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Old February 20th 10, 12:20 PM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london
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Default Is London Overground part of National Rail


On Feb 20, 12:58*pm, Roy Badami wrote:

* [...] LO is not a franchise (in the same way as most of the other
Train Operating Companies), as TfL takes the full revenue risk
and LOROL has to run the services to TfL's specifications for a
contracted price; *with all the revenue going back to TfL. When
LOROL's contract is over, it will be up to TfL to award the next
concession. As far as ticketing, timetabling etc. is concerned,
LO are still part of the National Rail systems.


But not, it appears, as far as branding goes - unless the example I
cited was a mistake.

Out of curiosity, is LOROL a member or ATOC?


Yes - see:
http://www.atoc.org/about.asp