"Great Eastern" wrote in message
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1506 wrote:
This is something I have wondered for some time. The Overground name
is contrived.

Indeed, its also quite interesting the way the term 'overground' has
become a way of describing National Rail trains within London for some,
even if not run by LOROL.

Its fairly common on LBC 97.3 when callers phone in and talk about rail
services as overground trains.

Several years ago, IIRC at the instigation of TfL, National Rail services
within Greater London which had a frequency of 4 tph or better were branded
'Overground Network'. Some of teh branding still exists, at stations which
are not part of London Overground.

Peter