of stations: 25 Number of step-free stations: 9 (36%) Number of ticket offices: 11 Number of branches: 3 Frequency of service: every 15 minutes to Chingford, every 30 minutes to Enfield/Cheshunt Depot: Ilford EMU Depot Number of boroughs served: 6 + Herts Most used station: Liverpool Street Least used station: Stamford Hill (696,100 annually) Most northerly station on the Overground: Cheshunt Special feature: crossed by a public footpath level crossing near Bush Hill Park 10 things to see on the Weaver line: Spitalfields Market, Young V&A, Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum, Gods Own Junkyard, Epping Forest, Abney Park Cemetery, White Hart Lane, Myddelton House Gardens, Lea Valley White Water Centre
Lioness line Operates: Watford to Euston Colour on map: yellow parallel lines Joined the Overground: 2007 Length: 18 miles Zones: 1-8 +WatfordJn Number of stations: 19 Number of step-free stations: 6 (32%) Number of ticket offices: 9 Frequency of service: every 15 minutes Depot: Willesden Traction Maintenance Depot Number of boroughs served: 4 + Herts Most used station: Euston Least used station: South Hampstead (429,000 annually) Most westerly station on the Overground: Watford Junction Most central station on the Overground: Euston Special feature: the overlappiest Overground line (shares 10 stations with the Bakerloo line) 10 things to see on the Lioness line: Wellcome Collection, Alexandra Estate, Kensal Green Cemetery, Cargiant, Ace Cafe, Wembley Stadium, Headstone Manor, Harrow Arts Centre, Oxhey Chapel, Vicarage Road stadium
Liberty line Operates: Romford to Upminster Colour on map: grey parallel lines Joined the Overground: 2015 Length: 3.3 miles Zones: just 6 Number of stations: 3 Number of step-free stations: 2 (67%) Number of ticket offices: 2 Frequency of service: every 30 minutes Depot: Ilford EMU Depot Number of boroughs served: just 1 Most used station: Romford Least used station: Emerson Park (305,000 annually) Most easterly station on the Overground: Upminster Special feature: the only line unconnected to the other five 10 things to see on the Liberty line: I'll get back to you on that one
Windrush: most stations, most frequent, most branches, most southerly Mildmay: most step-free, most boroughs, most ticket offices Suffragette: fewest ticket offices Weaver: most northerly Lioness: least step-free, most westerly Liberty: shortest, fewest stations, least frequent, least used, most easterly
Stations served by two Overground lines: Canonbury, Clapham Junction, Gospel Oak, Highbury & Islington, Willesden Junction
Other interchange stations: Dalston Junction/Dalston Kingsland, Hackney Central/Hackney Downs, Seven Sisters/South Tottenham, Walthamstow Queens Road/Walthamstow Central
London's Overgroundiest place: The railway bridge on Dalston Lane E8 between People's Wine and the Three Compasses, immediately above the Mildmay line. This is the only place in London to be 500m away from stations on three different Overground lines - Hackney Downs on the Weaver line, Dalston Junction on the Windrush line and Dalston Kingsland on the Mildmay Line.
