Tom Anderson wrote:
So is the NLR not going to count as National Rail? I had this vague idea
that it was essentially franchised to TfL, which is then conceeding it
to Laing MTR, so although it would be part of the London Overground, it
would also be part of National Rail. Bit like the futile system of old,
where the king grants fiefs to dukes, dukes sub-grant bits of them to
barons, etc. It's going to be run along NR lines in technical,
operational, etc terms, no?

Yes and no. My interpretation is the NLR half will be 100% National Rail
service, but the ELR half will work like a tube service that runs onto
National Rail tracks at the ends (which was what it was going to be
before the recent invention of Overground). Thus, as I understand it:

- All NLR stations are National Rail stations and have the arrows;
- ELR stations currently on the National Rail network retain their
arrows, because other TOCs may still stop;
- But: ELR stations not on the National Rail network (Surrey Quays to
Dalston Junction) won't have arrows.

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http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/corporate/...ardIssue03.pdf

The rule appears to be that the NR logo goes first when another TOC
stops there, and the station is owned by Network Rail.

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