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Recliner[_3_] · February 22nd 17, 01:15 AM posted to uk.transport.london

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In article , d () wrote:

On Mon, 20 Feb 2017 14:58:50 -0600
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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.

The main reason is that in general TfL don't own the tracks which in some
cases are shared with TOCs. Another reason is that your Tory friends don;t
like state enterprise.

The main, reason, surely, is to keep the strike-prone LU unions away from
LO and the DLR?

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.

Thank you.Is this a first from you?