London Overground’s Barking Riverside extension will open next Monday

The Barking Riverside extension of the London Overground will open to passengers next Monday – 18th July, TfL has confirmed. Just last month, TfL said that it was bringing the opening forward from this autumn to sometime this summer, and has now confirmed the opening date as next Monday.
(c) TfL
The Gospel Oak route, extending out beyond Barking along the new 4.5km of track to Barking Riverside, will reduce journey times between Barking town and Barking Riverside to just seven minutes, rat