Date: 03/10/2013

WHEN Transport for London (TfL), the authority behind the city’s roads and Tube network, took over what is now known as the London Overground in 2007 it was in a sorry state. The route, which incorporated several rail lines, was overcrowded, with neglected stations and rickety trains. How the line was transformed illustrates some of the ways that infrastructure projects can alter a city.

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