# Arriva Rail London

Arriva Rail London is a train operating company owned by Arriva UK Trains that operates the London Overground concession on behalf of Transport for London.

## History

In April 2015, Transport for London placed a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union, inviting expressions of interest in operating the next concession. In July 2015, Transport for London announced the shortlisted bidders for the next concession were Arriva UK Trains, ComfortDelGro, Govia and MTR Corporation.
In March 2016, Arriva was awarded a seven-and-a-half-year concession with an option to extend for a further two years. Operations commenced on 13 November 2016. Arriva held a 50% shareholding in the previous concession holder, London Overground Rail Operations.
In June 2023 Arriva Rail London were granted a two-year contract extension, pushing the contract's expiry date to May 2026. The new contract came into effect upon expiry of the old contract in May 2024.

## Services

As of May 2023, the typical off-peak service pattern is:
East London and South London lines (Windrush line) :
| Route | tph | Calling at |
| Dalston Junction to New Cross | 4 | HaggerstonHoxtonShoreditch High StreetWhitechapelShadwellWappingRotherhitheCanada WaterSurrey Quays |
| Dalston Junction to Clapham Junction | 4 | HaggerstonHoxtonShoreditch High StreetWhitechapelShadwellWappingRotherhitheCanada WaterSurrey QuaysQueens Road PeckhamPeckham RyeDenmark HillClapham High StreetWandsworth Road |
| Highbury & Islington to Crystal Palace | 4 | CanonburyDalston JunctionHaggerstonHoxtonShoreditch High StreetWhitechapelShadwellWappingRotherhitheCanada WaterSurrey QuaysNew Cross GateBrockleyHonor Oak ParkForest HillSydenham |
| Highbury & Islington to West Croydon | 4 | CanonburyDalston JunctionHaggerstonHoxtonShoreditch High Street, WhitechapelShadwellWappingRotherhitheCanada WaterSurrey QuaysNew Cross GateBrockleyHonor Oak ParkForest HillSydenhamPenge WestAnerleyNorwood Junction |
| North London and West London lines (Mildmay line) |||
| Route | tph | Calling at |
| Richmond to Stratford | 4 | Kew GardensGunnersbury, South ActonActon CentralWillesden JunctionKensal RiseBrondesbury ParkBrondesburyWest HampsteadFinchley Road & FrognalHampstead HeathGospel OakKentish Town WestCamden RoadCaledonian Road & BarnsburyHighbury & IslingtonCanonburyDalston KingslandHackney CentralHomertonHackney Wick |
| Clapham Junction to Stratford | 4 | Imperial WharfWest BromptonKensington (Olympia)Shepherd's BushWillesden JunctionKensal RiseBrondesbury ParkBrondesburyWest HampsteadFinchley Road & FrognalHampstead HeathGospel OakKentish Town WestCamden RoadCaledonian Road & BarnsburyHighbury & IslingtonCanonburyDalston KingslandHackney CentralHomertonHackney Wick |
| Watford DC line (Lioness line) |||
| Route | tph | Calling at |
| Watford Junction to London Euston | 4 | Watford High StreetBusheyCarpenders ParkHatch EndHeadstone LaneHarrow & WealdstoneKentonSouth KentonNorth WembleyWembley CentralStonebridge ParkHarlesdenWillesden JunctionKensal GreenQueen's ParkKilburn High RoadSouth Hampstead |
| Gospel Oak to Barking line (Suffragette line) |||
| Route | tph | Calling at |
| Gospel Oak to Barking Riverside | 4 | Upper HollowayCrouch HillHarringay Green LanesSouth TottenhamBlackhorse RoadWalthamstow Queen's RoadLeyton Midland RoadLeytonstone High RoadWanstead ParkWoodgrange ParkBarking |
| Lea Valley lines (Weaver line) |||
| Route | tph | Calling at |
| London Liverpool Street to Enfield Town | 2 | Bethnal GreenCambridge HeathLondon FieldsHackney DownsRectory RoadStoke NewingtonStamford HillSeven SistersBruce GroveWhite Hart LaneSilver StreetEdmonton GreenBush Hill Park |
| London Liverpool Street to Cheshunt | 2 | Bethnal GreenCambridge HeathLondon FieldsHackney DownsRectory RoadStoke NewingtonStamford HillSeven SistersBruce GroveWhite Hart LaneSilver StreetEdmonton GreenSouthburyTurkey StreetTheobalds Grove |
| London Liverpool Street to Chingford | 4 | Bethnal GreenHackney DownsClaptonSt James StreetWalthamstow CentralWood StreetHighams Park |
| Romford–Upminster line (Liberty line) |||
| Route | tph | Calling at |
| Romford to Upminster | 2 | Emerson Park |
Battersea Park railway station is served by an infrequent parliamentary train service from Dalston Junction, which terminates at Battersea Park instead of Clapham Junction. Since the reorganization of services into the London Overground network, this has been the only service to use the link from platform 2 at Battersea Park to Wandsworth Road.

