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Barking-Gospel Oak

Gospel Oak-Barking line extended eastwards to Barking Riverside

The Barking Riverside Extension takes GOBLIN services further east to support a new 10,800-home development at Barking Riverside.

The formal processes began with a September/October 2014 public consultation, which was reported to command overwhelming support in January 2015. Further public consultation then took place in May/June 2015 on alternative route alignments. The Mayor of London then asked TfL to seek powers for construction in March 2016, and in May/June a statutory consultation took place on TfL's application to the Transport Secretary for a Transport and Works Acts Order. In August 2016 TfL began to procure a contractor, which was followed by the short-list announcement in December 2016.

On 4 August 2017 the Secretary of State for Transport approved TfL's application for a Transport & Works Act Order and deemed planning permission to construct and operate the extended line to Barking Riverside. On 8 August the Mayor of London and TfL welcomed the news, as it marked the conclusion of a three-year process of consultations, and followed a Public Inquiry in October 2016 to which a letter of support from Railfuture for TfL's application had been submitted.

The extension of London Overground services from Barking platforms 7/8 to Barking Riverside opened to passengers on 18 July 2022.