On 17 Sep, 09:55, Sim wrote:
On 16 Sep, 23:00, 1506 wrote: On Sep 16, 7:04*am, "Basil Jet"

wrote:
Is there a reason why this is not just billed as part of the Underground,
especially since it will soon have some deep tube bits? If the Underground
can include the Chesham branch, why not the North London Line? Do staff at
Gospel Oak station get paid less than staff at Chesham, in which case
keeping the Overground separate from the Underground is a divide-and-conquer
wheeze against the rail workers?

This is something I have wondered for some time. *The Overground name
is contrived. *The East London Line is a former Underground line
anyway.

Some differences between Overground and Underground:

3. Almost entirely surface, except again for the former ELL of course.

Even the former ELL only had about 3km (from a total of around 9km) in
tunnel; from Whitechapel - Surrey Quays. The DC lines from Euston to
Kensal Green are probably in tunnel for a similar distance, although
not continuously and the NLL has the lengthy Hampstead Heath tunnel.
This doesn't invalidate your point though.