## Rolling stock

Arriva Rail London inherited a fleet of Class 172, Class 315, Class 317 and Class 378s. From 2019, the first of 54 Class 710s were delivered. These replaced the Class 172, Class 315 and Class 317s, and the Class 378s on Watford DC line duties, allowing them to be concentrated on North London line, East London line, West London line and South London line services.
On 22 May 2019 TfL announced that approval had been gained for the Class 710s to enter passenger service. The first two units entered service on the Gospel Oak to Barking Line on Thursday 23 May 2019 and the remaining six were in service by August 2019, with the first unit entering service on the Watford DC line on 9 September 2019. The first units on the Lea Valley lines entered service on 3 March 2020 after a first attempt on 24 February 2020. Their use on Romford–Upminster line services began in October 2020.

### Current fleet

| Family | Class | Image | Type | Top speed | Top speed | Number | Train Numbers | Cars | Seat layout | Routes operated | Built |
| Family | Class | Image | Type | mph | km/h | Number | Train Numbers | Cars | Seat layout | Routes operated | Built |
| Bombardier Electrostar | 378/1 Capitalstar | | EMU | 75 | 120 | 20 | 378135–154 | 5 | Longitudinal | East London line South London line | 2009–10 |
| Bombardier Electrostar | 378/2 Capitalstar | | EMU | 75 | 120 | 37 | 378201–378234 378255–378257 | 5 | Longitudinal | North London line West London line East London line South London line Watford DC line | 2008–11 |
| Bombardier Aventra | 710/1 | | EMU | 75 | 120 | 30 | 710101-130 | 4 | Longitudinal | Lea Valley lines Romford–Upminster line | 2017–20 |
| Bombardier Aventra | 710/2 | | EMU | 75 | 120 | 18 | 710256-273 | 4 | Longitudinal | Gospel Oak to Barking line Watford DC line | 2017–20 |
| Bombardier Aventra | 710/3 | | EMU | 75 | 120 | 6 | 710374-379 | 5 | Longitudinal | Watford DC line | 2020 |

### Past fleet

Former train types operated by Arriva Rail London include:
| Family | Class | Image | Type | Top speed | Top speed | Number | Carriages | Routes operated | Years built | Years operated |
| Family | Class | Image | Type | mph | km/h | Number | Carriages | Routes operated | Years built | Years operated |
| Bombardier Turbostar | 172/0 | | DMU | 100 | 160 | 8 | 2 | Gospel Oak to Barking line | 2010 | 2010–19 |
| BREL 1972 | 315 | | EMU | 75 | 120 | 17 | 4 | Lea Valley lines Romford–Upminster line | 1980–81 | 2015–2020 |
| BR Second Generation (Mark 3) | Class 317/7 | | EMU | 100 | 161 | 8 | 4 | Lea Valley lines | 1981–82 | 2015–2020 |
| BR Second Generation (Mark 3) | Class 317/8 | | EMU | 100 | 161 | 6 | 4 | Lea Valley lines | 1981–82 | 2015–2020 |

## Depots

Arriva Rail London's fleet is maintained at Ilford, New Cross Gate and Willesden depots.