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{{Short description|Railway line in London}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Use British English|date=October 2013}} {{Infobox rail line | box_width = | name = Gospel Oak to Barking line | color = | logo = | logo_width = | image = Unit 710262 at Crouch Hill station.jpg | image_width = 300px | caption = A [[British Rail Class 710|London Overground Class 710 ''Aventra'']] departing {{rws|Crouch Hill}} in 2019 | type = [[Commuter rail|Suburban rail]] and [[Freight train|goods]] | system = [[National Rail]] | status = Operational | locale = [[Greater London]] | start = {{rws|Gospel Oak}} | end = [[Barking Riverside station|Barking Riverside]] | stations = 13 | routes = 1 | daily_ridership = | open = | close = | owner = {{ubl|[[Network Rail]]}}<ref>{{Cite web |url = https://www.railstaff.co.uk/2017/09/12/focus-london-overgrounds-barking-riverside-extension/ |title = In focus: London Overground's Barking Riverside Extension |last = Johnson |first = Marc |date = 12 September 2017 |website = railstaff.co.uk |language = en-GB |access-date = 15 April 2020}}</ref> | operator = [[London Overground]] | character = | depot = | stock = [[British Rail Class 710|Class 710 "Aventra"]] | linelength = {{convert|13|mi|58|chain|km}} | tracklength = | tracks = 2 | gauge = {{track gauge|uksg|allk=on}} | electrification = Series 2 [[25 kV AC]] [[Overhead lines|OHLE]] <!-- <br />() --> | speed = | elevation = | map = [[File:Gospel Oak to Barking line.png|300px]]<br />([[:commons:File:Gospel Oak to Barking line.png|Click to expand]]) | map_state = uncollapsed }} {{Gospel Oak to Barking Line}} The '''Gospel Oak to Barking line''',<ref>{{Cite web |title = What we do |url = https://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/about-tfl/what-we-do |access-date = 7 September 2022 |website = Transport for London |language = en-GB}}</ref> also shortened to '''GOBLIN''',<ref>{{Cite web |url = https://www.standard.co.uk/news/mayor/london-overground-renamed-sadiq-khan-diversity-b930046.html |title = London Overground lines to be renamed to reflect capital's diversity |publisher = The Standard |first = Ross |last = Lydall |date = 16 April 2021}}</ref> is a [[railway]] line in London. It is {{convert|13|mi|58|chain|km|lk=in}} in length and carries both through [[Freight train|goods trains]] and [[London Overground]] passenger trains, connecting [[Gospel Oak railway station|Gospel Oak]] in north London and [[Barking Riverside railway station|Barking Riverside]] in east London. The line is part of [[Network Rail Route 6 (North London Line and Thameside)|Network Rail Strategic Route 6]], and is classified as a London and South East Commuter line.<ref name=NRR6>{{cite web |url = http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/StrategicBusinessPlan/RoutePlans/2009/Route%206%20-%20North%20London%20Line%20and%20Thameside.pdf |title = Route 6 β North London Line and Thameside : 2009 Route Plan |publisher = [[Network Rail]] |year = 2009 |access-date = 28 May 2009 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110607104905/http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/StrategicBusinessPlan/RoutePlans/2009/Route%206%20-%20North%20London%20Line%20and%20Thameside.pdf |archive-date = 7 June 2011 |url-status = dead}}</ref> On 15 February 2024, Transport for London announced that the Overground service which runs on the line will be branded as the '''Suffragette line''', with the new name coming into use in November 2024.<ref>{{Cite news |date=15 February 2024 |title=London Overground: New names for its six lines revealed |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-68296483 |access-date=16 February 2024 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpvzp272pe9o</ref> For much of its existence the line has played a minor role in London's transport system; however, in recent years it has received significant investment to increase its capacity, including full 25kV AC [[Railway electrification in Great Britain|overhead electrification]], completed in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |url = https://www.networkrail.co.uk/running-the-railway/our-routes/anglia/gospel-oak-barking-electrification/ |title = Network Rail has completed the electrification works to the Gospel Oak to Barking line |publisher = Network Rail |access-date = 11 September 2018 |archive-date = 20 July 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170720102744/https://www.networkrail.co.uk/running-the-railway/our-routes/anglia/gospel-oak-barking-electrification/ |url-status = dead }}</ref> At the eastern end of the line, the extension to the [[Barking Riverside railway station|Barking Riverside]] regeneration site opened on 18 July 2022.<ref name=":6">{{cite news |date = 11 July 2022 |title = London Overground: Opening date of first new stop since 2015 confirmed |publisher = BBC News |url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-62113739 |access-date = 11 July 2022}}</ref>
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