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[email protected] · February 21st 17, 09:36 AM posted to uk.transport.london

On Mon, 20 Feb 2017 14:58:50 -0600
wrote:
In article , d () wrote:
AFAIK tube trains are all owned outright by LU. Is this not the case
with the 378s on LO then?

London Overground is quite different to LUL. It is operated as a concession,
not by a TfL operator directly.

In that case I can't help wondering if the service would be better if TfL
ran it directly.

In the case of the 172s there is a further reason why they are leased. They
will go to a TOC elsewhere once displaced by the GOBLIN electrification.
This is much easier to do using the standard ROSCO model of ownership and
leasing.

Makes sense.

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