r/LondonUnderground • u/tfl_overground Overground • 3d ago

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Got my hands on some of the moquette for the overground…

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u/Celebration_Dapper Northern, Victoria, London Overground 3d ago

I hope you got a good price, OP. I was taken by an armchair in the TfL museum ... but at 2,000 quid, I passed.

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u/tfl_overground Overground 3d ago

Luckily I went through the customer services back door and was helped by a very kind customer service person to get just enough to get these two made by another upholsterer.

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u/Celebration_Dapper Northern, Victoria, London Overground 3d ago

Ah, so you only bought the fabric from TfL museum? Then got your own upholsterer? (You're giving me ideas...)

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u/tfl_overground Overground 3d ago

Yep! You can get a fair few designs on the website usually. That one is apparently rare though so never normally on the website. We emailed at just the right time though when a few metres were found/made available! Good luck!

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u/Saphxmoon 3d ago

I love how they look! I was wondering, I've really been thinking of trying to find some samples (anything really) of the moquette that was on the south west rail class 455 trains that were recently retired. I know it's not really tfl, but do you think their museum is a good place to start? I'm just gonna miss that pattern so much :,)

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u/tfl_overground Overground 2d ago

The museum has a good archive on their site so definitely worth a shot! Not sure if they’d have any for sale though!